AE’s flagship 500 series introduces its first carbon drivers and David Price thinks this floorstander is a real fibre-provider. Read our Acoustic Energy Ae509 Review. Few things are ever new in loudspeaker design, but progress sees the same ideas coming back in ever more diverse forms. In the case of the new AE509, we see … Read more
This third-generation integrated amplifier is more turntable friendly than ever, but Ed Selley says this is only part of the story. Read our Naim Supernait 3 Review. It’s just over 12 years since Naim first released the original Supernait. At the time, it represented a fairly radical departure for the Salisbury- based company, which, prior … Read more
Combining virtues the brand holds dear, the AE300 has some useful additional attributes. Read our Acoustic Energy AE300 Review. Entirely in keeping with Acoustic Energy tradition, the constituent parts of the AE300 include a 25mm aluminium tweeter partnered to a 125 mm aluminium mid/bass driver. The modern twist comes in the way it’s implemented. The … Read more
David Price hopes that this unassuming floorstander will continue to up the sonic ante for the popular mid-price sector. Read our Acoustic Energy AE309 Review. [wpsm_toplist] DETAILS PRODUCT Acoustic Energy AE309 ORIGIN UK/China TYPE 2.5-way floorstanding loudspeaker WEIGHT 22kg DIMENSIONS (WxHxD) 175 x 900 x 280mm FEATURES • 1x 25mm aluminium dome tweeter • 1x 130mm mid/bass driver • 1x 130mm bass … Read more
This flagship loudspeaker towers over a metre tall and boasts some of the largest drivers around, Adam Smith is blown away. Read our Elipson Prestige FACET 34F Review. [wpsm_toplist] DETAILS PRODUCT Elipson Prestige Facet 34F ORIGIN France/China TYPE 3-way floorstanding loudspeaker WEIGHT 44.6kg DIMENSIONS (WxHxD) 355 x 1,211 x 420mm FEATURES • 1x 25mm soft dome tweeter • 2x 178mm midrange … Read more
Vive Le Focal! French loudspeaker specialist Focal has hit the mark with its new Kanta No 1 standmount, says Jon Myles. Experimenting with different materials for loudspeaker drive units is nothing new in the hi-fi industry. We’ve gone from damped paper to aluminium to Kevlar to all sorts of other good – and sometimes not so … Read more
Audiolab’s 6000CDT is a rarity – a great value CD transport – says David Price. Read our Audiolab 6000CDT Review. Funny how fashions come and go. A separate CD transport and DAC was the coolest thing on the planet in the late eighties, almost more impressive than having a brick-sized cellular portable telephone or hot … Read more
David Vivian admires the clarity and resolve delivered by many studio monitors, but finds much to enjoy in this homely standmount. Read our Falcon Acoustics RAM Studio 20 Review. For a while, some years ago, it seemed that every shiny new standmount costing more than a few bob was marketed as a ‘monitor’. Some possessed … Read more
Audiolab’s new 6000A pays homage to its classic integrated amplifier, but at a new low price. David Price puts it through its paces. Read our AUDIOLAB 6000A Review. [wpsm_toplist] Audiolab was started in the bedroom of Philip Swift’s Cambridge house back in the autumn of 1982. “We wanted to make a very high- performance product … Read more
As the smallest streaming adapter here it may not look like much, but the MusicCast has got it where it counts. Read our Yamaha WX AD-10 Review. ContentsDETAILS: Yamaha WX AD-10 ReviewSound qualityCAST A SPELL DETAILS: Yamaha WX AD-10 Review PRODUCT Yamaha WXAD-10 ORIGIN Japan/Malaysia TYPE Network music player WEIGHT 226g DIMENSIONS (WxHxD) 130 x … Read more
Falcon Acoustics has been part of UK hi-fi’s fabric for decades, but now it’s the new kid on the block too. David Vivian explains all. Read our FALCON ACOUSTICS RAM STUDIO 30 Review. [wpsm_toplist] DETAILS Falcon Acoustics RAM Studio 30 ORIGIN UK/Italy TYPE 3-way floorstanding loudspeaker WEIGHT 35kg DIMENSIONS (WxHxD) 215 x 1,100 x 300mm FEATURES • 1 x 25mm soft … Read more
KEF says 1000+ changes have gone into its new R Series, so how does this translate to the only standmount loudspeaker in the lineup? We listen to what the R3 has to say…Read our KEF R3 Review. Review: James Parker Lab: Keith Howard. [wpsm_toplist] Who needs shifts in the weather when you can judge the time … Read more