All press releases, Audio Analogue, Decent Audio

Audio Analogue adds to its new ‘PureAA’ line with the AAphono phono stage

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In 2016, Audio Analogue celebrated its twentieth birthday with two bang-up-to-date ‘Anniversary’ editions of the company’s earlier classic integrated amplifiers, the Puccini and Maestro. Now, the Italian brand has launched its ‘PureAA’ line of products, drawing key ideas from the Anniversary amps and adding a raft of further features. Second in the line, following the AAcento amplifier, is the new AAphono.

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DDPR news & musings, Decent Audio, Magnepan

“World-class, a landmark design”: Hi-Fi Plus reviews Magnepan’s new flagship 30.7 loudspeaker system

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“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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All press releases, Decent Audio, Scansonic HD

Scansonic adds to its astonishingly affordable range of high-performance loudspeakers with new MK-5 stand-mount

PRESS RELEASE

Danish Scansonic may be the sister company of the highly covetable Danish brand Raidho, but its impressively affordable ‘HD’ range of loudspeakers is winning over audiophiles and music lovers in its own right. Just added to the range is the new MK-5 stand-mount model.

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DDPR news & musings

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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Audio Analogue, DDPR news & musings, Decent Audio

“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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DDPR news & musings, Furutech, Sound Fowndations

“Detail delivered with panache”: Furutech’s flagship NanoFlux speaker cable is Hi-Fi News Editor’s Choice

The link between speakers and amplifiers is one of the most critical in a system. Fortunately Japanese hi-fi cable and accessories expert Furutech knows a thing or two about achieving the purest possible signal transmission. “It’s all about the copper,” says Hi-Fi News editor Paul Miller, who puts the brand’s flagship speaker cable to the text in the magazine’s March issue.

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DDPR news & musings, Glanz, Timestep

“Absolutely top-tier… lovingly built, beautifully finished and a joy to use”: Glanz precision tonearms are Hi-Fi News Editor’s Choice

Glanz tonearms have just arrived in the UK thanks to an exclusive distribution agreement with Devon-based Timestep, and visitors to last weekend’s Sound & Vision: The Bristol Show were among the first to discover them. Meanwhile, Hi-Fi News reviewer Nick Tate has been getting a sneak preview and in the magazine’s March issue he puts the Glanz MH-124S through its paces.

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DDPR news & musings, Decent Audio, Raidho

Be my baby: Hi-Fi Choice reviewer David Price falls in love with Raidho’s compact XT-1 standmount loudspeaker

Danish brand Raidho is world-renowned for its high-end, flagship loudspeakers. But what you may not realize is just how well the company also does compact and bijou. David Price checks out the entry-level end of the range, in the form of the diminuitive XT-1 standmount model. Continue reading Be my baby: Hi-Fi Choice reviewer David Price falls in love with Raidho’s compact XT-1 standmount loudspeaker →

DDPR news & musings, The Audiophile's Clinic

Got an audio ailment? Need some hi-fi healing or reel-to-reel rehab? Allow me to introduce you to The Audiophile’s Clinic

Do you live, breathe, eat, sleep and dream music and sound? Then, dear reader, I’m delighted to report that I’ve discovered something that can help: The Audiophile’s Clinic. Don’t worry, this isn’t a rehab clinic. Nobody’s going to try to cure you of your addiction. On the contrary, the aim of The Audiophile’s Clinic is to help ensure that you can indulge freely in your obsession (sorry, hobby), delve yet further into your passion for music and feed your need for audio nirvana unimpeded. To put it another way, The Audiophile’s Clinic is here to ensure your musical wellbeing.
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