tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36420225347268320722024-03-14T03:02:53.584-07:00Audiophile MusingsIts all about the music, but you need the right kit to enjoy it.
From 1973 to streaming network players.Neil Hallworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191032743060224753noreply@blogger.comBlogger398125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642022534726832072.post-48870927585655376522024-03-13T15:00:00.000-07:002024-03-13T15:00:13.210-07:00The Audio Show Deluxe - Silverstone UK, 23/24 March 2024Back for a second year at Whittlebury Park, the show that's unashamedly about expensive audio.It has a smaller number of rooms, most of them a good size that allow the more expensive and physically large systems room to breath. The smaller number of systems means there's more time available to spend time with those systems. There's also a smattering of live music over the weekend including Neil Hallworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191032743060224753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642022534726832072.post-11603156760472126962024-02-11T15:28:00.000-08:002024-02-11T15:44:50.410-08:00A "New" Retro Streamer - Pushing the LK EnvelopeFor information only: this post is not a set of instructions nor is it intended to encourage any kind of modification of electrical products. As they say: "Do not try this at home".Some of you may have read through the first "episode" of what has now started to be a theme - modernise a Linn LK enclosure with a streamer, or, from the other perspective, taking a modern streamer down the retro Neil Hallworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191032743060224753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642022534726832072.post-64707218751962886512024-01-29T07:45:00.000-08:002024-01-29T14:37:44.885-08:00A Retro Streamer, Is That A Thing? Linn's Iconic LK Series Brought Up To DateFor information only: this post is not a set of instructions nor is it intended to encourage any kind of modification of electrical products. As they say: "Do not try this at home".Boxing Clever?Back in 2007, Linn introduced the Klimax DS streamer and told the World that they believed streaming to be the future and that it outperformed their best CD player at that time (the CD12). They alsoNeil Hallworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191032743060224753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642022534726832072.post-28821775839831615622023-12-01T03:38:00.000-08:002024-03-14T03:02:19.903-07:00Acoustica Show: New Naim 200 and 300 Series. November 2023 - Pictures and Review In the past Chester dealer Acoustic has put on some enjoyable small shows at the DoubleTree hotel, featuring up to 20 rooms and covering most if not all of their portfolio of products. You can read about them here:April 2019April 2018This time was different. It was promoted as a hifi show, but in reality it was a showcase for the new range of Naim "Classic" products - streamers,Neil Hallworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191032743060224753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642022534726832072.post-48660610903884565642023-10-24T10:48:00.001-07:002023-10-24T10:48:07.130-07:00THIS WEEKEND! The Best UK Hifi Show of the Year. Coming this weekend - the Wam Show!At a new base near Barnsley, the show put on by enthusiasts for enthusiasts.40 or so home systems brought together in an hotel for the weekend, you'll get to experience systems you'll never hear at commercial shows provided for you by people who are not trying to sell you anything. From budget to exotic, from vinyl to streaming, from vintage to brand new, Neil Hallworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191032743060224753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642022534726832072.post-57551620779819536742023-10-23T10:50:00.010-07:002023-10-24T11:01:08.768-07:00Exploring Naim Power Amplifier Alternatives - Guest Contributor CliveHe's back! After only a short gap, Clive is back with more insights into experiences with his system. Opinions are Clive's own. Enjoy.<!--[if !mso]>
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Neil Hallworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191032743060224753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642022534726832072.post-65966867862759636612023-09-25T06:53:00.003-07:002023-10-11T13:20:35.697-07:00Kudos Audio - Exclusive Factory Visit, August 2023Now a very visible and significant player on the international high quality audio scene, Kudos Audio has taken a different approach to producing music for its enthusiastic customers and are actively pursuing new ideas, as I type. Favourable reviews are now the norm for the company's Titan range, including a number on Audiophile Musings. Step this way to get a flavour of what the reviewers Neil Hallworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191032743060224753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642022534726832072.post-5777201222236744312023-09-16T16:46:00.003-07:002023-09-17T13:49:34.431-07:00A Tale of Three Amplifiers - Linn, Lejonklou and Naim(ish). GUEST REVIEW BY CLIVE G. Something a little different this time - a review of three power amplifier choices by occasional guest contributor Clive, one of the moderators of the popular Linn Hifi and Music Enthusiasts Facebook group. Over to you Clive...I'm fairly happy with my system, but, well, there's always room for improvements & I'd beenthinking maybe an amp or speakers upgrade. My system at the Neil Hallworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191032743060224753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642022534726832072.post-3316748410248289672023-06-19T12:16:00.006-07:002023-06-19T16:00:58.260-07:00North West Audio Show (Cranage) June 2023 CLICK ON AN IMAGE TO SEE A LARGER VERSIONInnuos, Merason, Hegel, AmphionRega, CaaS, EgglestoneworksHeed, PMC Prodigy 1PhoniaMissing Linkmoor AMPSKiiCoppice AdioKef R1 and LS60Falcon LS 3/5aOphidian with ExposureKudos, using Innuos and ChordFanthorpes with AVM and PMC Prodigy 5Auralic with ATC 50 activesKerr Acoustics and friendshHornsLamizator and DyptiqueAcoustica using Naim and Kef Neil Hallworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191032743060224753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642022534726832072.post-92052998602511604012023-03-27T15:57:00.002-07:002024-01-05T03:46:32.208-08:00Audio Show Deluxe, Whittlebury Hall, March 2023 - Sound of the Show and Music Choice Award - Auden DistributionMany shows have smaller rooms and Audio
Show Deluxe is a bit different in offering so many larger rooms. Auden,
typically with Hegel all-in-one streamer / DAC / pre- and
power-amplifer products and standmount Amphion speakers have received
multiple Audiophile Musings awards for their show systems. Largely
because they put together systems that work with the room - a
fundamental Neil Hallworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191032743060224753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642022534726832072.post-26977633673816028132023-03-27T15:54:00.005-07:002024-01-05T03:46:43.349-08:00Audio Show Deluxe, Whittlebury Hall, March 2023 - Highly Commended - Definitive Audio Living Voice brought along their 600Ah battery pack power supplyThe new Living Voice R80 loudspeakerKuzma front end, SJS Arcadia ampsGrand Prix Monaco 2 TT with Kuzma armLiving Voice
brought along their new (4 years in development) R80 speakers to listen
to. They look like a much larger evolution of the R25 / OBX lineage
and sit between those speakers and the Vox Olympians in the Neil Hallworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191032743060224753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642022534726832072.post-3232955552148457582023-03-27T15:52:00.005-07:002024-01-05T03:46:57.916-08:00Audio Show Deluxe, Whittlebury Hall, March 2023 - High Commended - BoyerSome
very good looking equipment in this room - a refreshing change to see
modern looking minimalist valve amps that avoid the steam punk or overly
ornate "gold plated everything" aesthetic. Engstrom Arne integrated amp on static displayEngstrom Lars power amps on static displayThe playing system featured this ethernet switch and power supply combinationVitus provided the DAC for digital filesNeil Hallworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191032743060224753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642022534726832072.post-31481082290068078662023-03-27T15:26:00.008-07:002024-01-05T03:47:09.944-08:00Audio Show Deluxe - 25 March 2023 - Whittlebury Hall, UK. Photos, Report, Listening NotesA new show for the UK Spring at Whittlebury Hall - a conference style hotel within engine note hearing distance of Silverstone circuit which hosts the British F1 Grand Prix in the Summer.For those distributors / brands who constantly complain about how small the rooms are at shows, there are no such excuses here with many large meeting rooms ready for some seriously specced systems. The Neil Hallworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191032743060224753noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642022534726832072.post-20487073760892239822023-03-24T11:54:00.001-07:002023-03-24T11:54:20.355-07:00Bristol Hifi Show 2023 - Highly Commended - Moor amps Moor amps sprung a surprise at Bristol that might mean they have to reconsider their branding. The lovely looking Ascalon speakers in a very late prototype version. Respendent in their blue paintwork and being fed by Auralic and Moor's own Angel pre and power amps the Volt equipped speakers were flowing, musical, balanced, effortless and drew you in to the tunes. Very good Neil Hallworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191032743060224753noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642022534726832072.post-72749137461446833142023-03-24T11:52:00.002-07:002023-03-24T11:52:24.306-07:00Bristol Hifi Show 2023 - Music Choice Award - Leema and Elac Welsh electronics wizards Leema put on a very dynamic attention grabbing performance with Elac's AMT equipped standmounts punching well above their weight. I listened to a good few tracks and went back for a revisit. The dynamics didn't seem to be at the expense of listener fatigue, but then again 20 minutes isn't a whole evening. Enjoyable and as they played "Blissed on Neil Hallworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191032743060224753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642022534726832072.post-14373651263336843902023-03-24T11:50:00.000-07:002023-03-24T11:50:06.306-07:00Bristol Hifi Show 2023 - High Commended - Rega, Hegel and Amphion Time after time the smallest systems from Auden Distribution deliver the goods in spades - so tuneful, so much to enjoy, so little to complain about. Here they do it again using a Rega P8 with the baby Hegel 120 and the cute little Amphion Argons unassumingly making some quite expensive systems musically inadequate. Nice.Neil Hallworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191032743060224753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642022534726832072.post-26592881019052598972023-03-24T11:47:00.002-07:002023-03-24T11:47:30.171-07:00Bristol Hifi Show 2023 - Highly Commended - Mission / Audiolab Mission's sister brand Wharfedale has been pursuing the retromod path for 3 or 4 years now with various 1970s re-boots. Now Mission has joined the fray and Peter Comeau has chosen a recreation of the original 1980s Mission 770 for the job. Visually very similar to the original, its structurally quite different - being based on a heavily constructed cabinet and a mineral filled Neil Hallworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191032743060224753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642022534726832072.post-27974771201134162832023-03-24T11:44:00.003-07:002023-03-24T11:44:52.533-07:00Bristol Hifi Show 2023 - Best One Make System - Lyngdorf Having heard some reasonable music from Lyngdorf components in the past, I think this is the first time I've heard a complete system from this brand. The electronics follow the usual Lyngdorf form - the TDAI-3400 is an integrated streamer / DAC / integrated amplifer in a smart, well constructed case. The Cue-100 speakers though, are a little different to the norm and Neil Hallworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191032743060224753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642022534726832072.post-23013067476936786942023-03-24T11:42:00.003-07:002023-03-24T11:42:50.788-07:00Bristol Hifi Show 2023 - Sound of the Show Award - AVM and PMC PMC had a good approach to letting showgoers know what's going on - a timetable posted just outside the room. Essentially, this year, they demonstrated a gradual progression up their mainstay Twenty5i series speakers - changing from the smallest Twenty5.21i upto the largest Twenty5.26i in hourly increments, then ending the day with fact.12 Signature. All day these speakers were driven by Neil Hallworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191032743060224753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642022534726832072.post-5213745294102602242023-02-24T14:38:00.009-08:002023-03-18T15:15:06.064-07:00The Bristol Hifi Show 2023 - Report and ReviewsOut and about of an evening in Bristol in February - its cold, yet the city centre on a Friday night its lively, vibrant and friendly. After a day trawling the hifi show rooms on the first day of the Bristol Hifi Show it was cool to eat, drink and be slightly merry as a wind down. Lots of folks about, sitting at outdoor tables at 2 to 3 degC, traditional grub at Pieminster and an excellent rock Neil Hallworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191032743060224753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642022534726832072.post-32325948201619223942023-02-01T13:45:00.009-08:002023-04-11T13:52:29.433-07:00Introducing the SpeakerFilters.com Rally TeamIntroducing the www.speakerfilters.com supported rally team.We
first supported Tim Baker in his Talbot Sunbeam for the Mully Rally in
October 2022. Since then we've confirmed support for Tim and Neil for
the 2023 season including their assault on the Heart of England Stage Rally Championship. The pair are also competing in the www.asoc.co.uk
Challenge sponsored by Ex-pressed SteelNeil Hallworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191032743060224753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642022534726832072.post-24401343399509849922023-01-23T14:07:00.003-08:002023-02-24T15:11:24.238-08:00The UK Audio Show October 2022 Part Two at Staverton Park, Daventry Please find PART ONE of the report here. And here we go for part two of this very extensive show...WILLOW TREE AUDIO - Technics, Audio Music, Horning At the time I dropped into the Willow Tree room, Technics SP10 Mk2 / Audiomods System 6 tonearm / Hana
Umami Red card and Aurorasound Vida Mk2 Phono Stage were playing the tunes.The Horning Aristotle Ultimate is said, by its Neil Hallworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191032743060224753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642022534726832072.post-13629458376782284672022-12-23T14:02:00.009-08:002023-02-24T15:12:48.402-08:00The UK Audio Show, October 2022 Part One: Turn On The Lights Again at Staverton Park, DaventryThe Staverton Estate / Golf Club hosts the UK Audio Show in 2022 for the second time. The 2021 event was the first post-Covid hifi show event in the UK and Chester Group went out on a limb to run the event in the hope that enough exhibitors and visitors would be ready to mingle again. Last year about 30% of visitors were wearing masks, thankfully this year we seem to be currently in aNeil Hallworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191032743060224753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642022534726832072.post-6617878038327354272022-08-08T12:27:00.000-07:002022-08-08T12:27:01.771-07:00The UK's Most Interesting Hifi Show is Back - The WAM Show, 2nd October 2022 The WAM hifi show is a show like no other.There are a couple of commercial rooms, but beyond that there are 40+ rooms of systems put together by enthusiasts purely for your listening pleasure - no selling! Each room will have a system brought along to the hotel by a HifiWigwam member, set up for the weekend, playing whatever music they fancy (or you request!) to let you hear real Neil Hallworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191032743060224753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642022534726832072.post-19506611893339588002022-05-27T01:36:00.005-07:002022-05-27T01:36:56.870-07:00UK AUDIO SHOW, 8/9 OCTOBER 2022 - WORTH A VISIT! Last year's show at the De Vere Staverton Estate in Northamptonshire was very well supported by manufacturers and dealers. Given the circumstances visitor attendance was very good. The venue's got a good selection of rooms and will be well worth a visit in 2022.Show site: UK Audio ShowLast year's show report is here.Neil Hallworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01191032743060224753noreply@blogger.com0