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Heard this at Munich last year. The WB room sounded very good, a step above any of the demo's I've heard from the company previously. Good to see a British company pushing boundaries, plenty of potential customers in Asia where most of their speakers end up. Good luck to them

Good for Richer's As the bricks and mortar shops dwindle it's a good thing the opportunity to demo/hear some nice kit is expanding. Only been into an RS once in recent years. Was passing Reading and popped in, the staff were great and whisked me into their demo room for a chat and to listen...

Really nice range, one of my standout hifi moments was Luxman cdp into Soulution amps driving Parsifal Ovation, big, bold but natural with it, bass you could feel like punch when appropriate Parsifal Anniversary are beautifully crafted and sounded great driven by Analog Domain.

Had an EMM Labs CDSA, and through the doors Puccini, Nagra and many other hi-end cdps. For me the EMM had the most natural qualities, maybe not the last word in bass weight but ecellent. Sadly they're temperamental, though kudos to EMM who continue to support all their legacy kit. Ended up...

Audio Consultants were running one (DS003) on a modest Notts Analogue TT at the recent UK Audio show. The other source I heard and had been looking forward to hearing in this room was Luxman's new D10x cdp, always liked earlier mid-range Luxman's. Preferred the analogue in this set up by a fair...

As I see it the industry has moved on in different ways These day's there's an awful lot of marketing hype, convenience, cost cutting and price hitting at the expense of good sound but also solid engineering based on long understood practice, fine tuned to the nth degree, creating some great...

I suspect you'll find plenty of carts that'll offer what you're looking for, at a price... a tricky subject as everyone's setup is different and it's rarely possible to try them and hear what they do in a known context before purchase. FWIW Hana ML worked really nicely in a Jelco 750L for me I...

I can see how 1. could be an issue, though not a problem on either arm I've used, Funk FX3 & Brinkmann. Point 2? I know two happy 500 owners, not heard the 2, 3 or 500 myself but patently untrue as regards the PP2000. This Misnomer appears to have spread from Fremer's review when comparing to...

If you like Ortofon and find the Bronze too smooth the Black might be just the ticket in your system. I thought it majored on air and resolution. I ended up buying a Hana ML, seemed to me to deliver the benefits of both with more solid foundation. I've since moved on to a Phasemation, fabulous...

Goldring 1042 Grado Gold Denon DL103 Shure V15iii AT PTGii Hana ML Phasemation PS2000

Were it me looking for a £2k cdp I'd be taking a look at Marantz, s/h SA14 or any number of the SA11 or special editions. Great disc players and digital inputs when you decide to stream. I've an NA11s1 used largely as a dac with an 8005 as transport, not embarrassed sitting next to £20k worth of...

Sounds like compatibility with the arm I had a similar experience with a standard 103, it was poor on a Jelco arm and consigned to spare. Changed to a Funk arm and tried it in order to ensure it was functional before selling. Wow, came to life, bit grainy but finally understood why it has any...

Noticed he has AN speakers in the background during some interviews

Pretty straightforward. Spent the best part of a day experimenting with placement of the speakers and the seating position. Perceived wisdom on my part said small room get the speakers as close to the front wall as the ports will allow and sit back toward the back wall. That sounded muddied...

Small room so nearfield, 6 ft-ish tweeter to listening position. When we moved a few years back I got a dedicated room but compromised on size. Figured the speakers wouldn't work and they didn't initially. Much experimentation and ended with a system that sounds much better than it ever did in...