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Fair to say that in general, audiophiles are more comfortable with evolution than revolution, until they hear the difference. Such is the case involving Perlisten Audio, which in two years has sprung from obscurity to universal acclaim – from audiophiles. The secret is Perlisten’s Directivity Pattern Control (DPC) waveguided beamforming array of tweeter and mids, which, complemented by naturally fast lower frequencies, reaches higher levels of fidelity. Above 3kHz the tweeter at the centre of

July 23’s Hi Fi Choice magazine Group Test sees MoFi Electronics’ MasterTracker MM cartridge pitted against the best of the rest. Reviewer Neville Roberts says “I have heard this section sounding like a cacophony of noise in the past, rather than the tuneful assembly of notes that I enjoy with the MasterTracker…Overall, the MasterTracker is a, er… master tracker both in name and nature. It delivers a very musical sound that is easy on the

Hi Fi Choice regular Nick Tate (aka David Price) finds much to love about Perlisten’s R5M monitor in the July 23 issue. He says, “played at lowish volumes, it sounds clean and tidy, but up the level and a cathedral-like soundstage appears. Given plenty of watts, the R5m really disappears into the room and gives a huge, three-dimensional recorded acoustic with accurate image location. Better still, it holds steady on transient peaks, continuing to sound

Back in November last year a 5.1 system from Perlisten’s flagship THX Certified Dominus S series scored a maximum ‘Best in Class’ 10 from the longstanding and hugely respected AV Forums online review site. Now the honour and acclaim has been repeated with another 10 score for a Dominus Certified ‘Reference’ R series 5.2 system. Proving that lightning really does strike twice, the site’s resident high-end specialist Doug Pyper says “loudspeaker performance does not get

We’re indebted to www.sound-advice.online for applying its innovative blend of retail outreach and engagement to the subwoofer category and the awesome SVS PB-3000 in particular. The site’s debut sub review says “…if you’re looking for uncompromising performance combined with state-of-the-art features, the PB-3000 is the ideal subwoofer. It packs a serious punch, filling the room with thunderous bass that gives movie soundtracks a visceral quality you can literally feel. This is the kind of sub