News

  • Loud & Clear back in action
    Fri, 03/07/2020
    Loud & Clear, Edinburgh has welcomed its first post-lockdown customers. Complete with an outdoor greeting area and an indoor reception desk offering hand sanitisers plus complimentary gloves and masks, the Edinburgh store offered a safe and sound welcome to its visitors. The customers were able to enjoy some of the world’s finest hi-fi equipment on display in the spacious store.read more
  • Elipson revamps turntables
    Fri, 03/07/2020
    Elipson Audio has unveiled the Chroma Series turntables, replacing previous Alpha and Omega versions. Continuing the ethos of being entirely designed, developed and manufactured by Elipson in France, the new Chroma decks offer a host of new enhanced features, all engineered to offer improved audio quality, user interface and value for money. read more

How To

  • Essential vinyl accessories
    Tue, 28/04/2020
    A selection of accessories that help you get the most out of your turntable and thus make your records sound even better. Some of these devices are used every time I set up a turntable others are for routine maintenance while the rest are handy tools for refining turntable set up.read more

Latest Reviews

  • Ideon 3R USB Renaissance MkII Blackstar Edition
    Fri, 03/07/2020
    Reclocking is not a new thing, it was around in the 90s when the first wave of standalone DACs started to become popular and a few companies have been making USB examples for a while, Ideon from Greece among them. read more

Show Report

  • The Bristol Show 2020 pt.2
    February, 2020
    Rajiv Dave (top) of Chord Electronics explained a little more about the 2go portable streamer (£995) and 2yu DAC adaptor (£450) that were released just before the show. Dave formally worked with the BBC on their digital tech in the nineties,... read more

Features

  • Lyngdorf RoomPerfect
    Wed, 22/04/2020
    The room is undoubtedly a major factor in any sound system, you only have to visit a hi-fi show in a hotel to realise that regardless of the hardware it can be very difficult to make a good sound in a ‘bad’ room.