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That is very true but the point is that Spotify is now charging more for what could be argued as being an inferior product compared to its rivals, from a SQ perspective at least. What confuses me is the number of colleagues who could never consider moving away from Spotify. I know the music...

If it is purely the front end you wish to upgrade (I agree you may want to upgrade other elements in your system first, although what you have currently seems fine) then you might want to stretch to an external DAC for the Pro Plus like a Chord Mojo 2. I suspect it would need this sort of...

3 stars, rather than four, does seem a little harsh given this product is a fraction of the price of most competition, especially given the build and functionality. A real limitation to me is that there is no digital out so if (or when, according to this review) someone wishes to add their own...

I am surprised more was not made of the lack of USB (B) input at this level. When the less expensive 222 was reviewed by WHF last year this omission was regarded as ‘a bit of an oversight to us’ whereas here it ‘isn’t a deal breaker’. I suspect a fair few might disagree.

You do get the impression that the oligopoly of OLED/QD-OLED suppliers have decided to extract excess margin from medium-to-high end customers. My 55 inch LG C1 cost £899 from John Lewis two years ago with a £100 voucher making it effectively £799. I know that these initial LG (and Samsung, Sony...

I do not understand what justifies double the price either, especially since high power outputs are traditionally much easier to achieve with Class D amplification. And that is before many audiophiles weigh in with their opinions concerning the relative merits of Class AB and Class D amplification.

There is one other advantage to WiiM’s entrance to the market: no longer do you need to spend a fortune on the musical source. Even for people like me who still subscribe to the concept of front-end first, it makes little sense to spend more than on a WiiM Pro Plus or another WiiM with your own...

What seems to have changed (and mentioned by the article writer) is that you used to be able to walk into a hifi dealer and listen to a variety of budget amps before choosing the one that you preferred. Those days seem gone, instead having to rely on YouTube gurus and a lot of mail order before...

An article making good points. Whether it is because far fewer people buy hifi separates nowadays compared to the 80s or not, it seems the traditional U.K. brands have decided to aim for a higher margin on the products that they do sell. Just look at the nostalgia premium there seems to be with...

I would normally defend the right for someone to spend their hard earned savings on something which is clearly an interest of theirs but I am becoming more uneasy when reading about new hifi products which are now costing incredible sums of money. We have these amplifiers which, combined with...

I agree with Alastair’s sentiments. I bought a 55inch LG C1 television from John Lewis in June 2022 with some trepidation because I was concerned prices of successive models might fall further. I need not have worried. What did I pay? £899 with a further £100 JL electronics voucher, so...

This point has been made by others but might be worth repeating: if you buy the Arcam CD player, streamer and amp then you are buying the same ESS ES9018 DAC three times when once would suffice. Of course, I realise they are separates but it does seem so wasteful and costly.

You must be lucky enough to have bought the original Body and Soul CD before the remaster in 1997 which is renowned for being an abomination of a transfer and which most streaming platforms presumably use. I understand this poppy/clicky remaster is still the CD version on sale currently. In...

Both these speakers get rave reviews at the £2K mark and the floor standing PMCs will take up much the same floor area as the KEFs. I have not had the chance to test either but wondered if anyone has already compared them and was willing to share their thoughts?

For what it is worth, I think WiiM (particularly the WiiM Pro Plus at £219) has made the biggest impact in this category in the past year or so. It also seems to be making consumers and other manufacturers reassess what they should be paying/charging for this class of product, a development...