January 15, 2022
‘BEST IN CLASS’ AWARDS FOR BAT AND SVS
We’re delighted that the experts at Hi Fi News and Home Cinema Choice have conferred ‘Best in Class’ awards on our brands. Balanced Audio Technology’s VK-3500 is ‘Best Hybrid Amplifier’ while SVS’ multi-award-winning SB-1000 Pro is ‘Best Subwoofer’ once again, completing a clean sweep of specialist press awards in 2021. View VK-3500 product and awards HERE View SB-1000 Pro product and awards HERE
January 15, 2022
HIGH-END AV RECEIVER OF THE YEAR!
It had to be the JBL Synthesis SDR-35! Because all of the UK’s major specialist AV titles agree. “If you’re building a high-end home cinema, the SDR-35 should be the first AVR you audition” says What Hi Fi in awarding its ‘Best home cinema amplifier over £3000’ gong for 2021. ” A fantastically cinematic sonic experience” said AV Forums in making the SDR-35 its High-end Receiver of the Year. “A multichannel audio performance that simply
December 14, 2021
OUTSTANDING VERDICT FOR MOFI’S ULTRAGOLD!
Feb 22’s issue of audiophile bible Hi Fi News welcomes MoFi’s long anticipated UltraGold Moving Coil cartridge with an Outstanding badge. “Whatever adjectives the entire canon of hi-fi begs to use, one stands proud for the UltraGold and that is ‘fluid’. It’s not just the smooth conveying of liquidity in The Beach Boys album. It’s the consistency in the dynamic swings from soft to loud and back, the wholeness of the soundstage, the nature of
November 22, 2021
“BE PREPARED TO FALL IN LOVE”
December’s issue of Hi Fi News mag features Mark Craven’s review of Balanced Audio Technology’s VK-80i all-tube integrated amp. He says “With David Gilmour’s ‘A Boat Lies Waiting’ [Rattle That Lock, Columbia;96kHz/24-bit], the VK-80i almost delivered more delicacy than my ears could process. The piano sounded resonant and natural, while the track’s background ‘seaside’ effects were conveyed with a gossamer touch. The multi-tracked vocal then seemed to just ooze from my speakers, phrases arriving and
October 27, 2021
NEW GOLD STANDARD!
We’re proud to introduce Mobile Fidelity’s UltraGold Moving Coil phono cartridge to the UK’s vinyl replay fans. Precision crafted in Japan and voiced by Spiral Groove founder Allen Perkins, the UltraGold MC offers analogue lovers the exceptionally wide frequency response, tonal richness, lifelike separation, and true-to-the-source faithfulness of a class-leading audiophile MC design. View the product HERE