Happy days @National Audio Show UK :)
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Allegri Preamp HiFi+ review by Alan Sircom
The big revelation though was the sound quality. It was the sound of nothing getting in the way. And the important part of that was within a few bars, you realised that practically all the products you’ve heard that make that claim (and the products about which you have made that claim) are the sound [...]
Come and see us @ National Audio Show 14
Come and see us at the National Audio Show 14 at Whittlebury Hall UK, this weekend. We are doing a static stand at location T3 where we are showing: The complete range of Seismic Isolation products, Fractal F1 interconnects, Allegri Pre-amp, Rock 7 Turntable, with the all new Excalibur II tone-arm and the Merlin [...]
Fractal F1 Interconnect gets a HiFi News Editor’s Choice Award
“Laced between my Oppo BDP-105D player/DAC and Krell S-1500 amp, these new Fractal interconnects encouraged a genuinely smooth, detailed and liquid-sounding performance… …the F1 Fractal has a ‘dark’ quality that lets you hear into the soundstage, walk around the musicians and oh-so-easily tease apart the threads of their mix. Bass sounds robust and extended, treble [...]
How the Maximum Supertweeter was born
In the early seventies, I made a version of the HQD speaker system which comprised two Hartley 24” bass drivers, a pair of stacked Quad ESL-57s and a pair of Decca Ribbon speakers (see http://www.marklev.com/systems/). The Decca’s were used as supertweeters here to augment the treble roll-off associated with the ESL-57s. Inevitably, the ribbons [...]
Adair Acoustic Design test the Allegri Pre
"I initially set up the Allegri in between our Resolution Cantata Music Centre and the ATC Active 50s. These are both serious peices of equipment, so this is a great test for the £2000 Allegri. Its actually quite refreshing to not have to plug in a mains cable into the pre-amp, just makes set up that little bit [...]
Review: Seismic Pods get ‘Recommended’ badge from Hi-Fi Choice
"When I install four of these Pods under my record deck, I notice an improvement in image placement, with instrument positions more clearly defined. I also sense a deeper silence during quieter segments of slower passages of music and an improvement in the dynamic range. With the Pods fitted under a CD player, I perceive [...]
Interesting reading: Supertweeters and ultra high frequencies
Townshend Audio has included Maximum supertweeters within the reference system for years and obviously High Res formats have never sounded so good, but what about the sound improvement on other lower res formats? We have listed some essential reading: A white paper "The world beyond 20kHz" An article on "Why do we need Supertweeters?" [...]
The effect of ground vibration on audio systems. VIDEO
Ground borne vibration is one of the major reason for the variability in the performance of high-end audio equipment. However mild a vibration may seem to us, it will be huge compared with the minute domain in which hi-fi process signal information.
Join us @ Audio World ’14, Brighton 29-30 March
This year at Brighton, Townshend Audio will present their very latest range of system upgrades that can help transform any good Hi-Fi into something that is unmatched in resolution and transparency. At Townshend, a great foundation has always been key, because by insuring that all Hi-Fi components are effectively isolated from vibration, any system is [...]