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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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Merason, Product Reviews, Review, Reviews - August 14, 2021

Merason DAC 1 - HiFi News Highly Recommend Review

Top dog in a range of just two outboard DACs from Swiss brand Merason, the DAC1 is a modern-day example of 'less is more' audiophile thinking. We lift the lid and investigate In common with a lot of HFN readers, I have a bit of a 'thing' about overly complex digital devices. I'm not referring to input flexibility – many of us will have systems in which different flavours of digital connection are accommodated, from USB links from a computer to good old S/PDIF from a CD player or the like. No, what I really find obstructive is devices bristling with digital-domain...

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Product Reviews, Review, Reviews - December 07, 2020

Audiovector R3 Signature Review - HiFi + Highly Commended

HI-FI + (UK) AUDIOVECTOR R 3 SIGNATUREHI-FI+, DECEMBER 2020 HI-FI+ 2020 HIGHLY COMMENDED AWARDAudiovector R 3 Signature “The R 3’s tonal balance is just about spot-on, too. The treble isn’t too soft or too aggressive, the mid-range disappears nicely, and the bass is deep and controlled without sounding too dry or too fat. Of course, there is room for growth here, thanks to the upgrade path. But primarily, the sound of the loudspeakers is both tonally accurate and perfectly pitched for the sort of moderate-sized listening spaces often found in UK, European, and Asian homes.“ “The R 3 Signature is...

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Pro-Ject, Review, Reviews - July 25, 2019

Pro-Ject Pick It DS2 Cartridge receives 5 Star What HiFi Review

Pro-Jects Pick It DS2 Cartridge receives high praise from What HiFi

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Reviews, Titan Audio - September 21, 2018

Titan Audio adds to their trophy room...

Titan Audio adds further success with new reviews of their Styx Mains Block, Styx, Tyco & Helios Mains Cables... and unsurprisingly they all did very well!!

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