McIntosh news

MA5300 amplifier delivers huge power, plus USB, turntable and headphone connectivity 11th October 2017: McIntosh, the global leader in prestigious home entertainment and ultimate-quality audio for over 65 years, is proud to announce the MA5300 integrated amplifier, its smallest and most powerful solid-state integrated amplifier www.jordanacoustics.co.uk (£6,750) Notes for editors: McIntosh’s new MA5300 integrated amplifier combines a […]

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JOHN CRABBE: Firebrand. Steve Harris @ Stereophile magazine

Originally published 2009 America already had High Fidelity and Audio when the first British hi-fi magazine emerged. Before that, to find coverage of audio developments you’d have had to search through the pages of Wireless World, the major technical journal that covered the entire field of electronics. But in June 1956, just a couple of […]

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CHORD COMPANY: News

 Chord Company has introduced a new streaming cable into its award-winning Clearway range, that offers remarkable value for money, class-leading performance and the renowned Chord Company quality. Purpose built for today’s streaming age and keenly priced from just £80 to suit a wide range of partnering hardware, the new Clearway Streaming cable offers a noticeable step up in […]

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STEVE GUTTENBERG: Here’s a hassle-free way to buy used audio gear

Steve Guttenberg writes: Audio Classics tests and repairs vintage audio before they sell it, complete with a money-back guarantee! Buying used audio gear from the original owner or a store usually carries a high degree of risk. Working electronics may turn out to have faulty components, speakers might have busted drivers, and a turntable’s bearings […]

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RACHEL FULLER: Music career

As an in-demand orchestrator, with her works recorded by the London Chamber Orchestra, Fuller met The Who’s Pete Townshend in 1996, becoming the arranger for his The Lifehouse Chronicles album and subsequent concerts at London’s Sadler’s Wells Theatre. With Townshend she co-wrote a song titled “It’s Not Enough” featured on The Who’s studio album Endless […]

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STRATHEARN: Their depressing story

Many will remember the British Leyland Motor Corporation, the nineteen seventies state owned purveyor of such automotive design masterpieces as the Morris Marina and Austin Allegro. A decade of industrial strife and dreadful quality ensured that BLMC’s dalliance with disaster was well publicised, but what many don’t know is that hi-fi had its very own […]

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