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Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 26 November 2025 26 November 2025

Musical Fidelity Announces Nu-Vista Vinyl S Phono Stage

Musical Fidelity revisits the highly regarded Nu-Vista Vinyl 2 phono stage with the new Nu-Vista Vinyl S, upgrading circuitry and internal component layout, reaping a slimmer chassis and additional cost savings.

Details: Written by Mark Busby Mark Busby; Category: Reviews Reviews; Published: 15 November 2025 15 November 2025

Follow-Up Review: Yamaha GT-5000 Turntable – A 2nd Opinion

Move over, you skinny lightweight turntables, because the serious muscle is here! Yamaha’s Gigantic and Tremendous GT-5000 Turntable is ready for a heavy follow-up review. Looking fabulous in high gloss piano black and beautifully machined belt driven aluminium platter, with the silvered carbon fibre tonearm adding to the bling factor. First, let’s explore the design and construction of this high-end turntable, then as a second opinion to editor Edgar Kramer’s original review (read here), I’ll also offer my sound performance impressions of this classy offering from Yamaha…

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Features Features; Published: 15 November 2025 15 November 2025

Factory Tour – Accuphase Laboratory

Let’s talk obsessive-level loyalty. As far as audio goes, there are perhaps… ten brands, at most, that make audio enthusiasts go weak at the knees. I’m talking fervent admiration and unwavering devotion. Near the very top of that select list sits Accuphase Laboratory. Yes, the quintessentially Japanese success story, widely revered for its uncompromising quality, bulletproof reliability, and intelligent engineering. Then there’s that trademark gold finish and unmistakably elegant industrial design. Yes, I too have admired Accuphase over the years, so what a privilege it was when I was asked to visit the company’s headquarters in Yokohama. And now? I get it. Come join me.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 11 November 2025 11 November 2025

Lumin Launches X2 Flagship Network Music Player

Lumin calls its new top-of-the-line music player a ‘Core’, reflecting its all-round digital music playback capabilities that now include an in-house developed high quality digital-to-analogue converter.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 05 November 2025 05 November 2025

New Amplifier Celebrates Gryphon Audio’s 40th Anniversary

The new Gryphon 40, a limited edition commemorative version of Gryphon Audio’s highly acclaimed Diablo 333 integrated amplifier, is a celebratory release for the company’s 40th anniversary.

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Features Features; Published: 06 November 2025 06 November 2025

Factory Tour – DS Audio

In just a few short years, relatively speaking, Japanese company DS Audio has stimulated the imagination of analogue-loving audio enthusiasts from around the world with its reinvented optical cartridge. While the optical cartridge is said to be first conceptualised back in the 1940s, with Toshiba launching a moderately successful working model in the 1970s, the technology has flourished in the last couple of decades thanks to Digital Stream Corporation’s (AKA DS Audio) refinements using modern LED innovations. Since that crucial step in its evolution, the optical cartridge, as perfected by DS Audio, has climbed to the upper echelons of audio desirability. What’s more, DS Audio stands alone as the sole major manufacturer of optical cartridges worldwide. I visited the company’s factory following the Tokyo International Audio Show 2025 (feature here). Here’s what I discovered.

Details: Written by Edgar Kramer Edgar Kramer; Category: Features Features; Published: 01 November 2025 01 November 2025

Tokyo International Audio Show 2025

Ahhh, Japan… I’d drop just about everything to visit the land of the Rising Sun. The culture of respect, mindfulness, and the deep appreciation for beauty and meaning, even in imperfect things… kintsugi, it feeds my heart and soul. There’s a stillness of mind and presence woven through age-old rituals and the quiet, artful ceremonies. Grace and tradition that stir in me a sense of… gentle and beautiful melancholy. So, Tokyo show time bundled with a couple of factory tours? I’m there, man. And with all its quirks and unique charm, the Tokyo International Audio Show (TIAS) somehow reflects many of the sentiments I’ve described. Care to join me for a tour?

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 15 October 2025 15 October 2025

Crystal Cable Launches Infinite Dream Series

Dutch cable specialist Crystal Cable has announced its new Infinite Dream flagship cables employing proprietary technologies while covering AC power, balanced and unbalanced interconnects, and loudspeaker connectivity.

Details: Written by Barry James Johnston Barry James Johnston; Category: Reviews Reviews; Published: 15 October 2025 15 October 2025

AudioQuest Rocket 88 REL Subwoofer Cable

Reviewing a subwoofer cable might sound like the final frontier of audio geekery, but here we are diving into the AudioQuest Rocket 88 REL subwoofer cable, a beautifully built, made-to-order piece of gear aimed squarely at high-performance systems. But let’s get something out of the way up front: no cable, no matter how exotic, can replace the presence of a subwoofer. And that’s exactly the challenge I ran into.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 10 October 2025 10 October 2025

Vivid Audio Unveils Giya Cu Loudspeakers

South Africa’s specialist Vivid Audio has announced upgraded versions of its successful Giya ‘G’ series loudspeakers that established the brand as a high-end design and engineering powerhouse.

Details: Written by News Editor News Editor; Category: News News; Published: 09 October 2025 09 October 2025

Linn Announces Major Klimax LP12 Upgrades

Linn has released the new Klimax Radikal external power supply and Keel SE sub-chassis upgrades for its highly acclaimed Sondek LP12 turntable.

Details: Written by Barry James Johnston Barry James Johnston; Category: Reviews Reviews; Published: 01 October 2025 01 October 2025

Telos Audio Design Monster Series Power Station Standard Edition & Earth Grounding Standard Edition

When I cut my teeth as a sound engineer, it wasn’t in some pristine temple of acoustic perfection. It was in studios that reeked of stale smoke, the walls painted with decades of sweat, tears, and spilled Budweiser, and for two years I had the privilege of having custodianship of SAE Glasgow during the holidays. I’d stay back long after the sessions ended, the last of the band long gone, and I’d cue up Sheryl Crow’s Tuesday Night Music Club. “I Shall Believe” would drift through the room, carried by a pair of Tannoy System 15 monitors, filling the room with a weight that didn’t come from decibels but from soul.