Verifile Review – a digital revolution from Prismsound
How can we be sure? I mean really sure? I mean almost certain? How can we be sure when we press stop we have a recording? The moment recorded may well never come again. How sure are we that it has been captured? In a digital world the answer to that is Verifile from Prismsound. There are many things we …
Retro HiFi Journeys – Nytech CA252
The Nytech CA252 brings back memories, and why not Nytech was an iconic British HiFi brand punching well above its weight. Nytech produced intriguing designs and knock out audio quality – as I remember it. But memory is a fickle thing – and when coupled with nostalgia can be positively dangerous. It is unlikely that we were quite as good …
PrismSound Callia Audiophile DAC – Intro and review of the Callia Digital to Analog Converter
The full written review of the Callia will appear here. For now enjoy the video taster!
Rode Performer Radio Microhone 2.4Ghz Wireless – Review
Rode Performer Hand Held Wireless Kit Rode have been just one of the leaders in the charge into radio mics in the 2.4Ghz band. The attraction is obvious – no licence required – here, there or anywhere. All round the world 2.4Ghz is a come as you are party for wifi networking. Rode dived in with their very popular Filmmaker …
Presonus 16R Series III Rack Mixer with AVB networking – Review
The text of the Presonus 16R review will be here shortly, enjoy the video introduction in the mean time – which asks the question, what’s missing?
Marantz PMD 706 – multitrack location recorder – review and compare with Zoom F4
The Marantz PMD 706 – is an affordable six track location aimed at the booming DSLR market. The words are coming soon – but have a look at the video in the meantime.
Bristol HiFi Show 2018 – Sound and Vision – musings and ramblings.
It’s great to get over to Bristol for the HiFi show, I know it is billed as Sound and Vision but mostly it is HiFi and all the better for it in my book. I popped over on the train for the first day and had a pretty good time, though a one day visit squeezed into a cheap day …
Soundcraft Notepad 12FX – Review
What do you give the sound engineer who has everything? Another mixer of course! Like guitars, you can’t have too many mixers. So I’m always keen to look at a new addition to the mixer market, in this case the new Soundcraft Notepad-12FX. We all love a 48 channel J series mixer – SSL or Calrec – but seriously how …
Airpulse A200 Active Monitor Review
Consider three of my rules for monitor speakers. Rule One – brightness is an unforgivable sin, extra top end energy will fatigue the listener and in the end a tiring speaker is not one you want to listen to. Rule Two – many smaller ported loudspeakers gain low end extension at the expense of bass waffle. And third class D …