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Featuring versatile ‘Elevation’ height speakers and the brutal PB-2000 Pro sub, SVS’ Prime Tower 5.1.2 system has wowed Home Cinema Choice mag editor Mark Craven with a Best Buy mix of clarity, precision and cohesion. He says: “SVS’s Elevation speakers are a neat and effective 3D audio solution – add them to their well-priced Prime siblings and you have a cracking immersive 5.1.2 system, mixing compact cabinets with a sizeable sub for a best-of-both worlds

Famous petrol head and renowned audio fanatic David Vivian has tested the remarkable qualities of MoFi’s Ultra Low Noise Feet system upgrade and found them to his liking. In the Feb 21 edition of Hi Fi Choice just out he says: “There are easily heard improvements and, more encouragingly, these are cumulative – an initial sense of smoothing and refinement progressing towards a lower noise floor uncovering more detail and finally, with the feet under

In-akustik’s proposition is simply that while all cables will connect A to B, their susceptibility to interference means that signals will suffer losses during transmission. “A Ferrari will get you from A to B, even with bad tyres, it says “but you won’t be getting the performance you’re paying for”. No surprise then that the brand’s first foray into UK review land has been transparently successful, returning with a Hi Fi News ‘Editor’s Choice’ badge:

Falcon’s ‘Gold Badge’ LS3/5a has been designed to emulate the sound of the original and rarefied BBC ‘Kingswood Warren’ LS3/5a and is recognisable by the gold badge on the back of the cabinet. There have been many attempts, some licensed by the BBC, to approach the original’s fabled qualities but nothing in production gets closer to the formative LS3/5a experience than Falcon’s Gold Badge version. For Hi Fi Choice’s David Vivian the first encounter is

We’re delighted that the Primare R35 is Hi Fi Plus’ PHONOSTAGE OF THE YEAR (up to £2,500). Citation says “ The R35 has both XLR and RCA output connections, while the power supply is a linear, discrete type based around a toroidal transformer in a mu-metal case. This is impressive stuff at any price point, but at the R35’s affordable price tag, it’s sensational. The sheer range of cartridge settings are not simply there for