AN INTRODUCTION TO BRINKMANN

BARDO £4,895/£5695 The skeletal Bardo is Helmut Brinkmann's entry turntable and a direct drive deck. The Bardo was preceeded by the Oasis and developed as a simplified, more affordable variant with an acrylic topped platter and no plinth. It has an outboard power supply and an integral tonearm base and armboard. The Bardo has very high resolution, an extremely neutral and even handed sound and not really much of its own character to taint the signal. As a direct drive deck, pitch stability and coherency is a major strength as is the precision, speed and the [...]

24th February 2015|
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THE MASTERPIECE DAC/PRE, £24,000

The MP-D201 is Vitus's flagship top of the line digital device. What does it have in store over its lower priced SCD-025 brethren and can it justify the £24k asking price ? My initial relationship with this handsome device has been a deeply satistying one. I predominantly listened to the MP in a highly revealing system .... Vitus Signature amps or Allnic pre and power, Avalon Transcendent through to Diamond, the best Enhanced and Ultimate wires available from High Fidelity cables and Entreq mains ancilliaries. The Masterpiece DAC essentially builds upon everything that the SCD-025 does so [...]

6th September 2014|
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NEW PRODUCTS FROM VITUS

VITUS RCD-101 CD player/DAC £7990 The eagerly awaited RCD-101 reference CD player is now available to demo and purchase. Compared to the model it replaces (the RCD-100) this CD player/DAC has had a very extensive rework including DSD/SACD compatability, a brand new & highly modified sony drive, a better power supply and a much improved dac section. This is now pretty much on par with the RD-100 sonically and amazingly, as good as the old Signature class SCD-0101 (which eventually was developed into the current SCD-025). The UK distributers have decided to offer this new improved RCD-101 for the [...]

3rd September 2014|
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SCD-025 The world’s finest single box CDP ?

As the months roll on and I spend more and more time with the entry RD-100 preamp/DAC, it continues to impress. There is a fine linestage in that unit but the DAC is seriously top draw. It falls short of a few of the 'ultra' Dacs which have passed through these walls of course (Zanden, Metronome, Trinity ...) but then that's hardly surprising given the modest price compared to those units. Back in sensible money league though it is possibly more than most people would ever want and I personally could live with one for good if pressed. Many [...]

6th July 2014|
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Entreq a huge hit with Devialet

My on site and home demos here at Lotus have shown Entreq grounding to provide a signficant result in nearly all systems. The magnitude of that effect does however vary a little with the brand of the partenring equipment. The power supplies and ground planes are designed differently across different manufacturers so its hardly surprising that some makes benefit even more from even a small dosage of Entreq. Of all the equipment tried so far though, perhaps the biggest upgrade using Entreq that we have observed has been with Devialet. The effect of using Entreq grounding or indeed their [...]

30th June 2014|
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Introducing Entreq Grounding

Any discussion of the Entreq range has to start with their grounding products, not just because its fundamental to their whole approach but also because nearly all their other products like signal interconnects and mains cables, can themselves be grounded to further upgrade their performance. Passive grounding of audio equipment might be a completely new concept to you or you may have recently seen a few other companies offering products which offer something similar. Whichever camp you fall in, rest assured that Entreq have been doing this for about 15 years and simply hooking a single ground cable [...]

14th May 2014|
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Lotus UK dealer for ENTREQ

I am very pleased to announce the exciting Swedish brand Entreq as the latest addition to the Lotus portfolio. After various trials it became very clear to me that the Entreq way of thinking fits in extremely well with what we do here. Not only does the Entreq philosophy mirror the sort of sound that I aspire to but their products also seem to marry beautifully with my other main resident players ... High Fidelity Cables, Allnic, Vitus to name but a few. Entreq ("energy transforming equipment") make passive grounding boxes, Interconnects and Mains equipment. All their products share [...]

1st May 2014|
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Ultra Highend in one box, the SIA-025 Integrated

All the pieces i've talked about so far have been nothing less than utterly convincing in my trials but if I had to nominate one Vitus product as the all time showstopper then the no holds barred £18,500 SIA-025 would definitely be it. Forget about the word 'integrated', ignore the single box, ignore the modest 25W power rating and also turn a blind eye to the price tag as well; here is an amplifier that will mingle with the very best, a single chassis that gives absolutely nothing away to pre and power, a level of performance that [...]

3rd April 2014|
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The RI-100 Integrated in detail

Before we get onto the big players of the Class A 'Signature Series' range, we must turn our attention to arguably the star of the reference range and that is the RI-100, 300 watts per channel Integrated amp. This £9500 beast has already picked up a whole stack of awards and is surely a classic in the making, one of those extraordinary products that is virtually peerless at it's pricepoint and gives such gobsmacking performance that you question why there is any point ever spending any more in this great hobby of ours or indeed making life any more [...]

13th March 2014|
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The RD-100 dac/Pre in detail

Getting into a little more detail, here is the RD100 in situ in my dem room. This £8500 piece is a stunning dac for the money and a full preamp too with analogue inputs (the digital section shuts down when these are in use, it does NOT convert to digital). Functionality and connectivity is of a very high standard, no less than 6 different digital inputs, RCA, XLR analogue inputs and also single ended and balanced output. Whilst you can obviously plug a decent laser transport into the RD-100 to play all your CD's, most customers will be [...]

3rd March 2014|
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