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Never wrong-footed Via a 24-bit/96kHz FLAC rip of Tom Waits’ ‘Satisfied’ from Bad As Me , the amps presented the music with just the right amount of vitriolic sting, without the music straying into hard-edged […]

The Azur 851E preamp and the Azur 851W power amp from Cambridge Audio Crossover displacement Class A is the sledgehammer approach to eliminating crossover distortion, which is caused by the music signal crossing from positive […]

High-end amps without heavy duty price tags? Cambridge Audio updates its flagship pre/power amplifier package with the latest iteration of its Class XD technology When you’ve an established reputation for class-leading budget and midmarket hi-fi […]

Floorstanding Loudspeaker Focal Aria 926 Review (Part 1) The Focal family sound is generally very fast, sharp and engaging; these speakers go loud without compression and punch hard on transients, making them lively listens. And […]

Why is it that some steaks taste like sun-dried cardboard, while others are dripping with flavor and have the texture of warm butter? It’s not that difficult a question to answer, is it? The finest […]

Xtrememac Soma Stand – Majestic Pyramid Knowing XtremeMac, it has always been designing intriguing form factors. And then the XtremeMac Soma Stand appears, showing off a little bit of old school fashion. So for all […]

It is an excellent 27-inch screen with outstanding image quality, but 3D performance could possibly be better. Philips Gioco 278G4 Philips Gioco 278G4 is a beautiful monitor. The frameless 27-inch IPS panel does not only […]

Naim Unitilite One Box System – Lite source (Part 1) One of the great benefits of the UnitiLite is the step-up to 24/192 from the Squeezebox world of 24/96 What Naim terms iRadio is obviously […]

We switche on to Naim Audio’s new ‘budget’ streaming all-in-one system… Towards the end of last year Naim was touting its range of network player hardware as ‘the future of Hi-Fi’, with some justification. There […]