How might your system sound when its components are “distilled and refined to their ultimate expression”? Ed Selley explores “the best ways to transform your hi-fi” with three high-performance cables from Furutech’s flagship Project series: the V1-S speaker cable, V1 RCA interconnect and V1 mains lead. Continue reading “Must be on any serious shortlist”: Hi-Fi Plus reviews Furutech’s Project series of cables
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Californian Aesthetix’ superb electronics earn four Editors’ Choice Awards 2025 from The Absolute Sound
Californian Aesthetix’ valve / tube zero-feedback electronics – “designed to impress you and built to outlast you” – feature in a number of hi-fi reviewers’ reference systems, as well as in The Absolute Sound’s latest annual Editors’ Choice Awards, focusing on higher-end hi-fi crafted for superb performance in larger systems and dedicated listening rooms. Continue reading Californian Aesthetix’ superb electronics earn four Editors’ Choice Awards 2025 from The Absolute Sound
Eight ‘big hitters’ from MBL win The Absolute Sound Editors’ Choice Awards 2025
The Absolute Sound’s latest Editors’ Choice Awards feature the magazine’s selection of those hi-fi products that have the heft needed to ensure superb performance in larger systems and dedicated listening rooms. German MBL, no stranger to the Awards, has a raft of products from across its range that fit the bill. Continue reading Eight ‘big hitters’ from MBL win The Absolute Sound Editors’ Choice Awards 2025
DS Audio earns six of The Absolute Sound Editors’ Choice Awards 2025
Last November, US audio magazine The Absolute Sound updated the format of it’s annual Editors’ Choice Awards, splitting the Awards into two parts. While the November issue focused on hi-fi components suited to a home living room, the March issue covers products that best fit into larger systems in dedicated listening rooms – including several of DS Audio’s game-changing optical cartridges and accessories. Continue reading DS Audio earns six of The Absolute Sound Editors’ Choice Awards 2025
Furutech receives five of The Absolute Sound Editors’ Choice Awards 2025
Furutech’s high-performance cables, connectors and noise-reducing accessories win over a gamut of different reviewers in The Absolute Sound’s latest Editors’ Choice Awards, which features the magazine’s selection of hi-fi products that live up to the challenge of delivering superb performance in larger systems and dedicated listening rooms.
Continue reading Furutech receives five of The Absolute Sound Editors’ Choice Awards 2025
“Meet your maker”: Hi-Fi Plus editor visits MBL’s manufacturing plant in Germany
Berlin-based MBL was originally formed “to build a loudspeaker that better replicated the live experience”, with its unique Radialstrahler omnidirectional designs that “look as unique as they sound”. But, as incredible as they are, to think of MBL as “merely a loudspeaker brand is a grave disservice to its audio electronics”, says Alan Sircom, who reports on his recent “access all areas” visit to the company’s manufacturing plant in Germany. Continue reading “Meet your maker”: Hi-Fi Plus editor visits MBL’s manufacturing plant in Germany
“Crystal clear”: The Absolute Sound reviews Aesthetix’ new Pallene Preamplifier and Dione Power Amplifier
Gracing the cover of US audio magazine The Absolute Sound’s January issue are Californian electronics specialists Aesthetix’ new Pallene and Dione hybrid preamp and power amp duo. Reviewer Wayne Garcia takes a deep dive into this price / performance barrier-breaking pair, and lines up a conversation with designer Jim White.
“The light fantastic”: Hi-Fi Plus reviews DS Audio’s entry-level DS-E3 optical cartridge and equalizer
Launched in summer 2024, DS Audio’s new entry-level optical cartridge and equalizer borrows ‘third generation’ optical technology from the company’s flagship Grand Master model, aiming to deliver superb performance at a remarkably accessible price point. Chris Frankland puts it to the test in the latest issue of Hi-Fi Plus. Continue reading “The light fantastic”: Hi-Fi Plus reviews DS Audio’s entry-level DS-E3 optical cartridge and equalizer
Two Editors’ Choice Awards from The Absolute Sound for Furutech’s noise reduction innovations
Japanese hi-fi cable and accessories experts Furutech have spent decades on research, development and ongoing innovation to enable discerning listeners to get ever-closer to their favorite music, using their ‘pure transmission’ technologies to allow the delicate musical signal to remain as unimpeded and as crystal-clear as possible. Neil Gader at US magazine The Absolute Sound finds them “difficult to part with”.
“A shoo-in”: MBL C41 network player wins The Absolute Sound’s Product of the Year Award 2025
How do you sum up MBL’s new C41 network player in one succinct sentence? US audio magazine The Absolute Sound puts it like this: “A technological marvel at a ridiculously low price” – for which MBL receives a coveted Product of the Year Award. Continue reading “A shoo-in”: MBL C41 network player wins The Absolute Sound’s Product of the Year Award 2025
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