Matrix Audio SC-1 meeting The REFERENCE
Matrix Audio SC-1 meeting The REFERENCE Review This is a review written by Terry Ellis November 2025. 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 The continuous search for the audio "Gem" I am always looking for the next HiFi product that will give me significantly better digital audio sound quality within the remit of my own affordability. The developments that have happened recently in the £100k+ area of [...]
iFi’s new Affordable SilentPower range tackles mains-related noise to improve audio/AV system performance
iFi’s new Affordable SilentPower range tackles mains-related noise to improve audio/AV system performance News Alongside its award-winning collection of audio devices for home and portable use, including class-leading DACs and headphone amps, iFi Audio makes a range of accessories to tackle common issues that affect the performance of audio systems. The prime objective is to reduce noise in the audio signal which may be engendered in various ways, from problems caused by USB interfaces to issues with mains electricity. iFi’s latest collection of specialised ‘audio enhancers’ deals specifically with mains-related noise. The all new SilentPower [...]
Eversolo DAC-Z10 Review, what they do BEST
Eversolo DAC-Z10 Review, what they do BEST Review This is a review written by Terry Ellis September 2026. 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 and I earn from qualifying purchases for more info about this please see here I think in the last decade the HiFi industry has done an amazing job of making digital audio more convenient and Eversolo have been a big part of that with their DMP A6, 8 and 10, [...]
Have you CLOCKED it yet?
Have you CLOCKED it yet? Review The modern DAC dilemma In modern HiFi I believe there is an obvious DAC dilemma, with so many good options to choose from it's extremely difficult to know what is the best one to buy. When I started my YouTube channel nine years ago that was not the case, it was clear what was the best DAC at each price level because there was less choice, with some being stand out better for sound quality. That is not the case anymore, yes there are still differences however the average [...]
Why the Canor Virtus A3 Hybrid integrated amplifier is “Dumping” Class A
Why the Canor Virtus A3 Hybrid integrated amplifier is "Dumping" Class A Review This is a review written by Terry Ellis March 2026. 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 and I earn from qualifying purchases, for more info see here The importance of an amplifier If you are serious about sound quality you will already know how important an amplifier is. They are worth spending money on because when you have a good one in [...]
Want more depth to streamed music? Tellurium Q Ultra Silver II SC REVIEW
Want more depth to streamed music? Tellurium Q Ultra Silver II SC REVIEW Review This is a review written by Terry Ellis September 2025. Please Note I am an Amazon Associate meaning links to Amazon are affiliate links, for more info about this please see here A new direction, the RIGHT direction? For some audiophiles their HiFi systems networking will be as far from the forefront of their minds when it comes to sound as will a potential system upgrade to it. Up until 2025 that was me too, I had what I thought [...]
Are you SWITCHING? Network Acoustics tempus review
Are you SWITCHING? Network Acoustics tempus review Review This is a review written by Terry Ellis June 2025. Please Note I am an Amazon Associate meaning links to Amazon are affiliate links, for more info about this please see here Accepting a new reality HiFi system networking and the many products designed for better networking sound quality is a topic area I have not covered very much. Being brutally honest, I have not been overly interested in it. Maybe that is because I have been distracted by other things or maybe it’s because it [...]
Three HiFi cable solutions from three very different British manufacturers
Three HiFi cable solutions from three very different British manufacturers Review This is a review written by Chris Baillie April 2024. Please Note: I am an Amazon Associate meaning links to Amazon are affiliate links, for more info about this please see here Cables, cables and more cables I have spent quite a bit of my time recently reviewing all kinds of cables, from SFP digital cables to analogue speaker cables. It never ceases to amaze me just how different each cable can sound. Many audiophiles dismiss them as an afterthought when, in reality, [...]
Wharfedale NEW AURA Speaker range
Wharfedale NEW AURA Speaker range News In AURA In 2016 Wharfedale embarked on a new R&D project to create upscale designs that would sit above the classic entry-level Diamond speakers in the company’s range. Many innovative and uncompromising concepts were explored, with several key technologies emerging that would form the basis of Wharfedale’s flagship Elysian Series and mid-level EVO4 Series, both of which launched some three years after the project began. The Elysian and EVO4 speakers have several distinctive technical elements in common: AMT treble drivers, three-way configurations (with unusual domed midrange units in the [...]
