BRINKMANN BONANZA

The famed Brinkmann "Hewn from Granite" build quality (or perhaps more literally 'Sat on Granite") is mirrored very convincingly in the company's stability, commercial image and general trustworthiness. Some hifi brands are side curiosities or second or third businesses. Some brands are pure moneyspinning ventures, lots of carbon fibre and gold but a veritable dogs dinner when you take off the lid. And a few brands are run by fairly impossible people; personalities or politics that have evolved to a point where you simply could not even begin to attempt to run a reputable shop around such a product. [...]

14th November 2020|
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Tara Labs releases USB line

As many of you will know the USB cable makes an enormous difference. We put it just behind the speaker cables in terms of how much effect it has for many digital systems. So I am very excited to say that Tara Labs have finally completed their product range in this arena. Demos to start right away and I fully expect both the Master Evo and the Grand Master to set new performance benchmarks of the like not experienced before here in my demo room. "Ever since USB cable technology entered the high-end audio marketplace, TARA Labs design [...]

14th October 2020|
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The Tidal PRISMA forces a new Award system !

Parttimeaudiophile were so bowled over by the Tidal PRISMA preamp that it forced them to revise their Awards system !   "The team talked about what to do with a product like the TIDAL Audio Prisma. In fact, it was so good, it exposed a rather large hole in our award system. .. occasionally, we get a product in for review that not only amazes, it redefines for the review team what greatness means. What terms like “statement” and “reference” mean. Experiences like this reset the expectations for what is possible. These are, we believe, aspirational-level products. They’re likely [...]

28th July 2020|
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TRANSPARENCY INCARNATE – Tidal review

The Absolute Sound have reviewed the TIDAL Prisma preamp and Ferios mono  amps. We could not have hoped for a better and more glowing report. Read the full review HERE.   "It’s become a cliché for high-end audio manufacturers to claim that their products are so transparent that they 'faithfully communicate the artist’s expression.' Although many designers aspire to this lofty ideal (or proclaim to), very few actually realize electronics that are truly transparent, or as transparent as today’s components can be. To be sure, there are many great-sounding preamplifiers and power amplifiers, but all have a particular sonic [...]

22nd July 2020|
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The YATRUS at LOTUS

We never stop surveying the marketplace and investigating the latest innovations, bringing you standout products oozing with class, which offer considerable value and which fit perfectly into the Lotus folio and the natural highend sound we are known for. Summer 2020 with Covid19 on the wane, we are now very excited to bring to you a beautiful new direct drive turntable in the mid price category. The Yatrus is made by the highly respected boutique manufacturer Thrax headed up by Rumen Atarski and based over in Sofia, Bulgaria. We already work with Rumen as he was the genesis behind [...]

2nd July 2020|
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Vitus update the RI-101 to Mk2

Vitus has updated the RI-101 Integrated amplifier to mk2 specification. It was updated to the RI-101 2 years ago now and yes, as a pretty much peerless product, it hardly needed further improvement but a new advanced knowledge base garnered from the development of the linestage module and power supply of the flagship SIA-030 Integrated amplifier meant that Vitus was duty bound to implement this new know how into the baby of the range. The mk2 upgrade affords the unit a sizeable sonic upgrade, somewhat larger than the RI-100 to RI-101 jump was, and there is an associated price [...]

6th May 2020|
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Jeff Fritz reviews the Shunyata Hydra Alpha

"The fact that Shunyata Research’s Hydra Alpha A12 power conditioner and Venom NR-V10 power cords got me that much closer to the state of the art for only about 5% of the cost of my system is a testament to what Caelin Gabriel and his company have accomplished. That makes these products not only an easy recommendation from me, but one of the best values in high-end audio. " Jeff has written a great review of the Hydra Alpha A10 and Venom NR-V10 power cords for Soundstage Ultra. We are big fans of the Hydra here. Read the [...]

2nd April 2020|
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VIMBERG – front cover of Stereophile

"In my room and with my ancillary gear, it produced a full-range, neutrally balanced, transparent sound that rivaled what I remember experiencing with the seven-times-the-price Tidal Akira." John Atkinson has reviewed the Vimberg Mino for Stereophile. Not only is the review extremely positive but he compares the speaker very favourably close to the Magico M2 which is almost three times the price at £68,000 Read the full review here.

2nd April 2020|
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TIDAL LAUNCH THE PRISMA

January 2020, Tidal Audio release the long awaited Prisma fully balanced preamplifier. The Prisma, teased at Munich 2019, is a slim single chassis preamplifier with an internal MC phonostage. It is designed to bridge the gap between the company's entry level Preos preamplifier/Dac and the statement electronics. Pricing TBC. We have been looking forward to this for some time as it finally means Preos owners have a much more affordable and manageable way to upgrade and utilise the flagship camira DAC, without having to go all the way to the very expensive £68,250 Precensio linestage. The Prisma incorporates a [...]

22nd January 2020|
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TARA LABS !!! @ LOTUS HIFI

In 2019, to keep step with the ever expanding perfomance ability of the electronics and sources we sell, Lotus began an exhuastive search to find a new cable manufacturer with both the range and performance ceiling to fully accomodate our entire product suite. The result ? Well it was a brand perhaps less clandestine and obscure than we originally imagined. Tara Labs from Oregon USA have been producing world class product for over 30 years now. They are actually the most awarded cable brand in existence so their name is no secret and most people with a degree [...]

13th December 2019|
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