Audiolab Omnia CD/streaming hi-fi system – just add speakers
Audiolab Omnia CD/streaming hi-fi system – just add speakers News Throughout its 40-year history, Audiolab has produced some of British hi-fi’s most celebrated electronics. Amps that stretch from 1982’s classic 8000A to the current, best-selling 6000A; DACs from 1992’s 8000DAC to the mighty M-DAC series of the last decade; and a range of source components that includes the award-winning 6000CDT CD transport and 6000N Play network streamer.For its newest creation, Audiolab has distilled its know-how across these component categories into a single chassis. The result is an all-in-one, just-add-speakers music system that Audiolab calls the Omnia.Housed in [...]
Audiolab’s new Dual Action DC Block removes RFI/EMI whilst banishing ‘DC on the mains’
Audiolab’s new Dual Action DC Block removes RFI/EMI whilst banishing ‘DC on the mains’ News Famed for its amplifiers and digital source components spanning four decades, Audiolab is now releasing its first product designed to improve the quality of AC electricity we feed our audio and AV systems – the dual-action DC Block. Mains electricity has a fundamental influence on the audio signal as it passes through a system, from source to amp to speakers. The mains supply in a typical dwelling is subject to interference induced by a range of issues, causing the AC [...]
Audiolab 6000A & 6000N PLAY REVIEW
Audiolab 6000A & 6000N PLAY Review Review Introduction The Audiolab 6000A & 6000N PLAY are two of three entry level HiFi components from the UK manufacturer designed to offer class leading performance. flexibility with great functionality but do they achieve this goal Audiolab 6000A more than just an amplifier The 6000A is a 50 watt per channel class A/B amplifier that features a carefully designed circuit from Jan Ertner but this is far from where it ends. The 6000A can be used a slave power amplifier ideal for using as part of a HiFi/ Home [...]
iFi Audio Micro iDSD Black Label USB Headphone Amplifier Review
iFi Audio Micro iDSD Black Label USB Headphone Amplifier Review Review Starting a little differently I need to start this review a little differently, I am starting it with an apology to iFi Audio. Its taken me much longer than I anticipated to get this review completed and I would like to say its because I have been testing every facet of the iDSD BL many different usage options but that is not the case. What has actually happened is the micro iDSD BL has become such an integral part of my current video production [...]
Dynaudio launches Focus range of high-end active streaming speakers with Dirac
Dynaudio launches Focus range of high-end active streaming speakers with Dirac News Dynaudio is thrilled to announce the brand-new Focus series – a family of fully active wireless stereo speakers. Each model in the range features cutting-edge streaming abilities along with tried-and-tested Dynaudio driver technology. It’s perhaps the most advanced system of its type on the market: studio-grade audio quality alongside incredible ease of use and versatility.The new Focus replaces the previous Focus XD range with a design that’s as modern on the inside as it is on the outside. It’s built for users who want a [...]
Clearaudio Professional Power 24V Transformer-based DC power supply
Clearaudio Professional Power 24V Transformer-based DC power supply News The new Clearaudio Professional Power 24V is a standalone DC power supply that is designed to elevate the performance of turntables from the brand’s leading Innovation Series. In addition, it also supports the award-winning Clearaudio Ovation turntable. A key element in realising the full sonic potential of any turntable is the quality of the power supply. With that in mind, Clearaudio is offering existing owners and new buyers of the Ovation and Innovation Series turntables a third choice in the form of the Professional Power 24V. [...]
KEF delivers high-end audio system for the new Lotus Eletre Hyper-SUV
KEF delivers high-end audio system for the new Lotus Eletre Hyper-SUV News The ongoing partnership between KEF and Lotus has reached another significant milestone with KEF bringing high-end audio into the all-new and all-electric Lotus Eletre Hyper-SUV.The Lotus Eletre is a striking and progressive Hyper-SUV, the first of a new breed of pure electric SUVs. It takes the core principles and Lotus DNA from more than 70 years of sports car design and engineering, evolving them into a desirable all-new lifestyle car for the next generation of Lotus customers. The Eletre is 4WD, has a battery capacity [...]
Dynaudio EMIT 30 Speakers Review
Dynaudio EMIT 30 Speakers Review Review This is a review written by Terry Ellis March 2022. For my video review please see my YouTube channel link here A compact speaker with a BIG heart If you like the sound of, excusing the pun an extremely compact and reasonably affordable floor standing HiFi speaker, which has this incredible ability to make your favourite music have a real sense of occasion. Energy, life and verve, combined with an excellent bass, well then the Dynaudio EMIT 30 HiFi speakers may well be for you. I have been [...]
Wilson Audio Introduces Lōkē their smallest subwoofer
Wilson Audio Introduces Lōkē their smallest subwoofer News At the heart of every Wilson Audio® product, you will find designs specifically created to elevate the audio playback experience in your home. It is precisely this codified North Star approach that led Wilson Audio’s founder, David A. Wilson, to the development of the now legendary WATT® (Wilson Audio Tiny Tot) almost four decades ago. Dave created not only what was to become the upper module of the venerable WATT/Puppy® combo, but also charted the design process now formalized in the Wilson Audio Special Application Engineering® (WASAE) [...]
Musician Audio Aquarius Flagship DAC REVIEW
Musician Audio Aquarius Flagship DAC REVIEW Review This is a review summary written by Terry Ellis February 2022 For the full review please see my YouTube video review linked here A Flagship DAC It was only a few years ago that the DAC market felt a very limited place, on my radar there were units built into amplifiers and stand alone units from Chord Electronics available in the UK at my budget anyway. Today in 2022 Audiophiles are spoilt for good DAC choice, in fact some are so stand out for their performance for [...]
