Get back into your Vinyl with the new Rega Planar 1.
Just launched, the Planar 1 replaces the very successful RP1
see the range here http://www.cheshireaudio.co.uk/acatalog/Rega.html
Friday, 15 July 2016
Thursday, 9 June 2016
New Rega Planar 2 announced
After the success of the new Planar 3, Rega have now introduced another new model which takes the icon 'Planar' name. The Planar 2 comes in at a lower price than the 3 but is still a built to a very high specification. Though you can see the family resemblance, the new 2 shares no components with its iconic predecessor and easily outperforms even the original 3 by quite a margin.
Saturday, 9 April 2016
Secondhand Stax Headphones and Energisers
We have a very good selection of used Stax at the moment
Have a look here: http://www.cheshireaudio.co.uk/acatalog/Secondhand-Stax.html
Any question call us on 01270 580734
And remember we will usually trade your old pair in
Have a look here: http://www.cheshireaudio.co.uk/acatalog/Secondhand-Stax.html
Any question call us on 01270 580734
And remember we will usually trade your old pair in
Wednesday, 2 March 2016
Bristol Hifi Show 2016
Bristol was reassuringly busy this year and there was a very promising vinyl presence too. A few years ago virtually every room was taken up with Home Cinema, which now seems very much in the minority (one room in fact)
There was certainly a bit of a Star Wars theme going on ... our friend Dennis from Atacama/Nordost was dressed in a full Storm Trouper outfit ... unfortunately we didn't manage to get a photo.
Star of the show for us was the new version of the Rega 3 ... Rega have reverted back to the original Planar 3 name, which is a great idea. The new deck is a real thing of beauty, high gloss finish and an upgraded RB303 arm.
In the Wilson Benesch room we found Nigel Crump, importer of Stax, Lyra, Kiseki .. and many others. And were introduced to Peter Madnik, the designer of a new range Nigel is bringing into the UK called 'Audio Alchemy'. You may remember this ground breaking brand from the late 1980s. Well the 21st Century incarnations look very interesting .. so watch this space.
We were hoping to get to speak to Max on his very busy stand ... but every time we passed there seemed to be a queue :-) But then Townshend do have some fascinating products.
No a great photo. REL were demonstrating the benefits of adding twin subs to a stereo system. Now this can work extremely well .. or extremely badly depending on the system and room, but if you do get it right subs can add a level of coherence to music that just isn't attainable from a conventional speaker. I think REL were a little unlucky with their room acoustics. The Harbeths they were using in the with /without dem were already overwhelming the room with bass .. so the the subtleties were a bit lost.
An absolutely vast pair of Mono Blocks in the Icon room
Quite a nice sound in the PMC / Bryston room ... though not brands I'm generally that into really
Other highlights : Sound Fowndations demonstrating the DS Audio cartridge which uses an optical system instead of magnets. It sounded very good indeed ... even with Chris Green from SF dancing in the corner. Ophidian speakers ... tiny, but room filling sound. We may need to look into these further.
And finally, one of the best sounds at the show .. Our friend Dave Sprake from DSE demonstrating a Rega CD and Amp with a £300 pair of Tannoy speakers and around £20000 of cables and accessories ... which may have been a mad thing to do ... but proved a point
Until next year ...
Star of the show for us was the new version of the Rega 3 ... Rega have reverted back to the original Planar 3 name, which is a great idea. The new deck is a real thing of beauty, high gloss finish and an upgraded RB303 arm.
In the Wilson Benesch room we found Nigel Crump, importer of Stax, Lyra, Kiseki .. and many others. And were introduced to Peter Madnik, the designer of a new range Nigel is bringing into the UK called 'Audio Alchemy'. You may remember this ground breaking brand from the late 1980s. Well the 21st Century incarnations look very interesting .. so watch this space.
We were hoping to get to speak to Max on his very busy stand ... but every time we passed there seemed to be a queue :-) But then Townshend do have some fascinating products.
No a great photo. REL were demonstrating the benefits of adding twin subs to a stereo system. Now this can work extremely well .. or extremely badly depending on the system and room, but if you do get it right subs can add a level of coherence to music that just isn't attainable from a conventional speaker. I think REL were a little unlucky with their room acoustics. The Harbeths they were using in the with /without dem were already overwhelming the room with bass .. so the the subtleties were a bit lost.
An absolutely vast pair of Mono Blocks in the Icon room
Quite a nice sound in the PMC / Bryston room ... though not brands I'm generally that into really
Other highlights : Sound Fowndations demonstrating the DS Audio cartridge which uses an optical system instead of magnets. It sounded very good indeed ... even with Chris Green from SF dancing in the corner. Ophidian speakers ... tiny, but room filling sound. We may need to look into these further.
And finally, one of the best sounds at the show .. Our friend Dave Sprake from DSE demonstrating a Rega CD and Amp with a £300 pair of Tannoy speakers and around £20000 of cables and accessories ... which may have been a mad thing to do ... but proved a point
Until next year ...
Wednesday, 3 February 2016
New Product - Project VC-S Record Cleaning Machine
Project VC-S Record Cleaning Machine
Exciting news from Project, a fully featured Record Cleaning Machine for under £300.
Dust and dirt are common problems with vinyl playback as the stylus tries to navigate through the grooves coming across debris causing undesired noise and potential groove and stylus damage.
The VC-S by Pro-Ject is the most effective and efficient way of keeping your records clean without breaking the bank. Designed to penetrate deep dirt within your records, the VC-S uses a double strategy of cleaning fluid to loosen the dirt along with a dual brush and vacuum combo to remove the dirt and dry the record simultaneously.
The included record clamp keeps the record label dry while holding the record in place during the cleaning process and easily screws on and off for quick record change over.
The VC-S Package includes the VC-S System, Record Clamp, Goat-Hair Brush and Wash-IT fluid.
Link to Project VC-S
For more information, call us on 01270 580734
Exciting news from Project, a fully featured Record Cleaning Machine for under £300.
Dust and dirt are common problems with vinyl playback as the stylus tries to navigate through the grooves coming across debris causing undesired noise and potential groove and stylus damage.
The VC-S by Pro-Ject is the most effective and efficient way of keeping your records clean without breaking the bank. Designed to penetrate deep dirt within your records, the VC-S uses a double strategy of cleaning fluid to loosen the dirt along with a dual brush and vacuum combo to remove the dirt and dry the record simultaneously.
The included record clamp keeps the record label dry while holding the record in place during the cleaning process and easily screws on and off for quick record change over.
The VC-S Package includes the VC-S System, Record Clamp, Goat-Hair Brush and Wash-IT fluid.
Link to Project VC-S
For more information, call us on 01270 580734
Saturday, 23 January 2016
Tuesday, 12 January 2016
Stax SR-L700 customer review
The overwhelming level of interest in the new Stax models took, even us, quite by surprise. We ordered probably twice the number we thought we needed ... but before they arrived, every one had sold ... not only that but the entire UK allocation from Stax had gone too.
We are expecting another batch soon, but here is an evaluation from a good customer (a bit of a Stax collector) against his pair of Stax SR507
" Hi,Philip:
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| Stax SR-L700 |
We are expecting another batch soon, but here is an evaluation from a good customer (a bit of a Stax collector) against his pair of Stax SR507
" Hi,Philip:
I am well impressed by the L700's! Even against the 507's,the
clarity,delicacy,and bass response are outstanding and make one wonder
about the sound of the 009's. Lottery win notwithstanding, even at their
present price, the 700's are something of a bargain,IMHO,
John"
We could tell that the new range were going to be something special, we even got a phone call from Nigel whose company Symmetry have been the UK importer of Stax for as long as we can remember, saying :
"The new 700s are the best Lambda by a huge margin, astonishingly good"
To see the range, go to : http://www.cheshireaudio.co.uk/acatalog/Stax-.html
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