Cary Audio DMS-700 Network Audio Player with DAC Review
Cary Audio DMS-700 Network Audio Player with DAC Review Review This is a review summary written by Terry Ellis December 2021 For the full review please see my YouTube video linked here Do you know them for their digital Cary Audio are a very long established American high end HiFi manufacturer known for their valve amplifiers and preamplifiers. They asked me if I would like to review two of their products, firstly their most popular product the SI-300.2D integrated amplifier and secondly their flagship digital music source the DMS-700. The DMS-700 features a very [...]
Cary Audio SI-300.2D Integrated Amplifier with DAC Review
Cary Audio SI-300.2D Integrated Amplifier with DAC Review Review This is a review summary written by Terry Ellis December 2021 For the full review please see my YouTube video linked here The famous tube sound Cary Audio are a very long established American high end HiFi manufacturer that started back in the late 1980's and you may know them for their valve amplifiers and preamplifiers. They asked me if I would like to review two of their products, firstly their flagship network audio player the DMS-700 and secondly their most popular product the SI-300.2D [...]
Auralic Altair G1 Wireless Streaming DAC Review
Auralic Altair G1 Wireless Streaming DAC Review Review This is a review summary written by Terry Ellis April 2022. For my video full review please see my YouTube channel link here As an audiophile I think I have a very old-fashioned mindset, that having HiFi convenience has to come at the cost of quality. But is this true in 2022? The modern HiFi market is a very developed place, especially with digital music streaming, and Auralic are a manufacturer that are aiming to prove me wrong. Have they been able to do the almost [...]
Kinki Studio EX M1 + Integrated Amplifier REVIEW
Kinki Studio EX-M1+ Integrated Amplifier REVIEW Review This is a review summary written by Terry Ellis March 2022 For the full review please see my YouTube video linked here In 2022, I think we can all agree that there are a LOT of solid-state integrated amplifiers on the market at pretty much all prices. Standing out from this crowd is always going to be difficult. I have been lucky to have spent time with some of the best from Gryphon, German Physiks, Luxman, McIntosh, Nagra, Mark Levinson, Musical Fidelity and many more and these [...]
TAD CE1 Speakers Review
TAD CE1 Speaker Review Review This is a review written by Terry Ellis March 2022 For the video review please see my YouTube video review I did not originally intend to review the TAD CE1 speakers, I was just curious to listen to them after hearing their big brother the Reference One as part of an amazing HiFi system last year. I was curious to know how close the CE or Compact Evolution is to the Reference One at a fraction of the cost. I warn you; you will not want that answer unless [...]
Best HiFi Products 2021 Awards
Best HiFi Products 2021 Awards Article There is a video created for my Best HiFi Products of 2021 in my YouTube channel, to watch it click here Looking back over a busy year 2021 was without question another very challenging year with everything from supply chain lead times to mask wearing rules changing month by month. It was a very hard year for me and I am sure you too but looking on the bright side we both made it. Looking back over the last 12 months I was astonished to see I had [...]
Melco flagship N10 Music Library 45th Anniversary Edition REVIEW
Melco flagship N10 Music Library 45th Anniversary Edition REVIEW Review This is a review summary written by Terry Ellis December 2021 For the full review please see my YouTube video linked here 45 years in the making The Melco N10 is the Japanese high end hifi manufacturers flagship product, termed a Music Library other manufacturers call their equivalent products Music Servers for reference purposes. The 45th anniversary model speaks for itself as to why it exists, Melco was formed in 1975 but what does it offer over the standard version. Firstly exclusivity, there are [...]
