Goldring GR3 turntable Goldring announces the GR3, its first turntable in more than 20 years. This new turntable marks a significant return for Goldring, bringing together the company’s century-old legacy with modern-day convenience. GR3 represents Goldring’s stylish re-entry into the turntable arena. Developed in collaboration with a renowned British hi-fi manufacturer, GR3 is equipped with […]
Melco E100A USB music drive Audio has announced the second generation of its highly acclaimed USB storage solution – E100A. Featuring an 8TB HDD, the E100A is designed from the ground up specifically for audiophiles to store and access their treasured digital music collections at the highest possible quality level. Given the company’s vast experience […]
Dali Epikore 3, 7 and 9 loudspeakers With the new Epikore Series, Dali draws upon its expertise in over 40 years of loudspeaker research and development. The natural evolution of the acclaimed Dali Epicon series — inheriting several innovative technologies from the Dali Kore flagship speaker — the Epikore Series of loudspeakers combines ultimate audio […]
Monitor Audio Studio 89 loudspeakers It was back I the ‘80s, I recall, when Monitor Audio launched its Studio Series of loudspeakers. Now, taking its name from that now fashionable time, the Studio 89 has launched and I was excited to put this compact two-way through its paces, especially as it borrows some technology from […]
Origin Live British turntable experts Origin Live showed their most ambitious tonearm at High End. The Renown (£26,000) has a much wider yoke than most plus dual pivot bearings, adjustable VTA for both the inner and outer parts of the record and an asymmetric, multi-layer counterweight designed to reduce resonance. More details here. Elipson With […]
Avid Reference system Studio AV is a select retailer in a select position within Chobham, Surrey. This is a modern high end specialist that’s not on the high street but in the owner’s substantial house which makes it a luxurious but comfortable place to enjoy fine sounding systems from a collection of carefully chosen brands. […]
In August Bluesound launched the latest additions to their Node range of streaming devices with three new models, most interesting of which is the Node Icon that pulls in a whole raft of features including dual mono ESS DACs, balanced output, aluminium casework and dual headphone jacks. More interesting is that includes new MQA tech […]
Ramar Tina record brush I first met Dean Butt of Soundstage Hi-Fi in Optimal Records in Munich, we had independently decided to escape the mayhem of the High End show and see what this well stocked store had in the way of interesting new tunes. I didn’t expect the meeting to result in Dean sending […]
It is highly (exceedingly) likely that an album review involving a piano and a bouzouki has never been featured in any high end audio journal. Most will have never heard of this instrument and will utter “It’s all Greek to me”, and they will of course be correct. Arcs & Rivers is just such an […]