Category Archives: compact disc
Marantz SA-12S1
After the stereophonic splendour of the SA-1 – Marantz’s first SACD player launched in 2001 – came the multi-talented, multimedia, multichannel SA-12. This little beauty not only played Red Book CDs and SACDs (of both the stereo and multichannel variety)
Marantz SA-12S1
After the stereophonic splendour of the SA-1 – Marantz’s first SACD player launched in 2001 – came the multi-talented, multimedia, multichannel SA-12. This little beauty not only played Red Book CDs and SACDs (of both the stereo and multichannel variety)
Marantz CD-73
The top model in the company’s first generation range of CD players, it shared much of its genetic make-up with a Philips machine – the CD303. To wit, its line up of component parts reads like a wish list from
Marantz CD-73
The top model in the company’s first generation range of CD players, it shared much of its genetic make-up with a Philips machine – the CD303. To wit, its line up of component parts reads like a wish list from
Audiolab 8200CD
From the man who gave us the mighty Pink Triangle Da Capo DAC in 1993 and the superb budget Cambridge Audio CD4SE Compact Disc player a couple of years later, came another great digital product in 2012. Audiolab’s 8200CD CD
Audiolab 8200CD
From the man who gave us the mighty Pink Triangle Da Capo DAC in 1993 and the superb budget Cambridge Audio CD4SE Compact Disc player a couple of years later, came another great digital product in 2012. Audiolab’s 8200CD CD
Musical Fidelity Tri-Vista SACD
To commemorate the two long decades since its famed Dr. Thomas preamp first graced dealers’ shelves, in 2003 Anthony Michaelson uncorked the Cockburn’s Special Reserve, polished the silver and launched a celebratory range of Tri-Vista products. The first two were
Musical Fidelity Tri-Vista SACD
To commemorate the two long decades since its famed Dr. Thomas preamp first graced dealers’ shelves, in 2003 Anthony Michaelson uncorked the Cockburn’s Special Reserve, polished the silver and launched a celebratory range of Tri-Vista products. The first two were
Philips CD100
The Philips CD100 was launched on the 1st October, 1982 – and with it the new Compact Disc format – and as far as the music industry was concerned it was not before time. The once-mighty LP format was on the wane;
Philips CD100
The Philips CD100 was launched on the 1st October, 1982 – and with it the new Compact Disc format – and as far as the music industry was concerned it was not before time. The once-mighty LP format was on the wane;
Linn CD12
Built as a cost-no-object exercise in digital perfection, the £12,000 Sondek CD12 represented the cutting edge in precision digital engineering and Compact Disc replay performance at the turn of the new millennium. Every bit of the CD12 was original, including
Linn CD12
Built as a cost-no-object exercise in digital perfection, the £12,000 Sondek CD12 represented the cutting edge in precision digital engineering and Compact Disc replay performance at the turn of the new millennium. Every bit of the CD12 was original, including
Arcam FMJ CD23
Arcam hi-fi separates have always been aimed at the mass market, but have often ended up being just a little quirkier than most. Always well engineered, the company frequently takes brave engineering approaches, sometimes with great success – and this high end
Arcam FMJ CD23
Arcam hi-fi separates have always been aimed at the mass market, but have often ended up being just a little quirkier than most. Always well engineered, the company frequently takes brave engineering approaches, sometimes with great success – and this high end
Technics SL-P1200
Technics CD players were all were very ‘nineteen eighties’ looking and sounding machines, sporting big, fussy fascias festooned with facilities and vast, needlessly complex fluorescent displays. Players like the first generation SL-P10, for example, had real merit but they never
Technics SL-P1200
Technics CD players were all were very ‘nineteen eighties’ looking and sounding machines, sporting big, fussy fascias festooned with facilities and vast, needlessly complex fluorescent displays. Players like the first generation SL-P10, for example, had real merit but they never
Philips CD850/II
It is 1989, and the hi-fi world is a very different place. We’re still in the midst of an intense debate on the merits, or otherwise, of digital audio – and unless you’re one of a handful of hi-fi hacks
Philips CD850/II
It is 1989, and the hi-fi world is a very different place. We’re still in the midst of an intense debate on the merits, or otherwise, of digital audio – and unless you’re one of a handful of hi-fi hacks
Marantz SA-1
In 2001, Marantz’s SA-1 represented the state of the art in high resolution digital audio thinking. Compact Disc had been around for some twenty years, during which time it had been refined and streamlined to the edge of its performance
Marantz SA-1
In 2001, Marantz’s SA-1 represented the state of the art in high resolution digital audio thinking. Compact Disc had been around for some twenty years, during which time it had been refined and streamlined to the edge of its performance
the MiniDisc story
Mid-nineteen eighties Tokyo was a frenetic place. Japan’s economic miracle looked unstoppable, as decade after decade of near double digit growth had lifted the country out of poverty and up to the world’s second largest economy. But Shizuo Takashino, president
the MiniDisc story
Mid-nineteen eighties Tokyo was a frenetic place. Japan’s economic miracle looked unstoppable, as decade after decade of near double digit growth had lifted the country out of poverty and up to the world’s second largest economy. But Shizuo Takashino, president
Naim CD555/PS555
“Naim Audio make musical instruments, other manufacturers make hi-fi,” so says one posting on a certain Naim-friendly internet forum. It’s an interesting proposition, because it encapsulates what Naim Audio acolytes see in the marque. Of course, glib statements like this
Naim CD555/PS555
“Naim Audio make musical instruments, other manufacturers make hi-fi,” so says one posting on a certain Naim-friendly internet forum. It’s an interesting proposition, because it encapsulates what Naim Audio acolytes see in the marque. Of course, glib statements like this
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