Denafrips Pontus II DAC Review
Denafrips Pontus II DAC Review Review This is a review summary written by Terry Ellis March 2022. For my video full review please see my YouTube channel link here Please Note: I am an Amazon Associate meaning links to Amazon are affiliate links, for more info about this please see here Denafrips are a Chinese based manufacturer, who have made some serious (sound) waves across the HiFi World in the last few years. Knowing their reputation, I was very keen to at last get a chance to play with one of their DACs but [...]
A Second HiFi System can be fun – with Cambridge Audio MXN10 and more
A Second HiFi System can be fun - with Cambridge Audio MXN10 and more Review This is a review written by Chris Baillie March 2024. Please Note: I am an Amazon Associate meaning links to Amazon are affiliate links, for more info about this please see here A second system background Although I have always dreamed of owning a high-end turntable, personal circumstances meant I have always been limited to digital sources. For years, this meant CD, but the idea that high-res files may get me closer to the resolution of the vinyl source [...]
Inakustik Referenz MICRO AIR NF-204 Interconnects and LS-204 Speaker Cables Review
Inakustik Referenz MICRO AIR NF-204 Interconnects and LS-204 Speaker Cables Review Review This is a review written by Chris Baillie March 2024. Please Note: I am an Amazon Associate meaning links to Amazon are affiliate links, for more info about this please see here Inakustik When one thinks about long established Hi-Fi cable brands, companies such as Chord Co, Audioquest, Nordost, Kimber, Cardas and QED all spring to mind. Surprisingly German brand Inakustik was established before any of the aforementioned bar QED. Search YouTube or click this link for Terry's video tour of their [...]
Audiolab 6000a, 7000a and 9000a Comparison REVIEW
Audiolab 6000a, 7000a and 9000a Comparison REVIEW Review This is a review summary written by Terry Ellis July 2023 For the full review please see my YouTube video linked here Please Note: I am an Amazon Associate meaning links to Amazon are affiliate links, for more info about this please see here If you are trying to decide which Audiolab amplifier is right for you between the 6000a, and the new 7000a and 9000a, this comparison should hopefully help you, because Audiolab are asking for quite a bit more money for the 7 and [...]
AVID HiFi Sigsum Integrated Amplifier with Phono Stage REVIEW
AVID HiFi Sigsum Integrated Amplifier with Phono Stage REVIEW Review This is a review written by Terry Ellis February 2023. For my video review please see my YouTube channel link here Please Note: I am an Amazon Associate meaning links to Amazon are affiliate links, for more info about this please see here These days, when reviewing equipment, I always ask myself the questions, “why does this HiFi product exist, why has it been designed the way it has and, most importantly, why does it sound the way it does”. Normally, with very high-end [...]
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 Please Note: I am an Amazon Associate meaning links to Amazon are affiliate links, for more info about this please see 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 [...]
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 [...]
Metrum Acoustics Onyx Balanced NOS HiFi DAC Review
Metrum Acoustics Onyx Balanced NOS HiFi DAC Review Review For this review I am working with Elite Audio UK who are the UK distributor and exclusive retailer and if you interested in any Metrum Acoustics components please contact them A few Surprises in store for me Metrum Acoustics are a Netherlands based Hifi manufacturer that have been in business for over 15 years and the Onyx sits in the middle of the companies range of HiFi DACs. The Onyx is exclusively a DAC, a stand alone digital to analogue convertor. Metrum Acoustics also make [...]
