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Product Reviews, Review, Reviews - January 27, 2023

Origin Live Calypso / Illustrious combo wins big with EAR!

Have you ever sat in front of your system, closed your eyes and thought, it’s like they’re playing in the room? After sending a Calypso Turntable and Illustrious tonearm to Chris Beeching of the Ear Editor, this was the kind of experience he had sitting down with the combination. In a 5/5 review, Chris is ecstatic about the results, and the live feel of the performance: “Origin Live’s turntables are equally as adept at retrieving the huge impacts stored in an LP’s grooves as they are at capturing and presenting the micro details – the ones where you can imagine...

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Product Reviews, Review - November 30, 2022

PMC Twenty22i Review - Kronos AV Review Diaries

Check out our video review of the immensely popular and highly regarded PMC Twenty 22i Loudspeakers. Offering exceptional bass thanks to PMC's unique ATL (Advanced transmission Line) system, you can get many of the benefits of a floorstander, with the convenience of a stand mount speaker. Available with PMC's matching stands, this is a real contender at its price point. Check out our review above, and contact our helpful team f you have any questions, or to arrange a demo!

Get David's thoughts on the new Fyne Vintage Range.... (Review)

I had the pleasure of sitting down with the Fyne Vintage range of speakers which I was very excited to hear. I remember when Tannoy brought out their vintage range, they were stunning and I had high hopes that Fyne would really knock these out of the park with their expertise. First of all, lets talk about the looks… They are naturally vintage styling, so that will be down to individual preference if you like that or if you prefer a modern take. Personally speaking, I love the styling, and it harks back to a time which really was...

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phonostage, Review - August 25, 2022

Aavik R-180 Phonostage - The first true "Silent" Phonostage?

I think it's fair to say that one of the biggest issues that any turntable user faces is noise. Unfortunately that normally stems from your phono stage do to the fact it has to amplify a tiny signal. It is a challenge however and it has been something which phono stage designers have been working around for many years. While undoubtedly modern day phono stages have improved this drastically, it is still a major concern for many customers. The idea of a completely "silent" phono stage is something that seemed to be something that was never going to be solved....

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Metronome, Review - September 17, 2021

Why is Metronome so special? David Explains all in this review...

Having recently taken on the Metronome range of CD players, Streamers, CD Transports and DAC’s I felt that now we had the chance to listen to the products we could explain to customers how the products sound. Bearing in mind how popular streamers are at the moment I wanted to start with the Metronome DSS Network Streamer which retails at £3499. It’s certainly a high end priced streamer especially when there is no DAC in this model. However this is an absolutely stunning sounding streamer and like other Metronome products there is a real musicality to the sound. It’s much...

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