Soft Machine were formed in Canterbury in June 1966; the members originally being Daevid Allen, Kevin Ayres, Robert Wyatt, Larry Nolan and Mike Ratledge. At this time the group were called Mister Head, but soon changed their name to The Soft Machine, after the novel by William Burroughs [1].
Larry Nolan left the group in October [...]

Around about the same time that LW Audio sent me the Stereoknight Silverstone and Enigma pre-amplifiers to review, I was also sent a quantity of cables from TrusoundZ, a cable brand I had not come across before visiting the March Heathrow HiFi Show at the Park Inn, where LW Audio distributors of SteroKnight were using [...]

Part Three of the National Audio Show 2011 Show Report, held at Whittelbury hall, Septembner 24th to 26th……

This is a user review of the Mark Levinson No.28 preamplifier. Despite bearing the Mark Levinson name, the design was made after Madrigal had bought out the Levinson brand and design rights. It also explains the change of the model number designation from “ML- xx” to “No. xx”.

SOUND AND VISION 2011- The Burlington Hotel, Dublin, 5th-6th Nov 2011…..

Cloney Audio of Black Rock Dublin have put together an interesting collection of manufacturers and distributors for their upcoming November show, to be held once again at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin, Ireland.

Part Two of the National Audio Show 2011 Show Report, held at Whittelbury hall, Septembner 24th to 26th……

Part One of The National Audio Show 2011 Show Report, held at Whittelbury Hall 24th to 26th September……….

Preview of the National Audio Show 2011, featuring John Howes Acoustics and the Paul Voight Memory Domestic Horn Loudspeaker.

While in Scotland last September I decided on the spare of the moment to compile a mini compendium of quality record shops that I visit regularly while holidaying there. However this initial idea grew legs and increased in size to include shops I had not visited before. I tried to make it as comprehensive as [...]

Shortly after receiving the StereoKnight Silverstone B&R passive magnetic pre-amplifier that I reviewed positively recently, its bigger brother the Enigma 1.0R arrived. The much larger box the delivery man brought to my front door gave the game away re the difference in size between the two pre-amplifiers; the Enigma is at least twice as big. [...]