Sometimes, sitting in front of a product for review, a degree of puzzlement sets in. Yes, the style of the £40,000 Sphinx Audio Element 3 speakers, which made their debut at the UK Hi-Fi Show Live in Ascot in Sep ’25, is entirely in accord with the name of the brand....

Hailing from Treviso in northeast Italy, Unison Research is a brand with an obvious love of tubes, to the point that you half expect to find a hot bottle or two incorporated in its Malibran and Max loudspeakers. Its CD players, the Unico CD Uno and Due, have...

SME has never been a company to chase fashion. Its turntables are engineered around mechanical precision, stability and long-term reliability, and the new Model 8 follows that formula. It is a compact, belt-driven deck that brings the company’s redoubtable engineering...

Excerpted from 《Audiotechnique》 The United Kingdom is one of the traditional manufacturing countries of audio equipment. Whether at an expensive price or an affordable level, its sound orientation likewise has a uniquely rhythmic tone, which is also what audiophiles...

Excerpted from 《Audiotechnique》 For audiophiles who enjoy playing with cables, the most common saying is probably: “Cables are all for tuning the sound.” When different cables are connected to a system, the sound does indeed change—“swap in another cable, the highs...

The cable and loudspeaker manufacturer Siltech—the name is a composite of “silver” and “technology”—is in the Dutch town of Elst between the cities of Arnhem and Nijmegen. It’s the region near Germany where the overconfident western allies, as the World War II film A...

Here at Audio T Cheltenham we have an unwavering love for the classic looking Hi-Fi, which some would arguably now call “retro” or “vintage” in its design. This month we’re looking at the rather cute Spendor Classic 3/1. A 2 way reflex ported stand mount speaker that...

In August 2023, we announced –https://hifilivemagazine.com/thorens-td-124-dd-140-anniversary/– the market launch of the Thorens TD 124 DD 140th Anniversary turntable, a truly unique product due to the emotional weight that accompanied it, as it was a version of the...

CHRIS FRANKLAND GETS TO GRIPS WITH THIS NEW SPENDOR FLOORSTANDER AND – AFTER FALLING UNDER ITS SPELL – HOPES THAT THIS BIG SPENDOR WILL INDEED SPEND A LITTLE TIME WITH HIM As I pulled away from Spendor’s Hailsham factory with its recently launched D-Line flagship D9.2...

CHORD COMPANY’S SHAWLINE Digital RCA cable has been upgraded and now benefits from the company’s Tuned ARAY technology. Being a digital cable, it has the correct 75ohm characteristic impedance to avoid reflections of the signal. It also features high-quality 75ohm...

I was already charmed by its predecessors, the LS-2404 AIR, but this LS-2405 AIR goes a step further. It manages to add a little more to the richness of detail, to further expand the stereo image, and to transform the speakers into ghosts rather than solid objects...

Music is an indispensable part of many people’s lives. Whether it is a classical movement in the morning or a jazz record quietly listened to at night, music not only brings pleasure, but also becomes an important way to record emotions and connect memories. With the...

Excerpted from 《Audio Technique》 On the matter of music listening, I do not think expensive equipment is necessarily required. In fact, some manufacturers are more low-key, unassuming, and extremely focused on musicality. British Exposure Electronics, with more than...

Fidelity Imports reached out to me to see if I would like to check out the Grand Mezza V2 speakers from Opera Loudspeakers. I was pretty excited for the opportunity to try out a pair of Opera speakers in my system. The Grand Mezza V2s are their smaller floorstander in...

Excerpted from 《Audiotechnique》 The Special Forty is Dynaudio’s commemorative loudspeaker design. Because it is especially meaningful, Dynaudio naturally racked its brains over both technical application and exterior finish: it wanted to use this opportunity to...