Our demostration pair of Falcon Acoustics LS3/5a’s and their dedicated stands have finally arrived! We are trying them with different amplification and sources to see what we can recommend to you that really makes them work at their best. Results so far? Spine tingling! Vocals are simply stunning with a projection into the room that can […]
We are delighted to be appointed the first UK dealer for this wonderful new high-end headphone system! The Sonoma Acoustics M1 is the world’s first headphone to use a High-Precision Electrostatic Laminate Transducer (HPEL). The team responsible for creating the worlds first DSD recording and editing system have now conceived the stunning Sonoma M1. Using a class […]
Well, the time has come for us to head off and say goodbye to beautiful Tokyo. And the onerous decision of which system we like best. The huge range of excellent equipment at the Tokyo International Audio Show made it really difficult for us to pick one system. In the end, by a whisker, we […]
Heading into the Avalon and Nagra room today, they had the smaller Time loudspeakers, driven by the same Nagra electronics. Wow! For us, these were even better than the Saga speakers from yesterday. Playing Art Pepper’s “You’d be so nice to come home to” is was a beautifully integrated sound, smooth and yet detailed. And […]
Wilson’s imposing Alexx loudspeakers were on show, driven by Dan D’Agostino amplifiers and MSB digital sources. Fittingly, the setup was in an enormous, high-ceilinged room which it took us a while to find on the other side from the main run of rooms. A huge range of electronics was on show there, with a treasure […]
Fostex was showing its GX250MG speakers with Accuphase electronics at the Tokyo International Audio Show. These have a midrange and woofer in Fostex’s “HR shape” which they say pre-stresses the diaphragm making is resistant to deformation. The sound was very impressive with great integration and an effortless realism. We stayed for a few tracks spanning […]
Some more impressive sounds from ATC and McIntosh at the Tokyo International Audio Show, where the ATC SCM100 towers were driven by the enormous McIntosh MC1.25kW amps from McIntosh source equipment. Across a wide range of tracks, the sound was stunning with the end-to-end balance and realism that ATC is famous for. The McIntosh power […]
Walking across to the Tokyo International Audio Show, we came across a KEF boutique in the runs of upmarket designer shops. So, alongside fine jewelry and designer clothes we had a shiny pair of Muons and some very fine audio equipment on show.
Just when we were starting to narrow down candidates for Sound of the Show, along comes another amazing room: YG Hailey loudspeakers driven by Air Tight electronics with vinyl played by an Air Tight cartridge on an SME-armed Transrotor ZET-3 turntable. When we went in, they were playing Stevie Ray Vaughan’s album Couldn’t Stand the […]
Quad was showing its ESL-2912 loudspeakers with Accuphase electronics in G410 at the Tokyo International Audio Show. Ravel’s Bolero was playing with all the characteristic electrostatic speaker virtues when we visited the room. On static display was the beautiful new Quad Artera system, with a Play CD player/DAC/preamp and a Stereo power amp. In a […]