Reviews

South Korea has long been a centre of excellence for electronics. That reputation is now moving on to high-performance audio, thanks to brands like SOtM. Jason Kennedy investigates.

• Jason Kennedy
• Jan 2022

Innovative, comprehensively-specified, highly adjustable phono stage from the Italian experts, Gold Note.

• Jason Kennedy
• Jan 2022

The all-valve phono stage has long been reborn, but Allnic Audio takes what's best about the past and mixes it with the latest in manufacturing techniques, to make something altogether special!

• Alan Sircom
• Jan 2022

The little floorstanding loudspeaker that could! Boenicke Audio has a reputation for making a fantastic sound from a very small footprint, and this small, high performance floorstander is no exception.

• Chris Thomas
• Jan 2022

That fine combination of great sound and no-nonsense performance... it has to be a Manley!

• Jason Kennedy
• Dec 2021

No remote, not enough gain, and costs as much as a Mercedes, but the Robert Koda K-15 EX might just be the best line preamplifier ever!

• Alan Sircom
• Dec 2021

Shunyata Research spent three years trying to make its Omega QR power cord better and the QR-s is the result. Add in the DF-SS cable elevators and you might just have power perfection.

• Alan Sircom
• Dec 2021

Jason Kennedy tries the latest product from networked audio experts Innuos; the PhoenixNet network switch!

• Jason Kennedy
• Dec 2021

The Russ Andrews RANS-1 approaches the network switch in a classic audiophile way; it separates the boxes into ‘gubbins’ and ‘power supply’, then uses higher-grade components in both to get the best possible performance out of the ‘gubbins’ part.

• Alan Sircom
• Dec 2021

REL's latest three-strong Serie Tx is the company's new entry-level subwoofer range, and Alan Sircom thinks the middle Serie T/7x is in the musical sound-reinforcing sweet-spot.

• Alan Sircom
• Dec 2021

Enleum is a new brand from the Korean audio electronics experts Bakoon, and the AMP-23R integrated amplifier is the first product from the new line. Jason Kennedy is impressed!

• Jason Kennedy
• Dec 2021

The LS3/5A is an iconic design. Change it at your peril. Rogers is a classic maker of LS3/5A loudspeakers, and they just modified the LS3/5A. The LS3/5A SE replaces the front baffle of the loudspeaker with a new material and improves the sound. Will there be pitchforks and torches ready to burn the heretics, or does it make a good speaker better, asks Alan Sircom.

• Alan Sircom
• Nov 2021