Devialet 110
Product category Hi-fi amplifiersDevialet’s original amplifier, the D-Premier, caused something of a storm in high-end circles.Here was a slim unit – looking more akin to a pair of posh bathroom scales...
View ArticleCyrus CDi
Product category CD playersCyrus hasn’t put a foot wrong with its CD players for as long as we can remember. It’d be fair to say that its track record has been phenomenal.So it’s no surprise that the...
View ArticleSVS Ultra Tower
Product category Hi-fi speakersThe SVS Ultra Towers are big speakers. At 1.14m tall, our piano-black review pair dwarfs the majority of the competition at this price.They’re deep too, due to their...
View ArticleMonitor Audio Silver 6
Product category Hi-fi speakersIt’s been well over four years since Monitor Audio’s well-regarded Silver RX series appeared in showrooms – more than enough time for rivals to progress and for the...
View ArticleNaim CD5si
Product category CD playersMORE: See all our 2013 Award winnersNaim may be racking up brownie points with its ever-building range of outstanding music streamers, but it hasn’t forgotten about the...
View ArticleAudiolab 8200CD
Product category CD playersIt’s no secret that we love the 8200CD. Since we first encountered the player in 2010, it’s won multiple awards and, until last year, was Product of the Year three times in a...
View ArticlePanasonic SC-NA10
Product category Wireless speakersThe SC-NA10 oozes class and subtlety. It’s a wonderfully refined, detailed and rhythmic wireless speaker, but with one flaw that stops it from going straight to the...
View ArticleDali Zensor 3
Product category Hi-fi speakersDali seriously impressed us when we reviewed the Zensor 1s in 2011. We were so effused that we used terms such as “an absolute bargain”.And now we have our hands on the...
View ArticleQ Acoustics Q-BT3
Product category Wireless speakersWe’re not sure quite where to place the Q Acoustics Q-BT3 speakers. Are they a soundbar replacement? Wireless speakers? An iPod dock alternative? Powered stereo...
View ArticleDali Kubik Free
Product category Wireless speakersStereo speakers and speaker packages are Dali’s forte – but a wireless, active Bluetooth speaker?This is new territory for the Danish company, so we’re looking forward...
View ArticleB&W 685 S2
Product category Hi-fi speakersIt’s taken seven years, but the new generation of Bowers & Wilkins 685 speakers is finally here. And they sound impressive.The previous B&W 685s have been...
View ArticleTEAC AI-501DA
Product category Hi-fi amplifiersWe really like volume unit meters. Which is why we were immediately attracted to the retro styling of the TEAC AI-501DA.An integrated stereo amplifier and DAC with...
View ArticleExposure 2010S2
Product category CD playersA trawl through countless editions of past What Hi-Fi Sound and Vision magazines revealed that it’s been eight years since we last reviewed this player.Since then only the...
View ArticleMarantz PM6005
Product category Hi-fi amplifiersMarantz knows how to make good budget amplifiers. The brand has traditionally been very strong in this department, with the Marantz PM6004 winning our stereo amps...
View ArticleGamuT M'inent M3
Product category Hi-fi speakersNever heard of GamuT? We wouldn’t blame you. This Danish hi-fi specialist has never shouted particularly loudly about its products, which is a shame when they’re as good...
View ArticleTannoy Mercury V1i
Product category Hi-fi speakersTannoy’s V4 floorstanders aren’t the only pair in the Mercury range to have walked the upgrade path for ‘i’ series status.Meet their significant, and shorter, other: the...
View ArticlePro-Ject Elemental
Product category TurntablesPro-Ject has long been the master of great-value turntables – and the Elemental simply reinforces that fact.This deck is about as plug and play a record player as we’ve come...
View ArticleSony TA-A1ES
Product category Hi-fi amplifiersIt’s been years since we reviewed a new stereo amplifier from Sony, so it was with more than the usual amount of interest that we unboxed the TA-A1ES.This integrated...
View ArticleCambridge Audio SX-50
Product category Hi-fi speakersCambridge Audio has done great things with wireless speakers of late, so can it deliver the goods with these small bookshelf models?DesignFocusing on the company’s ‘sound...
View ArticleQ Acoustic Concept 40
Product category Hi-fi speakersIt’s amazing what Q Acoustics has accomplished in eight years. The brand came from nowhere to take on, and in most cases beat, the established competition at budget price...
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