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5 July 2022
Driade Premium Model 2S
It was a bit of a shame that I have reviewed various Driade cables but never any of their speakers. The recent Premium 2S provided the perfect occasion to rectify this!
5 April 2020
Driade Flow 405 loudspeaker cable
This cable truly is something else. It has a smooth, free-flowing, organic and highly involving delivery that, quite unusually, does not come along with a lack of focus or a reduction in dynamic slam.
25 July 2021
Driade Flow Link Reference 808 XLR and RCA
The Flow Link Reference 808 provides a wholly unforced, pure, and natural rendition of anything that you play. The cables have the fluidity, smoothness, and organic presentation that I have come to know from the Flow 405 speaker cables but with a new level of articulation, precision, and transparency, that fully justifies their "Reference" moniker.
13 May 2023
Driade Flow Link Reference 808 XLR and RCA – Follow-up Review
Regular readers will know of my unwavering enthusiasm for Driade Flow Link Reference 808 interlinks ever since reviewing them in the summer of 2021. As time went by, I found myself using them more and more, and they are now my favorite cables!
30 September 2022
Driade Flow Reference 808 speakercable
The Flow Reference 808 is Driade's new reference-level speaker cable, intended to inhabit the spot above the Flow 405 in the brand's topmost tier and meant for those who seek the maximum in performance.
8 June 2022
Driade Introduces the Premium 2S
Introducing the new Driade Premium 2S: A worthy successor to the renowned Model 2.
31 December 2021
Signal Projects Lynx and Apollon
These Signal Projects cables provide a superbly liquid, lush, deeply saturated, highly refined, and smooth sound but, especially in the case of the Apollon, with great transparency and resolution. This is seduction at its best.
11 September 2021
Aries Cerat Heléne DAC and Incito S preamp
When you frequently review products, and especially when the target is usually the high-end segment, true surprises are few and far between. So, it's a treat when a product comes along that truly brings something new to the table.
5 August 2023
Jorma Audio Unity Interlink, Power Cable, and Speaker Cable
Along with the Marten Parker Trio loudspeakers that I recently reviewed, I was also handed a trio of Jorma cables. As I found, these cables turned out not only to work superbly synergistically with the Parker Trios, but they also proved a smashing success overall. As such, I felt they deserved their own review.
10 March 2021
Melody Action Ultra, MDA2, and Everest 211
Established in 1999 in Australia by Mr Allen Wang and known primarily in Australia and Asia, Melody is now being distributed in the EU. As it turns out, these amplifiers are something special.
The corporate headquarters, which comprises, among others, the R&D center (product design), is based in Australia. Later, in order to meet the growing market demands, the company decided to invest by building a factory in Shenzhen, which is located near the city of Hong Kong.
7 April 2022
NuPrime Evolution STA stereo power amplifier
With the Evolution STA, NuPrime has delivered an amplifier that manages to strike a beautiful balance between the strong qualities of the ST-10 and the AMG-STA, while raising the overall performance even further.
1 December 2020
Monrio mp11 Mono Power Amplifiers
The Monrio mp11's have a luscious sound that is gently sweet and easy-going, airy, highly refined and beguilingly fluid. It's also nothing like what I have become accustomed to hearing from typical Class-D designs, or from Class A/B amplifiers, for that matter.
9 July 2022
Kora TB140 Integrated Amplifier
The Kora TB140 is one of those rare products that truly surprise. It sounds nothing like a stereotypical tube amplifier but neither does it sound like a traditional transistor amplifier.
18 March 2019
Audio Show Alkmaar 2019 – Part 1
Between the Xfi show in Veldhoven and the High End show in Munich, the Audio Show Alkmaar is the always pleasant and relaxed variant where you go to meet people, listen to precisely enough systems so as not to get an overdoses, shake some more hands, eat a nice croquette and perhaps enjoy a few Westmalle beers.
12 January 2022
Aries Cerat preamplifiers compared – Incito S and Impera Reference
The Impera Reference is easily the most powerful-sounding preamp that I have heard. Its bass rivals that of many solid-state preamplifiers in terms of solidity, precision, and drive while its overall impact, expression, and dynamic slam are either on par with or actually outperform other preamplifiers.
29 October 2023
Black Magic Ultra and Black Magic Gold
Mad Scientist introduces two new ranges: Black Magic Ultra and Black Magic Gold. Reviewed are four cables: Black Magic Ultra speaker cables, Black Magic Gold balanced analog interlink, Black Magic Ultra Power cable, and Black Magic Gold USB cable.
14 September 2020
HFA Awards
Loudspeakers Wilson Audio Alexx V (from €160.000 per pair) Marten Mingus Quintet (€48.500 per pair) Magico S1 MkII (€23.000 per pair) (HFA Favorite) Clarisys Audio Minuet (€27.450 per pair) (Ferrite version) Seawave Acoustic AM23 (€23.950 […]
30 April 2022
atm-audio Migjorn Phono Stage
The atm audio Migjorn phono preamp has been designed to enjoy at a reference level. Its single purpose is to deliver the music as conceived by its artists and producers. This is what can be read on the atm audio website and I can totally get behind that aspiration!
30 April 2023
Main System 09 – May 2023
This is a quick summary of the Main System as it was in May 2023.