Tests & reviews

Can upsampling an audio file make a worthwhile improvement or is it hogwash? Using an AURALiC Sirius G2.1, we attempted to find out....

Now that we’ve had the New Classic 200 and 300 components from Naim in store for a while, we thought it would be useful to compare all iterations from both series to see what improvements can be had as you move up the range.

The new G5 Guarneri from Sonus faber and their predecessor, the Guarneri Tradition, are both utterly gorgeous, but given six years have passed since the release of the Tradition in 2017 and the fact that the visible differences between old and new are pretty small, we wondered how they'd compare sonically. 

We had two almost identical demonstrations recently, with both sets of customers looking to upgrade their amplifiers for use primarily with vinyl. The same four models were under consideration due largely to the inclusion of onboard phono stages – the...

Digital transports have long been a topic of discussion for many – after all, it’s just ones and zeroes that come out of them, so how can their sound quality differ? As this is such a frequent question we decided...

We've taken an often-asked question about the differences between active and passive loudspeakers and attempted to answer it....

Naim's Uniti series has become something of a reference for one-box solutions that offer excellent performance since it arrived in 2015, but what are the real-world differences between each model? Find out our view here!

Moon 390D/330A streaming pre-amp & power amplifier When it comes to versatility, the Moon 390 is something of a tour-de-force. This streaming preamp from Canadian company Sim Audio, has the lot: inputs for analogue sources, an MM/MC phono stage, integrated...

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Cabling upgrade for Naim Audio Although Naim Audio fit RCA sockets to many of their more recent source components and pre-amplifiers, they have long since advocated the use of DIN connectors wherever possible, as they believe they offer superior performance....