“Ingenious, impressive…”: StereoNet gets up close and personal with Dan Clark Audio’s Aeon 2 open and closed headphones

“In my book, these are perhaps the finest planar headphones available for the audiophile on the go right now,” says Jay Garrett, editor of online magazine www.stereonet.co.uk. And, “having the option of closed or open-backed variants is a really smart move, I think.” Continue reading “Ingenious, impressive…”: StereoNet gets up close and personal with Dan Clark Audio’s Aeon 2 open and closed headphones

Magnepan’s new high-end ‘appetizer’ – the uber-auditionable LRS loudspeaker

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If you’re looking for an easy and affordable way to enter the realm of Magnepan’s superb flat panel, planar magnetic loudspeakers, then look no further. The new Magneplanar LRS (‘Little Ribbon Speaker’) is just your ticket.

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“This does fabulous things for your music”: The Ear reviews Townshend’s Allegri Reference amplifier

“Max Townshend is the real deal,” says Jason Kennedy, editor of The Ear online audio magazine, and “the Allegri Reference is [his] latest and most successful passive preamplifier.” So what makes it so successful, and “a true high end component”?

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Exposure Electronics remains open for business and available to help

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With the UK Prime Minister’s announcement on 23 March ordering the temporary closure of electronics retailers, and with worldwide distribution of all non-essential products being seriously curtailed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, British hi-fi brand Exposure is keen to continue to be of service to audiophiles and music lovers during these difficult and uncertain times.

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“At, or very close to, the state of the art”: HiFi Critic reviews Townshend’s Allegri Reference preamplifier

It is several years – back in 2012 to be precise – since we reviewed the first compact Townshend line level control based on a ‘fractal’ miniature auto-transformer wound with cryogenically-treated wire,” writes Martin Colloms in the Jan/Feb/Mar issue of HiFi Critic. This was and still is the Allegri, which is still offered in Allegri Plus form as a six input, single-winding passive volume control or ATVC. Colloms continues to use the Plus as a reference. So how will the new Reference compare?

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Aesthetix and Furutech demagnetisers in Hi-Fi Plus round-up of top vinyl accessories

In the second part of Hi-Fi Plus’ round-up of some of the latest and greatest products for vinyl enthusiasts to “preen, clean, set-up and adjust their LPs and turntables,” Andrew Harrison discovers the joy of an anti-magnetic spin thanks to these two handy gadgets.

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“A game-changer”: StereoNet reviews Townshend’s Allegri Reference Preamplifier

Professional musician and audiophile Rafael Todes “recommends without question” Max Townshend’s new Allegri Reference. “I never tired of this preamp’s ‘revelatory’ quality; everything you play somehow sounds different to before… [it] gives preamplifiers at any price and of any type, an almost impossibly hard time in terms of sound.”

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Clearaudio upgrades Basic & Balance phonostages to new V2 editions

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A fine Balance of simplicity with complexity, and a multi-award winner that’s anything but Basic: Clearaudio’s ever-popular duo of mid-priced phonostages offer a raft of covetable options for the high-end audio beginner or upgrader – and both have now been treated to their own upgrade.

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