Cinnamon Galle DAC Hi-fi shows are sadly not always the best places to audition audio gear, they are noisy and often cramped but fundamentally they rarely play the music you are familiar with at the right levels. At the recent Hi-Fi Show Deluxe the smaller of Boyer Audio’s dem rooms managed to contradict this impression […]
Primaluna Evo 300 Hybrid Power amplifier In the interests of transparency let me start this review by stating that my regular amplifier is from the same family as the subject of this review. I have owned the Evo 300 Hybrid Integrated for a couple of years now and it has performed flawlessly regardless of the […]
Creek Cymatics 6 speakers Creek Audio is famed for its electronics, founder Mike Creek launched his first amplifier the Creek 4040 in 1982. It’s a brand which has consistently provided great electronics for a reasonable outlay and that amp was the foundation of many a starter hi-fi system. Mike’s association with loudspeakers commenced when he […]
Tellurium Q Silver III speaker cable Here is a question for our UK readers – what do you think of when you hear the word Somerset? Perhaps you think of scrumpy cider? Perhaps, if your interest extends to sport you think of Sir Vivian Richards, the cricketing legend? Me, I think of Tellurium Q and […]
Dali Sonik 5 speakers One of the more rewarding aspects of being a hi-fi reviewer is finding a seriously affordable loudspeaker that does a great job anchoring a price appropriate system but grows and then conspicuously over-delivers when the source and amp are upgraded as they might be in a real-world system building scenario. It’s […]
Michell Revolv turntable, arm & cartridge The Michell Revolv is a belt driven, unsuspended turntable. Nothing about this bare bones description is remotely novel; it’s the type standard for most turntables hitting the market in 2026 and a formula that is capable of great results. Where the novelty creeps in is the existence of the […]
ATC EL50 Anniversary active speakers ATC saves the EL appellation for its most ambitious designs and has used it only once in the past for the EL150 in 2006. For the EL150 and the new EL50, ATC has dropped a conventional box design, typical of ATC’s pro and domestic ranges, for something more elegant and […]
Moor Amps mana DAC It’s becoming increasingly clear that there’s an elephant in the high end audio listening room and that herbivore is aluminium. This material is almost ubiquitous in the casework of high end audio components and even a few loudspeakers, it’s relatively easy to machine into attractive shapes and when anodised has a […]
Onkyo A-50 streaming amplifier The Onkyo A-50 stands out as a powerful, feature-rich, and great-sounding all-in-one amplifier, with only minor usability and connectivity drawbacks holding it back. Indelible association A quick search through the archives of The Ear reveals that the A-50 is the first Onkyo product to be reviewed on the site. For many […]
Pro-ject Debut Reference 10 turntable When a company with the history and reputation of Austria’s Pro-ject launches the ‘best ever’ turntable in its established and well-respected Debut series, it cannot be ignored and I got myself in the queue to get one for the Ear as soon as the news broke. Pro-ject claims to be […]
Xact N1 network switch The Xact N1 is a high-end network switch designed from the ground up to improve streaming audio quality by minimising noise and signal interference, using features like a linear power supply, galvanic isolation, and a precision OCXO clock. Compared to typical adapted IT switches, it delivers a clear uplift in performance, […]
Rega Planar 6 RS Edition turntable, arm & cartridge Rega RS Edition turntables are beginning to become a thing, two years ago we had the Planar 3 RS, a version of their most successful design that took elements from the Planar 6 and also had a brushed aluminium satin finish, albeit in black rather than […]