“Power cables can be something of a conundrum,” admits Jon Myles in the September issue of Hi-Fi World. “There’s no doubt replacing the stock lead supplied with your CD player, amplifier, pre-amp or tuner with a specialised model can make a difference to sound quality. But at the top end prices can seem prohibitively expensive compared to the benefits.”
Enter IsoTek’s new EVO3 Initium which, at just £65 for a 1.5 metre length, promises to deliver a cost-effective upgrade to your system.
Clearaudio’s Innovation range of turntables now has a new entry point, the Innovation Basic. Borrowing technology from the three esteemed members of the Innovation family – the Innovation, Innovation Compact and Master Innovation – the new Basic packs a raft of features into its elegant bijou form and delivers stunning performance at a more accessible price.
Continue reading Clearaudio extends Innovation turntable range with new entry-level ‘Basic’
Japanese cable and accessories experts Furutech add to their acclaimed range of static charge eliminators with the new SK-Filter, conveniently designed to remove unwanted static build-up from the surface of records as they play.
Continue reading New Furutech SK-Filter gently lifts away static from your records as they spin
The August 2016 issue of What Hi-Fi features a ‘turntable special’, with “decks for every budget, from £120 to £1,700.”
Leading the pack is Clearaudio’s Concept, the only ‘table to scoop the full five stars across every rating. And not for the first time, since the Concept has already bagged a veritable glut of What Hi-Fi awards in recent years.
Continue reading What Hi-Fi turntable special: Clearaudio Concept comes out on top (again!)
Hot on the heels of the IsoTek EVO3 Initium’s recent rave review in Hi-Fi Plus (May 2016) comes a five-star verdict from Hi-Fi Choice in the August 2016 issue, along with a ‘Hi-Fi Choice Recommended’ badge.
Continue reading ‘Hi-Fi Choice Recommended’: another five stars for the IsoTek EVO3 Initium power cable
While electro-magnetic pick-up technology continues to dominate the vinyl scene, there have always been alternatives or variations on the theme, suggests Roy Gregory, writing in the June 2016 issue of Hi-Fi Plus.
“It’s not too hard to understand why,” he surmises, “gives the all too audible flaws inherent in, and challenges presented by, both moving-magnet and moving-coil designs. Throw in the essential mechanical crudity of the process and it’s hardly surprising that designers and end-users alike crave a more sophisticated and elegant solution.”
The solution under review is Japanese DS Audio’s DS-W1 optical cartridge.
Hi-Fi Plus editor Alan Sircom reviewed the EVO3 Initium power cord from IsoTek in the magazine’s May 2016 issue and was clearly impressed.
For the first time ever, the iconic Clearaudio Statement v2 turntable will be gracing the demonstration room of a UK audio dealer. Catch it while you can at Dorset-based Stone Audio’s very special Clearaudio event on Friday 1st & Saturday 2nd July.
Japanese cable experts Furutech’s recently-developed ‘Alpha Nano-Au-Ag’ OCC conductor is among the best that the brand’s engineers have ever conceived for sound reproduction. Not surprising, then, that it underpins the brand’s new top-of-line power and speaker cables.
Continue reading Furutech introduce top-of-line NanoFlux NCF power cable & NanoFlux speaker cable
The new IsoTek EVO3 Initium marries high quality materials with intelligent construction to deliver a power cable of outstanding performance and mechanical integrity, which will neither degrade over time nor break your bank balance.
Continue reading The affordable upgrade: new entry-level EVO3 Initium power cable from IsoTek
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