German Physiks Unlimited Ultimate Speakers Review
German Physiks Unlimited Ultimate Speakers Review Review A High End Audio Christmas I was very fortunate to spend the Christmas and new year of 2018 with a very nice system on loan courtesy of The Audio Consultants. One of the main elements of this system was a pair of very interesting and new to me pair of German Physiks Unlimited Ultimate Speakers. The three weeks I spent with these speakers was very interesting for a number of reasons, they showed me new things and new technologies that left a lasting impression. A speaker design a [...]
Gryphon Audio Diablo 333 Integrated Amplifier Review
Gryphon Audio Diablo 333 Integrated Amplifier Review Review This is a review written by Terry Ellis December 2024. 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 Competing with oneself I tried to put myself in the shoes of the very high end HiFi manufacturer Gryphon Audio who have an established integrated amplifier that a lot of people feel is the best of its kind in the whole world. Despite [...]
IsoTek V5 Titan & Sigmas “10 YEAR” REVIEW
IsoTek V5 Titan & Sigmas "10 YEAR" REVIEW Review This is a review written by Terry Ellis July 2024. 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 Over a decade in In this review I am likely to be quite excite about two new to me HiFi mains conditioning products from IsoTek. I know not everyone will be as excited as me about this topic and that’s fine however [...]
XACT S1, the Worlds First 100% linear powered digital music server REVIEW
XACT S1, the Worlds First 100% linear powered digital music server REVIEW Review This is a review written by Terry Ellis April 2024. 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 History and Passion I think the JCAT XACT S1 music server is a very cool product that ticks nearly every box for what I would want from a product like this or how I would want to build [...]
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 Please Note: I am an Amazon Associate meaning links to Amazon are affiliate links, for more info about this please see 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 [...]
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 [...]
The Importance of Leading Edge Clarity
The Importance of Leading Edge Clarity Article There are many obvious defining elements of a HiFi systems performance that we as audiophile can easily hear and associate to good audio quality. Clarity, focus, sound stage width-depth-height, bass power and control, scale, natural are all important factors we are improving as our audio systems get better. If you had to select just one, the one key area of a systems performance that is more important than all the others what would you choose? Its very hard to select only one as they are all so important, [...]
Audio Analogue Maestro Anniversary Integrated Amplifier Review
Audio Analogue Maestro Anniversary Integrated Amplifier Review Review BIG, BEAUTIFUL, POWERFUL, SOULFUL, CHARACTERLESS - FABULOUS In December 2018 I was delivered a full system for review by a specialist UK HiFi Dealer The Audio Consultants. This consisted of German Physiks speakers, a Norma Audio CD Player, GutWire Cabling and Harmonix Resolutions Systems Isolation products. The amplifier they chose to use with this system delivered many surprises over the three week review period., the Audio Analogue Maestro Anniversary Integrated amplifier made a huge impression on me, in more than one way so lets get into the [...]
