Tests & reviews

Nagra Tube DAC vs Classic DAC review June 2019 We were excited to receive our first samples of Nagra’s brand new Tube DAC – one of the first in existence anywhere. To call the Tube DAC just a ‘DAC’ is...

Technics SL-1000R vs SL-1200G turntable shoot out We have a handful of SL-1000R owners now, all of whom are delighted with their turntable. We’ve been using our demonstrator for about a year now, and contrary to what some people might...

    Linn Majik, Selekt and Akurate DSM comparison

  PMC feature – Twenty5.26 vs Fact 12 Review     We thought it would be interesting to run a shoot-out between our demonstration PMC FACT12’s and Twenty5.26 loudspeakers, to see how much extra performance the more expensive – whilst...

Michell Engineering GyroDec build assembly We’ve had the pleasure of assembling another Michell GyroDec, this time fitting a carefully looked after ex-demonstration SME 309 tonearm and a brand new Ortofon Cadenza Red moving-coil cartridge. It is always a delight to...

CD playback system with an eye on streaming Very recently, we were asked to set up a CD-only system for a gentleman wanting to spin his collection conventionally, which is somewhat unusual these days, and the sound was so good...