The S800 is based upon the ESS Sabre DAC chip, optimised for 44.1kHz replay apparently. Also, alongside the RCA outs are balanced XLR outputs. The S800 features a solid aluminium fascia…
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The Melco Intelligent Music Library will soon be available as a free firmware update for existing Melco users, in addition to being pre-installed on all new machines leaving the factory The…
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Kimber Kable has announced the launch of the Kimber Select USB cables in a three-model range The Select USB-Copper provides silver-plated copper with low-density PTFE insulation. Pure copper conductors are used…
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Set within a relatively small footprint, Paul Rigby reviews this budget power amp Unlike audiophiles, hi-fi equipment is quite anti-social. We humans might enjoy lumping components together under the same chassis…
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Title: The Max Roach Trio featuring the Legendary Hasaan Label: Speakers Corner It’s an intriguing album. Partly because Hasaan’s name is emblazoned upon the sleeve, retaining a larger font size even…
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Title: The Soul of a Bell Label: Speakers Corner Flip over this new reissues and take a quick look at the 11 tracks listed on the rear and you’ll notice that…
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Title: Ray Charles Presents David Newman Label: Speakers Corner Although Ray Charles’ name is on the front of the sleeve and his piano is heard within, this album was a launch…
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These powered, stand-mount examples also feature a built-in phono amp. Paul Rigby reviews. They’re very useful things. There’s no doubt about it. The basic notion is crazy and would appear to…
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Title: At the Control Dubwise Label: Music on Vinyl Known to punk fans as a producer who worked with the Clash, Mikey Dread was much more than that. He had a…
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Title: The Birth of Ska Label: Music on Vinyl Taking the Jamaican styles of mento (itself a combination of African and Latin rhythms plus British folk) and the Trinidad and Tobago…
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Title: Masque Label: Music on Vinyl Moving onwards from any successful and accepted genre can be difficult. Hard core prog bands like Yes and Emerson, Lake & Palmer did well in…
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The T1 is the first turntable in a new budget-orientated T-Line range, featuring a CNC-machined plinth and “no plastic parts” Oh and, “…no hollow spaces inside the T1, avoiding unwanted vibrations,”…
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Title: Live at the Witch Trials/Dragnet Label: Cherry Red/Fall Sound Archive The Fall Sound Archive has been launched and, to celebrate the fact, the first two albums from the group form…
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The top of the line Gold Note turntables, the Mediterraneo, Giglio and Valore 425 Plus, are now on offer in special-edition finishes More pictorial than wordy, I suppose, here’s a quick…
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Featuring a modular design, you can attach an external hard disk and USB as music sources and there’s a switchable preamp stage synchronised with the remote control and app The new…
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The Delos is designed to isolate turntables and electronic components from any interference caused by external vibrations and resonances The mass of the dense Delos’ maple wood platform and the integrated…
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Out of Yokohama, Japan and designed by ex-Texas Instruments man, Shinobu Karaki, Paul Rigby reviews this distinctive, balanced headphone amp The Heada looks interesting, doesn’t it? The contrast is the outer,…
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Brief commentary of vinyl releases from BMG, Injazero, Dope Noir, Sdban, 130701 amongst others Heinali’s Iridescent (Injazero, www.injazerorecords.com) features intriguing synth constructions via a modular set-up from thus Ukrainian artist. Soundscape…
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Brief commentary of vinyl releases from Demon and Rune Grammofon… DEMON Three collections for you from this UK outfit (www.demonmusicgroup.com) features T.Rex’s excellent Dandy in the Underworld (1977) includes a bonus…
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Flexible? Indeed, enough that each MA-01 sold can be a custom built device, configured from a website menu while the company makes construction a standard process, keeping the price relatively low…
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The DRA-800H network receiver includes a FM/DAB+ radio, a phono input, digital inputs including HDMI and more According to the company, the DRA-800H includes, “…custom resistors and audiophile grade capacitors…” while…
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Yamaha has introduced two new sound bars, the YAS-209 and YAS-109, both with native Alexa voice control In addition they feature Wi-Fi connectivity to play tunes through Spotify Connect, Amazon Music…
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From the company that has truly embraced the capital letter, the INTEGRA is AVID’s entry level integrated amplifier It includes a 750 VA mains transformer, 88,000uF storage capacity, bespoke capacitors and…
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Placed within the upper end of the budget price bracket, Paul Rigby reviews this twin-speed turntable NAD is surprising us – well surprising me, at any rate – with its intriguing…
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This new dual mono unit features Lundahl transformers, surrounded by a specialised mu-metal shielding Just a brief news item on this one. Reportedly, the ST-70 has been engineered using, “…an industrial-grade PCB.”…
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The MC A Mono betrays design elements from the MC A 95 cartridge and has been created using Ortofon’s SLM technique where fine particles of Titanium are welded together, layer-by-layer, to…
