“Name another recent technological advance that has changed the audio scene as much as DS Audio’s optical cartridges have,” write the US audio magazine’s reviewers. “If you can’t, that’s because there is none,” they add, as they give Awards to four of the company’s cartridges, and two Awards to designer Tetsuaki Aoyagi’s innovative accessories.
Continue reading DS Audio wins six Editors Choice Awards 2026 from The Absolute Sound
“The Project V1 Series represents the pinnacle of Furutech’s engineering efforts in high-end audio cabling and power cords,” writes Neil Gader in US audio magazine The Absolute Sound. It’s a bold claim, but one he backs with detailed listening impressions across genres. Spoiler alert: this “might be the last stop on your cable and power cord journey”!
Californian brand Aesthetix is well-known for its ultra high-performance electronics, but this year’s Product of the Year Award goes to designer Jim White’s new entry-level Pallene preamplifier.
Some months ago, The Absolute Sound’s Wayne Garcia, who is also a wine merchant, compared Aesthetix’ Pallene preamplifier and Dione power amp duo with fine wines. Now, he’s back with some further notes. Why the second review? “As it may be with, say, a budding friendship, the more time I spend with them the more the Aesthetix gear reveals its nature to me,” writes Garcia.
The annual Yearbook from Hi-Fi Choice is a compendium of the best audio components to pass through the magazine’s pages in the preceding 12 months. Among them is Furutech’s GT2 NCF USB-B cable, carefully crafted to enhance the sound quality of any digital audio system. Continue reading Furutech GT2 NCF USB-B cable earns five-star recommendation in Hi-Fi Choice Yearbook
Californian valve / tube electronics experts Aesthetix are no strangers to US magazine The Absolute Sound’s annual Awards, with seven components in the latest Awards, which focus on hi-fi designed for the audiophile’s or music lover’s home listening / living room. Continue reading Aesthetix scoops a further seven Editors’ Choice Awards from The Absolute Sound
DS Audio’s DS-003 optical phono cartridge, which sits just above entry level in the Japanese company’s range, offers an impressive complement of technology borrowed from the range-topping Grand Master model – but at a fraction of the price. That alone is worth an award! Continue reading DS Audio’s DS-003 optical cartridge wins another Editors’ Choice Award from The Absolute Sound
Japanese hi-fi cable and accessories experts Furutech remain as determined as ever to develop and deploy a wealth of proprietary ‘pure transmission’ technologies that allow a delicate musical signal to remain as unimpeded as possible as it journeys through your hi-fi system. US audio magazine The Absolute Sound’s Editors’ Choice Awards pick three of their winners. Continue reading Furutech wins three Editors’ Choice Awards 2026 from The Absolute Sound for its noise reduction innovations
Furutech’s top-of-range ‘Project V1’ series of cables is painstakingly designed to deliver pure, uncoloured power to any high-performance audio and AV system. First in the series was the V1 mains cable, which is now a worthy winner of a Hi-Fi Plus Award 2026.
Computer Audio Design’s (CAD) Scott Berry is passionate about getting the best sound possible from digital audio, hence his company’s name. Both his iconic 1543 DAC, now in its MkIII generation, and his tiny but mighty USB Filter, are high commended in this year’s Hi-Fi Plus Awards. Continue reading “A real & rare treat”: Hi-Fi Plus Awards 2026 commend Computer Audio Design’s 1543 MkIII DAC & USB Filter
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