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Good luck to the company. The design style of their products is reminiscent of the A&R Cambridge A60, which is certainly not a criticism.

It seems fitting within this forum that on the back of the original TB LP it stated "This stereo record cannot be played on old tin boxes no matter what they are fitted with. If you are in possession of such equipment please hand it into the nearest police station.”

I have a feeling it will be a closer comparison than you might imagine. Unless you get a trial at home, it will be difficult to know if any changes you hear are due to the speakers or the other components used at your dealer. The Kans are small enough to transport fairly easily, so why not...

An old favourite amongst audiophiles (but no worse for it) is Joe Jackson, Body and Soul, either on vinyl or CD. Great songs and a great recording. It was at the vanguard of 1980s digital recording and mastering, and there is a whole backstory around the search for the most ideal venue to record...

Do you know if this was fixed with IOS 18.2?

I suppose the Mission 778X amp is the spiritual successor to the historic Cyrus Ones and Twos.

I have a WiiM Mini feeding a Chord Mojo 2 and it sounds great to me. My only reservation is that the Mini is beginning to miss out on the new features that are being deployed to other WiiMs because of hardware limitations. It might make sense to still pursue this route and wait until the next...

I, too, have great respect for Mission/Cyrus and still regularly use the wonderful Cyrus One I bought 40 years ago as a student. My concern is just how large the high-end market is, whether domestically or abroad, since, as you say, most manufacturers now seem to be pinning their hopes on a move...

Nick Clarke gave the game away when he said in the interview that the market for separates is shrinking. It means Cyrus, like many British manufacturers, are likely trying to wring more profit from each of their fewer sales. Unfortunately for them , I suspect I am not alone in (literally) not...

I agree with much of what has been said here. I would like to add a point that has been mentioned by others previously, namely that if you buy the 40 streamer, Amp and CD player then you will be paying for three DACs when 1 would suffice. I read at the 40 product launches that it was being...

Worrying times at Tidal. https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/music/tidal-which-is-in-dire-need-of-some-good-marketing-lays-off-its-entire-product-marketing-team-143045120.html

I see you have made your decision but am surprised no one has asked more about what is upstream of your amp (unless I missed it). Do any of your sources, such as a streamer, have built in EQ? My old speakers are a little bass-light but I am able to compensate for this, either from the streaming...

I believe most people (including me) would say a more expensive streamer would make no difference to your sound if you are simply using it as a transport. Just to weigh into the TOSlink vs coax debate, again some would argue that TOSlink would theoretically transmit least noise. Like others...

Id just like to also be one of the few people to stick up for Amazon Music. All the hifi talk revolves around the likes of Tidal and Quobuz but, music curation aside, AM provides at least as much choice (probably more than Q) with at least as much bitrate, but at less cost, especially if you are...

Indeed yet again: my Cyrus One turned 40 last year and the best sonic upgrade I ever made was to buy a WiiM Mini and stream to the amp via an optical connection to my existing Mojo 2. I use the digital volume control in the WiiM app which thankfully gets around the amp’s lack of a remote. I know...