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Anybody interested in finding out more about classical music should try to come along to the talk by reviewer Bryce Morrison.

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Posted at: 15:26 on 26-04-2008

We thought that we were familiar with MIT cable technology, after all we have been using MIT manufactured cables (albeit with the Spectral name on them) for the last six years. However nothing could have prepared us for the leap in sound quality that has emanated as a result of their patented multipole technology.

With speaker cables incorporating multipole technology starting at around the £200 price point, these cables should have applications in a wide range of systems.

The ultimate expression of the ability of these cables resides in the MIT MA (Maximum Articulation) range. Awesome!

For those who have difficulty with the concept of cables making a difference to the performance of a system, you should probably read the following:MIT Cables at Skywalker productions

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Posted at: 13:08 on 22-02-2008

We have mentioned the Cairn Fog 3 CD player (£1,995) in the virtual pub, and this continues to set the standard amongst CD players at this price point. We are now delighted to announce the arrival of the Cairn Tornado priced at £850. This new CD player, brings more than a hint of it's more expensive brother's performance to the sub £1,000 price range.

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Posted at: 12:24 on 22-02-2008

What can we say, dCS have produced another diamond of a CD / SACD player. Despite the Puccini being dCS' entry level product, it clearly sets new standards at its (just) sub £10,000 price point.

The engineering of this new player oozes quality, however it's when you hear what it can do that you realize just what a triumph this player is.

The Puccini is an integrated player using some of the technology developed for the Scarlatti system, and this is clearly audible in the performance.

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Posted at: 12:34 on 09-01-2008

We are delighted to announce the addition of our third loudspeaker from the Avalon Acoustics range, the Avalon Ascendant.

Whilst this loudspeaker is priced at a not inconsequential £9,000 it is, in fact, the entry level loudspeaker of Avalon's full performance range. What you are getting from this loudspeaker, and it's larger and more expensive brethren, is a level of transparency and coherence that we have not heard bettered. As you move up the range to the Indra (also on demonstration) this is refined, whilst dynamic and frequency ranges are expanded.

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Posted at: 15:25 on 07-01-2008

With a justifiable claim to be the best preamplifier available, and certainly the best we have heard, the new Spectral 30SS is now on demonstration.

Spectral have re designed the power supply, to provide further isolation from the effects of noise. A new, custom designed volume control radically reduces the distortions associated with this unavoidable necessity. (Interestingly, Accuphase have tackled the same problem with a different approach)

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Posted at: 14:39 on 13-11-2007

We are absolutely delighted to announce the arrival of some brand new (to us) products from the legendary loudspeaker manufacturer - Avalon Acoustics.

Now on demonstration are the new Indra and NP2.0. Each speaker, at it's respective price point (£17,500 and £2,000 repectively), represents state of the art performance.

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Posted at: 17:04 on 11-10-2007

We are delighted to announce that we have this magnificent Focal speaker on demonstration. Reviewed in the latest issue of Hi-Fi Plus magazine, Roy Gregory completes one of the most enthusiastic reviews I have ever seen with the sentence 'Believe me, the results are astonishing'. We couldn't agree more!

If you are in the market for a full range, high resolution, coherent, communicative loudspeaker, the Electra 1037 must be on your shortlist.

Price £6,399

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Posted at: 13:08 on 17-07-2007

We are pleased to announce that the dCS Scarlatti system is now on permanent demonstration at the shop. Anyone who thought that CD replay had reached it's limits with the previous generation of players needs to rethink what is actually stored on CD. A good quality standard CD played on a Scarlatti system, in our opinion, outperforms SACD on any other player! SACD on Scarlatti, is even better.

For those people with serious CD collections, and in the lucky position of being able to contemplate the purchase of this system, please contact the shop for more information.

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Posted at: 13:56 on 19-06-2007

Well they say it never rains, but it pours. Well at the moment it is pouring groundbreaking new products. In the spirit of the Sergeant Peppers 40th anniversary, let me introduce to you - the Nagra CDP CD player.

This player sits firmly in the upper echelons of what is possible from CD, and is receiving rave reviews amongst the cogniscenti around the world.

The CDP is priced at £8,500

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Posted at: 11:33 on 11-06-2007