THE NATIONAL AUDIO SHOW 2012 PART NINE

In this the last part of the National Audio show we will visit some more interesting rooms, so lets press on and experience some more of the audio wonders that last Septembers 2012′s NAS Show had to offer.   153 – Highend Cable In a much smaller room upstairs this year – and all the better [...]

THE NATIONAL AUDIO SHOW 2012 PART EIGHT

In this the penultimate part of the NAS 2012 series of Show Reports, we will visit a few more rooms in the upper floor of the North Hamptonshire Whittelbury Hall venue.   101 – Thomas Audio Support Systems New to me Thomas Audio offer a fairly unique solution to isolating your equipment from air borne and structural [...]

THE NATIONAL AUDIO SHOW 2012 PART SEVEN

In part Seven of Adventures in High Fidelity Audio’s coverage of 2012′s National Audio Show we will continue our exploration of the upper floor of the exhibition. S17 – Epicurean Audio I enjoyed my time – albeit short – in this room and it was nice to get an opportunity to hear amplification from Edge [...]

THE NATIONAL AUDIO SHOW 2012 PART SIX

I am well aware these following parts of Adventures in High Fidelity Audio’s coverage of the September 2012 National Audio Show are very late and I debated the relevance of publishing them now, as well over 8 months has passed since this event took place but I felt on balance that there are quite a few interesting [...]

High Fidelity Cables CT1 Interconnect - A Revelation!

Firstly I owe Jonas Harrow and Rick Schultz of High Fidelity Cables an apology re the lateness of this review but it is well known by now – I think – that I suffered a personal tragedy in November last year that mean’t I didn’t do any reviewing as such and its only recently that [...]

THE ABBINGDON MUSIC RESEARCH DP777 DAC.... 'Crossing the Rubicon or How I learnt to Love Computer Audio'

A few words before the review. I am well aware this review is quite late – it should have been completed and published Dec 2012 and is also now out of sequence so to speak with the Wireworld USB cable reviews and the iFi Audio iDAC and iUSB Power reviews which should have followed it [...]

The HiFi Wigwam Enthusiasts Audio Show - Scalford Hall Melton Mowbray 3rd March 2013

Growing in popularity from year to year the most recent HiFi Wigwam show has just happened having been held on Sunday the 3rd of March at the Scalford Hall hotel in Melton Mowbray. Unlike most audio shows in the UK this one is organised by a HiFi forum and is pretty much, bar sellers of [...]

AudioJumble - Tonbridge 10th February 2013..... Sunday Audio Sunday!!!

With this first report I want to welcome Fernando Barbosa to the small group of writers who contribute their words gratis to Adventures in High Fidelity Audio. Fernando is a long standing audio enthusiast from Portugal who is resident in the UK and someone I have been exchanging emails with for quite a period of [...]

Barry in Japan - A visit to the Akihabara, Tokyo

A visit to Akihabara, Tokyo Japan This is a report on a brief visit to the Akihabara district of Tokyo, Japan. I visited Japan in April last year and spent a month travelling around the country. Though I stayed a week in Tokyo I was only able to spend a couple of days in Akihabara, [...]

iFi Audio iDAC and iUSB Power..... Amazing miniature wonders!

Products that benefit from the trickle down of technology from designs much further up the range are always eagerly desired by those, who for whatever reason are unable to buy top of the range products and are perhaps on a tight budget but are still looking for excellence at an affordable price. New to the [...]