Take one sculptural-looking turntable from Serbian company Soulines and pair it with a tonearm crafted by Dave Cawley of Soulines’ UK distributor, Timestep – and you get “a very stylish combination,” says Adam Smith in the July issue of Hi-Fi News. But as always the key question is: how does it sound?
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David Denyer launches new R2R blog: ‘the reel-to-reel rambler’
I’m delighted to ‘go live’ with a new blog-type website today.
www.thereeltoreelrambler.com is the place where I’ll be sharing my love of all things tape/open reel/R2R.
There’s two parts to the site: first, a beginner’s guide to tape, and second, a series of regular blog posts where I’ll add reviews of music on tape, news, interviews with relevant experts and interesting parties, opinion pieces, practical advice and tips, etc.
I’m not pitching myself as some kind of expert here, more an enthusiastic fan of the form keen to create a ‘hub’ for other folks in a similar boat. The intended audience is those who are relatively new to the world of tape – typically music lovers and audiophiles who are eager to listen to superb quality recordings, rather than those in the pro field (that said, professionals are of course very welcome indeed!).
If tape’s your thing, please do dive in…
I’d very much welcome thoughts and suggestions along the way. There’s a contact form on the blog and also links to my Facebook and Twitter pages where you can pop over for a chat or post a comment or two.
And if you’re in the tape business, or are a serious enthusiast, or even a keen beginner and would like to contribute some thoughts, drop me a line and we can talk about a guest blog/article/opinion piece/interview/snippet – I’m open to ideas!
Here’s that URL again: www.thereeltoreelrambler.com
Look forward to seeing you there!
PS. I’ll be moving over the archive of R2R-related news and musings from here on the DDPR website over to the reel-to-reel rambler, so if you’re looking for something open reel-related that was previously here, you’ll now find it over there!
“A seriously special speaker”: Hi-Fi News spends some quality time with Raidho’s D-2.1 floorstander
While most loudspeaker designers favour the classic dome tweeter, the world-renowned Danish brand Raidho was pretty much founded on its famous pseudo-ribbon tweeter. The performance of this new invention was spectacular but initially posed a challenge: it was too far ahead of the game and so responsive and dynamic that integration with conventional dynamic midrange and mass drivers proved tricky. So Raidho re-invented those too. In the brand’s D series, the re-invention takes a further leap forward with the addition of pure diamond. Continue reading “A seriously special speaker”: Hi-Fi News spends some quality time with Raidho’s D-2.1 floorstander
High End highlights: some hot happenings to check out at the Munich Show this weekend
It’s that time of year again folks… when hi-fi’s greatest hitters from around the globe flock to the world’s largest audio exhibition. Yes music lovers, High End Munich 2018 is almost upon us. So, just before I get packing, here are some of the highlights I’ll be heading for.
“Less can be so much more”: David Price reviews Exposure’s compact XM HP headphone amp in Hi-Fi News and Hi-Fi Choice
The fifth in Exposure’s XM series of compact, half-width components, the XM HP is “extremely versatile” and offers “more than its official designation as a headphone amplifier would suggest,” says David Price, who awards it a duo of badges – ‘highly commended’ and ‘recommended’.
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“Exceptional”: Hi-Fi News reviews Magnepan’s Magneplaner 20.7 loudspeaker
“There is nothing else that sounds quite the same,” says Nick Tate in the April issue of Hi-Fi News. “The Magneplanar 20.7 appears to be some sort of magic window into the world of music.”
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Flagship Magnepan loudspeaker and phono cartridges from DS Audio & van den Hul are The Absolute Sound’s Products of the Year 2017
The Absolute Sound’s Product
of the Year Awards are the US-based magazine’s the most exclusive and prestigious honours, paying tribute to the very best components of the previous year. The award-winners are an elite bunch, since only one or two products are selected each year in just a handful of product categories.
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“World-class, a landmark design”: Hi-Fi Plus reviews Magnepan’s new flagship 30.7 loudspeaker system
“Magnepans don’t look like typical box speakers and don’t sound like them either,” writes Chris Martens in the March issue of Hi-Fi Plus. He means it in a good way. A very good way, in fact, having long used the company’s speakers in his reference system. Here, he reviews the new flagship 30.7 four-panel dipolar loudspeaker system.
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Hi-Fi News highly commends Metaxas & Sins’ modular Macrophone standmount loudspeaker
“We are in a new era where hair-shirt-finished-and-styled hardware with five-figure price tags no longer cuts it,” says Ken Kessler in the March issue of Hi-Fi News. Fortunately, design-savvy hi-fi brand Metaxas & Sins places as much attention on styling as it does on superb sound. It’s in good company, notes Kessler, as he reviews the Macrophone standmount loudspeaker.
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“Powerful yet sweet”: Hi-Fi Choice recommends Audio Analogue’s new AAcento integrated amp
This “Italian stallion” brings “more to the stable than just outright power,” says reviewer Chris Ward in the March issue of Hi-Fi Choice. Think emotional intelligence, artisan build quality and extremely good value for money – all of which adds up to “a highly addictive proposition.”
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