Rega Nd9 moving magnet cartridge Sometimes, even when a product launch goes very well indeed, manufacturers can still be slightly taken aback by the results. Rega’s Nd line of moving magnet cartridges is a case in point. For clarity, it would be churlish to argue that it has gone anything other than swimmingly. Since the […]
Rega Mercury & Solis pre & power amplifiers Rega have not made a pre/power amplifier combo for many decades so it was a surprise to see the casework for the Mercury and Solis at the Bristol Show a couple of years ago, however another Bristol came and went in February this year with no sign […]
RMB 35/4 speakers Loudspeakers are a very personal item. For many, the choice is limited by what’s deemed acceptable visually in their final listening environment. For others with a little more space available, or more flexibility on other criteria, choices can be made with more regard to how they sound. Lastly, there are those where […]
Dela S5 network switch It is incredible to think how far network streaming has come in just a few years. When I purchased my first serious streaming DAC some eight years ago, the notion of spending more than double figures on a network switch would have been akin to heresy. Yet here I am, reviewing […]
The Ear’s reviewers pick the best hi-fi of 2025 If you want to discover the best hi-fi of 2025, the audio products that really wowed our reviewers over the last 12 months, look no further. These components made a lasting impression, they are the ones reviewers would have held onto if they could and in […]
Oephi Lounge 2 speakers Don’t know about you, but just sometimes I find it’s the simpler things in life that hit the spot. Back in my car journalism days, it would happen with surprising regularity. The odd supercar was great for a blast of showy shock and awe but, for pure driving enjoyment, it was […]
Hegel H150 streaming amplifier The 75W Hegel H150 integrated streaming amp replaces the brand’s popular H120 but with a world of difference. The timing is also apt because my long-in-the-tooth original H190 has had a hard life over the past six years and has been surpassed by Hegel’s latest circuitry; not least the option of […]
Rotel Michi Q5 CD transport and DAC Receiving any CD player for review in 2025 is a relatively unusual experience. Even though the death of CD is rather overstated, it might be fair to say that the format is enjoying a graceful decline. When I think about the players that I have received in recent […]
Topping D900 DAC Does it really need to be said that the time is long past when made-in-China audio kit was almost always a copy of western designs? Today, not only do a very large number of the west’s audio companies rely on China for high-quality, low-cost manufacturing, but China’s universities are churning out bright […]
Arcam Radia A15+ integrated amplifier Tom Hanks. You know where you are with Tom Hanks. And that’s kind of a problem. A fine actor, yes. But I wonder if he ever feels a bit hemmed in by his much lauded ‘everyman’ persona. If, in a career shaped by good guy casting – the ultimate safe […]
Bonawatt Triton integrated amplifier There is often talk of technologies becoming obsolete and even in the world of audio it occasionally happens, but more often than not older tech carries alongside the new. Vinyl was written off as dead in 25 years ago yet appears to have the upper hand on its enemy CD today, […]
Atoll CD400 Evolution CD player and DAC We’ve all been lost in an internet rabbit hole, gone down a Youtube tunnel and found ourselves in no-man’s-land. Can you remember the last time you got lost in your own CD collection? The Atoll CD400 Evo sent me on such a journey. It took me so far […]