Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat but our wallets and purses seem to be travelling in the opposite direction. Paul Rigby wanders into the realm where two digits rule…
The company’s two mid-priced phono amplifiers have now been upgraded The Balance V2 features a fully balanced circuit design with independent circuitry for left and right channels. Its volume control allows…
A plug-and-play design, the unit includes an integrated headphone amplifier, a built-in phono amplifier and preamplifier with its own volume control, so the whole package can be connected directly to a…
The new Clearaudio Smart Matrix Silent record cleaning machine offers a multifunctional cleaning, vacuum and antistatic arm The 10.9kg Smart Matrix Silent spans 345 x 345 x 234mm. It features a…
New from the German outfit, is the Tracer radial tonearm Arriving with a rotary anti-skating dial and aluminum headshell, the counter-weight is under-slung. Featuring a horizontal sapphire bearing and vertical ball…
Fitting neatly into the market’s midrange slot, Paul Rigby reviews Clearaudio’s Performance DC turntable with Clarify arm and Virtuoso MM cartridge A vastly experienced and long-standing German hi-fi company, Clearaudio’s range…
The new entry level Clearaudio turntable is the Innovation Basic that features Clearaudio’s three-point design with a ‘sandwich’ construction of Panzerholz (a solid, bullet-proof wood) and aluminum. It can run at…
Like the company’s Concept MC, design, the Essence MC’s body is constructed from a high-density aluminium-magnesium alloy, which is then coated with a ceramic layer. The moving coil’s design features a boron…
Clearaudio’s ‘TT’ range of tonearms moves tangentially, with the stylus propelling the tonearm along a linear bearing. This bearing comprises a carriage running on rollers along a polished glass rail. Since…