TIDAL FOR BUGATTI – Munich High End 2023

In the world of the audiophile even the expression “no words” might be a well worn cliche but in the case of Tidal Audio’s Bugatti Royale system - presented for the first time in public at Munich high end last week - it’s so agonisingly difficult to describe and even perhaps understand what we all heard, that “no words” really was my first reaction when Tidal’s MD Jorn Janczak asked me to commit my reaction to paper. Any story about this system must begin with the Bugatti Veyron hypercar, something that greatly influenced Jorn from its [...]

30th May 2023|

WIGWAM REVIEW THE THRAX ARES

As a follow up from his review of the Vacuum tube Enyo amplifier, George Sallit from Hifiwigwam has now favourably reviewed the solid state Ares integrated from Thrax. He expected it to sound brighter and more aggressive than the Enyo but instead found it to be very flowing and neutral, perhaps even more valve like than the Enyo in some respects ! read the full review here. "So, which is best? Depends on your system and what you want. I would say the only way you could decide would be with a good listening session and by a [...]

20th September 2022|

WIGWAM REVIEW THE THRAX ENYO

George Sallit from the popular hifi community over at Hifiwigwam has reviewed the Thrax Enyo vacuum tube integrated amplifier. George is a Vitus RI-101 owner and compares the amp to the Vitus that we also champion here at Lotus. George was hugely impressed with the Thrax as was various Wam visitors who also stopped by to hear it in passing.   read the full review here. George also had the solid state Thrax Ares Integrated on loan. At exactly the same price and with the same internal DAC and phono capability it offers a very similar High End [...]

23rd July 2022|

NEW – TIDAL CONTROS

With the embargo finally lifted, I am very excited to bring you news of what will undoubtedly be the biggest and most important new product this year. Take the highest performing Dac you know of, combine it with the very best streamer possible and then add a volume control which is as transparent as current know how allows. Discard all the power supplies, the clocks, the cables, the upsamplers, the mains leads; assemble it all in one very simple slimline chassis and retail it for a third or a quarter of the price that the three big name boxes plus [...]

19th June 2022|

ADOT FIBRE UPGRADE – BIG GAINS

The home network has received a huge amount of attention over the past few years. It was the subject of my detailed article from November 2020 when we looked at the reasons why improving ones home network can bring about such huge sonic dividends. In that article, which you should read if you have not already done so, I surmised: “The home network has such a profound effect on sound quality that it should be viewed as another discrete component of the Hifi system, no different from say a preamplifier, a set of speaker cables or a phono stage. It [...]

30th April 2022|

MELCO S10 NEXT GEN SWITCH

Improving the home network is a very important area of the system that is receiving more and more attention. With more customers using streaming internet services as their primary source, noise floor and clean up gains in the incoming network feed are critical and often transcend the sort of price per performance ratios that we are accustomed to with electronic boxes. So the launch of a new flagship next generation dataswitch from Melco is significant and promises to raise the ceiling of many systems to a performance height previously unattainable. The S10 builds on the very successful S100 [...]

5th April 2022|

THRAX AUDIO + LOTUS HIFI

An extra special Christmas. I’m very excited to announce Lotus as the exclusive UK agent for Thrax Audio for 2022 and beyond. Much in the same way that we brought Tidal to the UK in 2016, I firmly believe that this now is Thrax’s time. We know both from our friends in other markets and the energy and fervour at the factory that they are now steadily approaching their first zenith. New Mk2 and Mk3 derivations of their reference products put them squarely in the upper band of high end electronics. The new statement Libra and Spartacus 300 [...]

24th December 2021|

Thrax Yatrus Turntable – “A New King”

Thrax's direct drive Yatrus Turntable, which we are huge admirers of, has received a superb review in Tone, penned by Jeff Dorgay. He was very impressed with the build and solidity of the deck and the individualist deisgn approach. On the sonics he greatly enjoyed the speed, texture and space that the deck served up and indeed it's high level of detail extraction. The full review can be found here. "I submit that unless you have (and maybe even if you do) a seven-figure system, you can probably live happily ever after with the Thrax Yatrus. This table [...]

31st October 2021|

Tara Grand Master EVO USB – a new flagship

All year long our best USB cables, the £3250 Shunyata Omega and the £3000 Tara Labs Master USB have been doing the rounds with our customers. The USB cable makes such an enormous difference - as much as the speaker cables -  even in a relatively humble system, that we have been selling these incessantly all year. Much like a Shunyata mains conditioner, a top level USB cable is as good if not better than a box upgrade. Well now for those who have the means, there is a new King in town, Tara's claim to the title of best [...]

23rd October 2021|

THE LOTUS PRODUCT GUIDE

Marking our 10 year anniversary, we have launched our unique product guide. Historically one could only browse products by looking separately through each Brand through our "PORTFOLIO" menu. The new product guide however discusses each area of the hifi system in turn and gives an overview of every choice here at Lotus and the differences and reasons for each choice. It also is prefaced by a short history of Lotus, our philosophy and how we belive a system works and should be built. This is all accessible from the "PRODUCT GUIDE" section in the top menus of the website. I [...]

13th January 2021|

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