December 10, 2019
SVS SB-3000 REIGNS SUPREME
High-end sub choice is elementary following a brace of awards for the awesome SVS SB-3000. The first sees top online review site AVForums hand over its BEST SUB ABOVE £1000 award for 2019-20. The second sees AV Tech Media, responsible for Hi Fi News, Hi Fi Choice and Home Cinema Choice titles in the UK hand over its BEST SUBWOOFER award for 2019-20. AVF: “If you like deep bass combined with agility and an accurate
December 10, 2019
GOLDENEAR TRITON REFERENCE IS BEST HIGH-END SPEAKER
A ‘Best High-End Speaker’ triumph greets GoldenEar’s Triton Reference in a simply stunning result from AVT Media, the publishing group responsible for the UK’s leading Hi Fi hardware titles: Home Cinema Choice, HiFi Choice and HiFi News. It sees the US marque outpace UK and world rivals to collect AVT Media’s Best High End Speaker prize! Says AVT, the GoldenEar Triton Reference “paints an impressive sonic picture, combining massive bass weight with a nimbleness and
December 10, 2019
PRIMARE POWERS TO TOP PRIZE
A rare mix of virtues brings Hi Fi Plus’ Best Amp 2019 accolade to the I25 PRISMA. The I25 design joins its EISA award-winning I35 and I15 Prisma brethren in achieving best-in-class status, combining “ease of operation, network flexibility, and – most significantly – excellent sound quality” to deliver “the perfect triumvirate of performance parameters for a modern amplifier!” says the mag. Primare’s whole-home, high-fidelity control and connectivity solution Prisma provides multi-room/multi-zone connectivity and control
October 12, 2019
PRIMARE’S NP5 JUST LOVES TO CONNECT!
Primare’s bijou new NP5 network player extends the brand’s proprietary Prisma network tech to any system with a digital input. This means AirPlay 2, Bluetooth, Chromecast built-in, Roon, Spotify Connect, plus network connected hard drive control to any product stereo and multi-channel, Primare or other, making it the network player for anyone and any system. NP5 Prisma also allows for volume adjustment and input selection for previous Primare models with RS232 inputs, all using the
September 28, 2019
“MESMERISING”: TRITON ONE.R COMPLETES AN ‘OUTSTANDING’ HAT-TRICK
This year is a breakthrough year for listening. Because in 2019, GoldenEar has risen to the top, achieving no fewer than THREE ‘Outstanding’ awards from the UK’s premier Hi Fi mag, Hi Fi News! First in an unprecedented triple was the Triton 5 in the March issue; next the flagship Triton Reference in June, and now, the Triton One.R, using design technologies from the Reference but price-pitched between its Outstanding range mates. Regardless of price
