What’s the SSUCHY Project? For those who are interested in cutting edge materials development, you may be interested to know that after 4½ years, the SSUCHY Project has just closed. This was a €7.4m, pan-European R&D project with the mission to create next generation, sustainable and renewable biocomposites under the project...
This adventure started with simple intentions… Let’s listen to all of the DACs that we have in stock and compare how they sound. Part of our motivation was to have the EMM Labs vs Ypsilon experience, both being among the very best cost-no-object options available to audiophiles. The other was...
Have you ever gone tube rolling? Sounds a bit naughty, but it’s actually a lot of fun! Recently we took delivery of a great sounding integrated amplifier from California, an Aesthetix Mimas. After running it in, we enjoyed playing it with various combinations of sources & speakers, gaining a greater appreciation of...
I am shocked that there are audiophiles out there who still claim that cables do not make a difference to the sound. Such profanity! Blasphemy! Sacrilege! As I relaxed on my psychologist’s couch, she looked up at me over the top of the frames of her glasses with a concerned expression and asked...
If you want to set up your audio system for optimum sound, there’s one aspect that I believe is absolutely critical: System synergy. I think it’s fair to say that generally speaking, every piece of audio equipment tends to have its own sound. Across the spectrum of what’s available in the market...
I used to have a love/hate relationship with horn speakers. The usual descriptions people use to describe horns ...’speed, clarity, lack of distortion, dynamics...’ are pretty accurate but beyond the audiophile language, I feel there’s just something amazing about how a horn speaker charges the air in a room. They...
