Pro-Ject’s track record with budget turntables is unrivalled. Over the years we’ve had various versions of Debuts, Genies and Essentials dominate this end of the record player market. This year it’s the turn of the Pro-Ject Essential II to shine. As the name implies this is a back-to-basics kind of product. There are no headline-grabbing materials or technologies here, just great build at a highly competitive price. Build quality The upgrade over the original Pro-Ject Essential is substantial. There’s a new, quieter and smoother motor, a different arm (now no longer a unipivot design) and a better cartridge in the form of...
As a starting point of this review Home Audio has always been an interest of mine, even from a young age where I would sit for hours listening to records on my fathers component system. So naturally when I was asked if I wanted to do a Product Review on the Sony STR-DH750 Receiver I had to snap up the opportunity right quick! Over the last few weeks I have spent numerous hours listening to music, testing features and demoing the unit to several customers watching for their reactions and also at the same time seeing how they responded to...
Now I must say right up front, I have had my eye on these for a while so when the opportunity came up we just had to have a set of these. Right time to unpack…. They are well packaged and unlikely to get damaged in transit. I’m already liking the size of these and looking forward to getting these babies going. Time to connect them up and start running them in, planned a 15-20 hour run in time and definitely worth the wait. As I tried different types of music I was starting to get attached to them,...
Now the thing that stood out for me was the Carbon composite basket and the use of Neodymium this makes for a great combination. Looking forward to hearing these, again these guys have a home audio background which as you may/or not know is a must for me. Ok time to see what Polk themselves have to say about this product, see below… Description for MM6501 Component Set: Component mobile audio systems are the best for revealing all the excitement, all the intensity of your music. The MM6501 is the component system designed for anyone who wants an exceptionally high...
What Hi*Fi – A seriously good amp that balances muscle and subtlety with stacks of features at a great price. Sony raises the bar once again Tested at £500. Our Verdict A seriously good amp that balances muscle and subtlety with stacks of features at a great price. Sony raises the bar once again. Five Stars! For: Big, muscular sound Wide soundfield Lots of fine and subtle detail Rhythmic and musical Well-featured Easy to use Against: A touch of brightness at high volumes We can’t say we didn’t have high expectations of the STR-DN1050. As the successor to the Award-winning...
Right I know what you’re thinking, Mk2?? Well let me explain Digital Designs originally released these as a AW6.5s components and you picked your driver and crossover so here in NZ we released them as the AW6.5s pictured on the left and Mk2 on the right. The only difference is the crossover; drivers and tweeters are the same. Today the AW6.5sMk2 come with the BC Series crossovers part number DD-CC1 a high end Audiophile spec’d crossover. See below today’s DD-CC1 on the right and the old one on the left. As you can see both very nice and well constructed...
Here at ABTEC we have been known to build Subwoofer Enclosures that can be a little different to the norm. We have built SPL Enclosures capable of 155+db (With the right amp, subwoofer & environment), low tuned Ground-Pounder Enclosures, beautifully sounding Loaded Horn Enclosures and everything in between. The one type of Enclosure we had not spent much time building were Band-Pass Enclosures, the reason behind this is that the design is very crucial and so is the driver selection but after hearing some very beautiful 4th Order Band-Pass Enclosures we just had to give it ago ourselves! I already...
So some of the people reading this would know that I have a love for the DD-LE-308 since I ran one in my family car for close to two years, so when Ashley ‘Madd Bass’ Burrell told me that Digital Designs had remade the DD-LE-MINI08 I had to be the person to review it! Since the DD-LE-308 was released there have been two newer generations of the 8″ LE-M Series loaded enclosures, the second generation was the DD-LE-MINI08 and third being the “NEW” DD-LE-M08-D2. However I will get to that very soon! Out of the box there was a couple...
I knew when these arrived I going enjoy this, would you believe back in the 80’s I used to sell and install Kef Car Audio products. Today Kef has continued on with their home audio range a shame to see car audio go, but hey great to see they are still going strong. Right time to unpack…. Well must say they were well packaged and unlikely to get damaged in transit. Really like there look and single driver with tweeter on the center pole, this creates a nice array of musical detail over a wide spectrum, will find out soon...
Well, Orion is a new brand for us but its been around since the early 80s. I must say this was going to be an interesting review. What I mean by that is I would have to ask around my contacts in NZ and Australia for some feed back as well as my own testing and listening via our demo board. Ok time to see what Orion themselves have to say about this product, see below… Description for XTR62 Component Set: Keeping their cool when the music heats up, these speakers show no mercy. Custom crossover with protection and selectable...
