The Lotus Autumn Newsletter is now live. Its been over a year since the last, and with a huge inventment since that time, not to mention the addition of several very important brands, it's a packed edition. Read all the news from Joseph Audio, JMF Audio, Wadax, Tidal, Rockport, Shunyata, Hemingway, Soulnote and more ... You can also add yourself to the subscription list too in the top menu. Click here.
I am very pleased to announce that in partnership with our staunch friends, UK importers Kog Audio, we have finally brought Joseph Audio to the UK. These speakers genuinely excite me and I think they are going to have a very powerful and long lasting future here. They truly sound incredible here in the Lotus demo room. Startlingly transparent, see through and alive. They perform so highly, sound so naturally right and appealing, in such a small footprint too, and the pricing is quite frankly an anomaly in today's marketplace. We have shaved margins and optimised shipping from the [...]
In 2025, as Tidal Audio moves into its own dedicated demonstration room to be showcased more as a complete single marque solution, our plan was always to expand out and develop the original Lotus demo room into its own fully functioning ultra high end space which can exist independently. This is a space offering sonic bliss along a similar financial scale, more choice from more of the world’s most ingenious manufacturers, a treasure trove of exquisite and exclusive audio equipment unrivalled in the UK. Finding the correct amplification brand for this expansion was the most difficult task, near impossible [...]
Tom Martin of the Absolute Sound has given a very in depth review of the Tidal Camira DAC, along with an exhaustive exposition on the problems or difficulties of creating a beliveable sound. It's an intereasting read, not only if you are interested in buying a flaghsip DAC but if you have an interest in sound in high end sound and DAC design and limitation in general. You can read Tom's review in full here. There is an accompanying Youtibe video as well. The Tidal Camira is the best DAC I have tested to date. I [...]
The Munich High End show is that most critical part of the calendar where a dealer gets to cement and fortify existing relationships and also forensically research new developments within the industry. It is here in southern Germany, where historically, new partnerships can begin and the latest and greatest products can begin to forge a retail pathway back into customers homes here in the UK.2025 was a fairly gruelling schedule. We had many appointments to attend, quite a few customers to host both new and existing, and then a fair amount of groundwork to get through for up and [...]
In a sense the Contriva G3 produced the best sound I have heard from an audio system. I listen to over 100 systems a year, they range in price from $300 to $3,000,000 and doing this you quickly learn that the idea of singular best is at least potentially misleading at this stage of technological development. Different excellent systems do different things exceptionally well. Still, it is rare to listen to a system extensively and think that it is amongst the best in a range of highly valuable properties, and that was the conclusion that I wasn’t expecting but did [...]
This weekend it was my great pleasure to host the World Premier of one of the most ambitious projects ever to come from Tidal Audio, the new AP1 amplified loudspeaker. Lotus Hifi is extremely proud and excited to take delivery of the very first pair to leave the Tidal factory in Köln, Germany. My sincere thanks goes to our UK partner Fraser Robertson from Airt Audio, and of course Tidal Audio M.D. Jörn Janczak; please never stop creating these amazing new masterpieces which challenge and develop the very boundaries of our industry. The AP1 for me represents [...]
A very Merry Christmas to all customers, manufacturers, distributors and music lovers worldwide. Thank you for all your custom and support this last year. Have a wonderful festive holiday and see you in 2025, from Lotus Hifi.
Reviews, dealer reports and customer testimonials are coming through thick and fast for the eagerly awaited Wadax Studio Player one box digital source. Firstly, and good news for the Wadax brand as a whole here in the UK, England's premier high end dealer KJ West One have voted with their feet after extensive trials and followed Lotus in going all in with Wadax. They have been bowled over by the Studio Player and are quickly amassing sales after very fast and easy customer demonstrations. Their own demonstration Wadax Atlantis Reference equipment is also soon to be delivered and will [...]
We first engaged with Soulnote in the Spring of 2023 when our good friends and UK importers Kog Audio lent us a small, humble and modestly priced integrated amplifier named the A2. At under £7000, significantly less than our offerings from Thrax and Vitus, we didn’t expect too much but you can probably guess the storyline from here; we were so impressed or indeed startled by what the unit could do, that we vowed to investigate the brand more deeply at some point. Here we are then ,over 12 months on, and we proudly bring you the very best [...]
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