I want to wish all the Adventures in High Fidelity Audio readers around the world a very happy and peaceful Christmas. I also want to thank all the contributors to AIHFA for their hard work this year and the manufacturers and distributors who supplied Adventures in High Fidelity Audio with product to review. Thanks also […]
One of the stand out experiences for me at the recent Northern Ireland Audio Show was the personal demonstration that Keith Martin of Isotek conducted for me of the new Isotek Super Titan. As this is not a formal review as such (1) and not one conducted in my own listening room I think it only […]
A fascinating insight into the remarkably rapid development of a genre. Stone-cold classic or sacred cow? With synth-pop a prevalent pop force again, La Roux and Little Boots carrying torches first lit in the late 1970s, first-wave acts like Heaven 17 are arguably more fashionable now than ever before. The Sheffield band’s 1981 debut album is regularly […]
Bonobo has blossomed into something beautiful at his own pace. There was little in Bonobo’s first two albums – 2000’s Animal Magic and 2003’s Dial ‘M’ For Monkey – to suggest that Simon Green could ever craft anything as grand, expansive and accomplished as Black Sands. Back then his moniker could almost have referred to […]
Recently I have been pursuing a Technics 1200/1210 related review project (1) and that has included trying a few arms, cartridges, mats and PSUs on the turntables and during the course of doing that the subject of this particular review came about. After 23 years of success using a selection of alignment protractors and one […]
This review kind of got stalled due to the clump of HiFi Shows AIHFA has been covering over the last few months, so apologies go to Concerto Audio for the lateness of the review I installed these cones several months ago and there they have been until today (going about their business) when I sat […]
Firstly I want to thank all of the Adventures in High Fidelity Audio readers around the world who have been with AIHFA since its inception back in April of this year and also those who have come aboard since then….. Thank you for your continuing support. Many of those readers have sent Emails or left comments […]
In this the last part of the Northern Ireland Audio Show report we will visit the first floor of the Stormont Hotel, where a number of exhibitors had very interesting rooms. Room 057 AudioNote Audio Note as in all of the shows I have visited this year, from the Park Inn back in March to […]
Moving from the ground floor area of the Conference Centre to the lower ground floor we will visit Rooms CR6 to CR10. Room CR6 Lyric Room CR6 was where the show visitor would find one of Northern Ireland’s oldest dealers Lyric (formerly Lyric HiFi) Like many exhibitors at the show they were making the fullest […]
Saturday 6th of November was for audio enthusiasts of all persuasions in Northern Ireland an important date, as it marked the return of an audio show to the calendar in the province. The last show to be held anywhere in Northern Ireland was back in 1999 and at the same venue that this show was […]