Recent content by TheLastMan

Don't go into this with any preconceptions! Use your own ears - peoples preferences are different. Also make sure you get an extensive audition - this is a big purchase and not to be done lightly. Remember I was listening to the Rega Planar 3 vs Linn LP12 in 1992. Both models have likely...

In 1986 bought the Audiolab 8000A after all the stellar reviews and a brief audition. Took it back after two weeks as it was horribly "dry" and sterile sounding. The audio equivalent of eating Weetabix without milk or sugar. Although less dynamic, my existing Rotel RA820 was a much more...

Have to say I fundamentally disagree with the conclusion on the audio quality of these headphones, almost to the extent that I wonder if we were listening to the same model!! I own a pair of the standard Earfun Airs as well and listened to the Pro 3 pair in comparison. There was absolutely no...

Being "vintage" myself, I have continuously owned a record player of one make or another for 45 years, so I will offer my 2p. My 18th birthday present (in 1978) was a Dual CS505. It sounded perfectly acceptable, but more "audio" than "hi-fi" to be honest. The sound could be best described as...

In my view a buyer would do MUCH better to spend £30 more and get a Wiim Mini and a Chord Mojo 2 DAC to replace the Cambridge MXN10. A streamer does not have to include a DAC, in fact it is preferable that it doesn't. The digital stream of 1s and 0s from a Wiim Mini will be identical to that...

Spot on! As long as you get at least 320kb compressed 16/44 audio then the most important thing is the size of the catalogue of music, the user interface and range of equipment you can use it on. I use Spotify because the library is VAST, I can get it on my phone, laptop, Raspberry Pi LMS...

I am looking for some metal framed headphones (metal framed headband, metal gimble attachment to metal speaker units). The less plastic the better, ideally with a detachable / replaceable chord. I am on my third pair of Sony MDR- V300's which sound great but about as long lasting as the...