Category Archives: Sound Fowndations

Clearaudio extends its entry-level offering with new Essence MC cartridge

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“Take the best and make it better,” has always been the driving motto of the Suchy family, the team behind the Clearaudio brand. And it’s one that applies to every product in the brand’s extensive range – from the ultra high-end to a small but growing collection of entry-level temptations.

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The “anything but subtle” difference: new improved Furutech DeMagα (Alpha) keeps LPs, CDs and cables free of magnetic distortion

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A decade after the launch of the original DeMag, Furutech have released a new, improved ‘Alpha’ edition of the now renowned demagnetiser.

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Take two front covers: Clearaudio’s flagship and entry-level turntables each hold their own in the April press

Ken Kessler is seriously impressed by Clearaudio’s £111k Statement v2 turntable and TT1 tonearm in the latest issue of Hi-Fi News. Meanwhile over at What Hi-Fi, the £1,000 Clearaudio Concept goes head-to-head with Pro-ject’s 2Xperience SB.

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Backs to the wall: Swedish Larsen loudspeakers come to the UK – and win fans at The Bristol Show

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Most loudspeakers are designed for, and tested in, an anechoic chamber – an echo-free room with absorbent material on all surfaces, hence one without sound reflections. But in reality we neither live nor listen in such a room, so to get optimal sound from conventional speakers requires precise placement well away from walls – leaving us with a lot less ‘room’ for living and listening.

Larsen is a Swedish loudspeaker brand whose models are specifically designed to resolve this conundrum by working with, rather than fighting, sound reflections.

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Fosgate Signature headphone amp to make UK debut at Headroom 2016

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“The Fosgate Signature headphone amplifier is one of the very best-sounding amps I’ve ever used,” wrote Steve Guttenberg in his CNET.com review. Already firmly established in its native USA, the Fosgate Signature is now available in the UK and will be demonstrated at this weekend’s Headroom show in London.

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CES 2016 exclusive: world debut of new ‘masterpiece’ Gamut Zodiac loudspeaker

Gamut, internationally renowned Danish manufacturer of state-of-the-art audio components, is delighted to announce the launch of its new cost-no-object masterpiece: the Zodiac loudspeaker.

If you’re already a fan of Gamut’s superlative RS Series (and let’s face it, if you’ve heard them, you will be), then you’re in for one heck of a treat. The new hot-off-the-press Zodiac is a further development of the pride of the RS Series, the huge RS9.
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