What a fantastic evening this was with no less than 4 of Naim’s staff in attendance including Naim’s MD Charlie Henderson. After a short demonstration of Naim’s streamers (ND5-XS-2, NDX-2, NDX-2 with 555 PSU, and the stunning ND555 with both one and two 555 Power supplies) our enthusiastic customers were treated to a […]
24
Jan
Jan
Thank you 2018 has been our best ever year – our heartfelt thanks goes out to everyone who has bought from us. New in our Showroom: Focal Scala Utopia Evo Speakers We are delighted to now be able to demonstrate the fabulous Focal Scala Utopia Evo speakers, which are our latest acquisition for our demonstration […]
27
Sep
Sep
Linn have added the new Selekt DSM to their stable of streaming players. Sitting above the Magik DSM and below the Akurate DSM, this player goes back to the small format footprint, and adds a quality feel with the construction materials and controls. There are a couple of tricks up the Selekt DSM sleeve which […]
24
Sep
Sep
Visitors to our “Ultimate Music, Ultimate Cars” event on Thursday the 20th September were treated to some great sounding music played on the latest high-end streaming player from Naim – the ND555. There was also much swooning over the cars, including the Bentley GT3 race car (below), and the new styled Bentley Intercontinental GT with […]
21
Aug
Aug
We had been eagerly awaiting the arrival of Naim’s new ND555 reference Streaming player as an upgrade to the NDS streamer in our showroom. Naim were on hand a couple of weeks ago to demonstrate their improvements over the NDS to us and to attendees of the ND555 Launch event. Since then, we’ve had a […]
12
Jul
Jul
Join us for this special event hosted by Bentley Berkshire (HR Owen) near Reading. In association with Barclays Bank, we invite you to listen to your favourite artists on a seriously high end Naim / Focal system, in the company of the most prestigious cars from Bentley. Guy Smith – Team Bentley racing driver […]
03
Jul
Jul
We are in the fortunate position to have both a Linn Klimax LP12 and a Technics SL-1000R in our showroom, so we thought we’d have a bit of a shootout between them, as they’re theoretically in the same league. The Linn Klimax LP12 has been a fixture in our showroom for some years, however the […]
02
Jul
Jul
Here’s a quick heads-up on taking delivery and Unboxing the Technics SL-1000R tunrtable. Some months ago we got to play with the Technics SL-1000R direct drive turntable. This phenominal piece of engineering arrived in a monumental wheeled box, boding well for the attention to detail that the people at Technics had applied. We were not […]
27
Jun
Jun
Join us for the much awaited Naim ND555 music streamer launch ! Jason Gould and Mike Heath from Naim Audio will be on hand to answer your questions and we will be comparing the much loved NDS with the new “triple five” in a shoot out. Numbers are limited and […]
22
May
May
This system is high up in the pantheon of integrating High End HiFi with a Home Cinema system. The system began life with an Anthem D2V at the heart offering one of the best sound quality multi-channel preamp decoders available. We were asked to up the ante somewhat, with a high quality stereo music solution […]
08
May
May
Join us to listen to some great music played on the latest Katalyst enhanced Akurate Digital Streaming player from Linn. Katalyst is Linn’s latest (4th generation) DAC architecture, and was initially created for and installed in the Klimax DS and Klimax DSM streaming players. This DAC architecture has now been rolled out into the Akurate […]
22
Mar
Mar
Naim’s Uniti Nova has been a while in gestation, however now we have one in the flesh, and have played with it for some time, our enthusiasm has bubbled over… This integrated streaming player/Amp is the big brother to the Uniti Atom, and claims to be the Audiophile version. The Atom itself is a great […]
14
Feb
Feb
Come and Join us to celebrate Technics’ relaunch in the UK with the latest incarnation of their popular SL-1200 direct drive turntable. We will be playing a variety of music from Vinyl and digital sources and using 3 new components from Technics: SL-1200G direct drive Turntable S-G30 Network Amplifier SU-G700 Stereo Integrated Amplifier We’ve also […]
05
Jan
Jan
The Sub-Woofer is often a sadly neglected part of a home cinema setup, and frequently shoved out of the way behind the sofa, or into a corner. Whilst this is frequently feasible as the lower audio frequencies cannot generate any direction information in you ear, this is not the best way to treat sub woofer […]
04
Jan
Jan
Originally our customers had been quoted a “cinema system” by their electricians who were wiring their new extension. They decided to pay us a visit as they wanted a specialist in the field to design and build something using “better than your average mass market products” and with an eye for the look and […]
01
Dec
Dec
We love it when customers are really enthusiastic about their Home Cinema system, and we’re delighted when the end result is as good as this. This stunning Dolby Atmos 7.2.4 system using the Anthem AVM60 surround processor, Anthem PVA 7 and PVA4 power amplifiers and DALI Rubicon LCR on-wall speakers delivering superb sound in spades. […]
15
Nov
Nov
Come and listen to some of the best that Vinyl has to offer – experience the quality it is possible to get from your old vinyl collection with one of the best turntables available: the Linn LP12. The event starts at 4pm and will go on until around 8pm: We will be listening to a […]
09
Oct
Oct
In a distinctly upmarket property in Surrey we designed and installed this high performance 4K HDR (High Dynamic Range) cinema room complete with acoustically transparent AV wall incorporating the equipment cabinet at the bottom. The design looks like a flat wall but in fact houses the amplifiers, ethernet hub and all the sources. All […]
31
Aug
Aug
Typically we find that there is a disconnect between Loudspeakers that sound good, and Loudspeakers that look good. Mostly this is because a square sided box is easy to manufacture, and so attention goes into the sound quality. If attention goes into the aesthetics, then this is often at the expense of the sound quality. […]
11
Aug
Aug
Naim have been beavering away for the last few years creating a new range of Audio players to take advantage of the latest developments in digital streaming. We ordered ours towards the end of last year, and have finally taken delivery of our first units. The wait has been well worth it with a very […]