Acoustic Energy AE2 speakers Acoustic Energy proudly announces the launch of the AE2 40th Anniversary, a highly exclusive, limited-time production loudspeaker created in response to overwhelming demand. Celebrating four decades of innovation, the AE2 40th Anniversary revives a legendary model with cutting-edge enhancements, combining heritage design with modern acoustic engineering. Building on the remarkable success […]
Ruark R410 Anniversary Edition all in one system Over the past four decades Ruark has been creating beautifully crafted audio systems designed to bring people closer to the music they love. Reflecting and celebrating these core values the British company is delighted to unveil its new R410 Anniversary Edition – a limited release celebrating the […]
Grimm Audio joins JPlay The new JPlay 1.4.3 update, available now on the App Store, introduces UPnP Eventing support – enabling full bidirectional control between JPlay and the Grimm Audio MU1 and MU2 music players. JPlay is proud to announce that Grimm Audio has joined the JPlay Certified partner program. The Dutch manufacturer’s acclaimed MU1 […]
Eversolo T10 streaming transport Eversolo have carved out a competitive space for themselves in the streaming world, their DMP range of streamer/DACs play hard in the mid market while the Play streaming amp puts the fight to the likes of Wiim and and Bluesound at the cut throat end of the business. So a streaming […]
High End 2026, Vienna At the end of every High End show report we’re always left with images of spectacular or fascinating gear but not that much information. Rather than leaving them in the vault here are a few of the components and systems that caught our eye and in some cases our ears too.
PMC is 35, Tom Loader talks about the family business he now runs At the Vienna High End show earlier this month PMC celebrated 35 years since the company was founded by Peter Thomas and Adrian Loader. Today the PMC is co-run by Ollie Thomas and Tom Loader, it’s very much a family business despite […]
Would you like a lease hire hi-fi system? The separates hi-fi industry has a problem, and it isn’t sound quality. Today’s equipment has never been better. The problem is price. Even entry-level components now cost considerably more than they did only five or ten years ago, while genuinely high-end systems have moved into territory that […]
Little Fwend Low Mk2 automatic tonearm lifter Back in the heyday of turntables and vinyl, let’s call it the ‘70s, there were many automatic turntables that lifted the arm when it got to the end of the record, they even stopped the platter spinning and only the diligent felt the need to put the vinyl […]
The musicians who created this album are New York based, yet Spark is homage to rhythms and sounds that are associated with rural Americana. Though it has its self-indulgent moments Spark is a gentle love letter to rhythms and styles that are associated with lazy afternoons spent reclining on a porch in a small town, […]