FOOLISH: Audio items that we were silly to sell

I was just thinking to myself about the great bits of kit iv’e had over the years. Some i was glad to see the back of and some i bitterly regret parting with. Of the amplifiers i have owned over the years the Beard CA506 pre and P100 MkII are by far the ones i […]

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HOLOGRAPHIC AUDIO: News

In the latest issue of Swedish magazine Musik & Ljudteknik our Amp TwentySeven was put through their famously careful and detailed testing procedure. Here are the results.  Some quotes from the test (translated into English): “In our maximally demanding setting … with the most demanding music examples and test-signals we know of, none of the […]

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VINYL REPLAY: Benz Micro or Ortofon Cadenza?

I have listened to a number of carts in two different systems, and the two that stood out were the Benz Micro L2 wood and the Ortofon Cadenza Black. It is unfortunately not possible for me to compare them directly in the same system. My impressions were that the Benz Micro sounded lush and warm, […]

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ORTOFON: MC-3000 MC phono cartridge – test review

The Ortofon MC-2000 may just have been the most impractical cartridge to be unleashed upon the audio community for some years. With a high compliance (20cu) that made it ill-suited for most tonearms, it also had a preposterously low signal output of 50 microvolts, which gave new meaning to the terms hum and noise. Few MC preamps […]

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AURELIA LOUDSPEAKERS: News

Aurelia’s speakers use a completely unique structure. The biggest advantage compared to a conventional speaker enclosure is the much stronger structure of the enclosure we designed. In terms of production, the structure is very flexible and allows the production of different surface variations in a significantly shorter time than in traditional enclosures – so special […]

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GATO AUDIO: News

Made in Denmark Gato Audio offers electronics and loudspeakers of the highest standard of aesthetic, technical and sound quality Designed and built in Denmark with beauty, simplicity, functionality and an extremely elegant user interface, Gato Audio electronics possess both brute strength and finesse to bring the subtlest musical details to life with precision and authority. […]

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