Most times I am offered items for review I can approach them with no vested interest, as they are usually new to me and as such I have a neutral open mind about them, but not in the case of this particular review subject. This was a review loaded with many potential issues, not least […]
I wondered how long it might be after Deltec Precision Audio had returned to the audio market that they once again had a DAC as part of their product portfolio. Not that long as it has turned out and its a real blast from the past, looking identical to some of their1990’s range of Digital […]
This is the last in my series of TrusoundZ cables reviews and up until a few years ago it would have been seen as being about a fairly anachronistic topic (certainly re two channel audio) in so much that separate digital to analogue converters (DACs) had been out of vogue for quite awhile and thus […]
Calyx Audio were a new name to me when I first saw one of their attractive hewn from solid DACs at the March Audio World show last year. The DAC was being used as part of a computer audio set up and if I am honest that aspect of things turned me off slightly. I […]
Sadly I was once again unable to attend this show organised by the HiFi Wigwam Forum, but after an appeal (before hand) for photos of the show Martin Taylor (who has contributed a few reviews for AIHFA) and Mike (Jac hawk of the AOS forum) both agreed to take what photos there involvement in the […]
The debate, nay war, continues to rage on across internet forums, on the real and virtual pages of audio magazines and I guess in bars up and down the country, even world, where audiophiles meet to discuss music (I hope) equipment (I am fairly sure) and the reality of signal and mains-cables making a difference […]
Two weeks can be an eternity in which the fate of your favourite music retailer can be decided for good or ill. It was exactly two weeks ago that I last wandered around and bought vinyl and CDs from Belfast’s ‘best independent’ (1) record outlet ‘Head Record’s’ and other than a ‘New Year’s’ sale being […]
Earlier today it was brought to my attention, that the oft rumoured but denied by Chester Group move of the show to an outside London location from the Park Inn Heathrow pitch has happened and begins this year. The show, still called Audio World (formerly The London High Fidelity Show), will now be held at the […]
I would just like to take this opportunity to wish all the readers, contributors, manufacturers and distributors a very Happy Christmas and New Year. Thank you all for your support in 2011 without which AIHFA would be impossible. Some of you will have noticed a bit less editorial this year over last year and sadly […]
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 […]