Looking for a quality budget turntable? Paul Rigby reviews NAD’s latest, the C558 Let’s dive straight into this one. The NAD C558 turntable has been sourced from Pro-Ject and I expect…
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When the world is not enough and the cable you want doesn’t exist, Paul Rigby reviews a bespoke, one-of-a-kind cable from Chord What happens when you have a cabling problem but…
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van den Hul’s Colibri cartridge first appeared in the mid-90s and has continually evolved in the form of a range of versions and editions since. This is the new XGW Signature…
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Offering a moving magnet stage with moving coil upgrade options, Paul Rigby reviews the Puresound P10 phono amplifier An essential part of the analogue chain but one that rarely receives enough…
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Looking for a pair of high efficiency, sensitive speakers with a unique sense of styling? Paul Rigby reviews the Heco Direkt speakers I can’t seem to get the notion out of…
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The second generation of Apple’s streaming technology is been added to Naim’s Mu-so range Naim has announced Apple AirPlay 2 technology for the Mu-so range. Owners can enable AirPlay 2 functionality by…
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The Fyne Audio F3 Series subwoofers combine DDX Direct Digital amplification and DSP The cabinets are heavyweight and extensively braced, with large diameter ports.using a flare profile at both ends. The black…
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Unicef has announced that it is pressing just 50 limited edition blue vinyl copies of 16 rather well known albums. Specially released to raise money for Unicef’s work for children affected…
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Pioneer has added the S9 wireless noise-cancelling headphones to its Scene Style series The S9 features large 40mm diameter “rare-earth” magnet drivers and CCAW (Copper-Clad Aluminium Wire) voice-coils plus polyurethane-cushioned headband, sliding…
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The AH-D9200 headphones are hand built in Denon’s Shirakawa Audio Works facility, north of Tokyo. The unique patterning of the bamboo from which the earpieces are made means no two pairs are…
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Offering a new range of cabling plus a low cost set of lifts to run alongside (or should that be underneath?), Paul Rigby reviews Titan’s Styx interconnects, speaker cables, digital cables…
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The entry level design from Pure Sound, Paul Rigby reviews the A10 integrated amplifier If there’s one thing I’ve learned about valves and valve amplifiers especially is that there might be…
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A high-end power cable, Paul Rigby reviews the Isotek EVO3 Elite There’s a school of thought – which I advocate – stating that any audiophile worth his salt has to get his…
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The SVS Prime Wireless Speaker System and SoundBase Wireless Bridge to be released this month Equipped with both WiFi/Bluetooth connectivity, the Wireless Speaker System is an active/passive speaker pair. Powered…
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Title: Hummingbird Label: Thirty Tigers Despite the name, so common so as to be used as a dodgy pseudonym for scandalous assignations in British back street hotels, John Smith stands as…
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Looking for a pair of midrange interconnects? Paul Rigby reviews the Gekko Black Knights The Black Knight, the company’s second interconnect to use Gekko GAC1 connectors (which allows the cable wires…
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A rather svelte but decidedly high-end cartridge, Paul Rigby reviews the Etsuro Urushi moving coil cartridge What’s the sonic difference between a cartridge costing £25 and this one priced at over…
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A rather cultured direct drive turntable from German outfit STST, Paul Rigby reviews the Motus II We’ve been trained to hear the words ‘direct drive’ and then to, Pavlov-like, shout back,…
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Title: The Complete Recordings 1980-81 Label: Cherry Red A new wave outfit with synths, the Berlin Blondes were not, in fact, from Berlin at all but Glasgow. Yes, that fair city…
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Title: Drive On Label: Floating World Mott was a derivation from the successful rock band, Mott the Hoople. That band was beset by a revolving door of band line-up changes that…
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Title: Misfits – The Mercury Years 1986-1990 Label: Caroline Launched in 1984, Curiosity Killed The Cat teetered on the fence labelled pop and jazz-funk – well, jazz-funk-lite – and added boy band…
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Title: The Last Mile Home for Christmas/Radiant Beams on this Christmas Eve Label: Jasmine I don’t want to worry you unduly but it’s not that far until Christmas. Obviously, for audiophiles,…
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Title: We’re All in the Dance Label: Turtle Ridge A selection of jazz-centred and more contemporary fare, Caswell appears to know her subject, serving as an Adjunct Lecturer in Music at…
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Grabbing a suite of high end cables, Paul Rigby reviews both Tellurium Q’s Silver Diamond speaker and balanced interconnect cables Approaching these high-end cables for review, I’m reminded of a couple…
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…and much more including recorded and live performances, spoken word and video on every conceivable format including the obscure and the obsolete. Paul Rigby talks to George Blood, archive restorer extraordinaire …
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Title: My New Moon Label: Dualtone Lee has an easy-going and laid back approach to music and to his delivery. His take on country, blues, folk and R&B allows the music…
