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Parallel Universe by Roy Gregory, Hi>Fi+, Issue 54 |
Like the other reviews in this issue this is a system review - but it's a system review with a diference. Say the word 'System' to most people interested in hi-fi and they'll start mentally ticking off a source, amplifier and speakers. They might even get as far as the cables, but the lion's share of their attention is definitely going to be directed at those boxes full of electronic components. But, in the same way that you cant listen to an amp without giving it a signal and connecting it up to some sort of speakers, you can't listen to electronics without providing power, signal transmission and some kind of physical support. So, if the speakers are just as important to the notion of 'System' as the amplifier, then so to are the other elements such as cabling. Yet all too often, despite recent realisations of the impact that these elements have on overall performance, they are dismissed as peripheral or mere ancillaries, despite their fundamental role in the great scheme of things.
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Less Noise More Music! - by Nick Whetstone, TNT-Audio, September 2007 |
The term 'hi-fi accessory' covers a very wide range of products, from something like a green CD pen, to high-quality speaker stands for stand-mount speakers. The first being of questionable necessity, while the second is almost mandatory. Vertex AQ (hereafter Vertex) supply a range of 'hi-fi accessories' although they don't like to use the term as it really gives the wrong impression of what the products do. Perhaps we need to find a new phrase to diferentiate between the green pen and the speaker stand, the 'may do' and the 'will do' if you like. In this review, we will see which category the Vertex products would fall into.
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One For The Money - by Roy Gregory and Alan Sircom. Hi-Fi+ issue 48 |
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When it comes to judging quality, drinking by the label is one of the first security blankets most of us reach for. After all, if it's got a good name and a high price then it's got to taste all right - hasn't it? Anybody who has traveled the outer reaches of the wine lists in the more vaunted eateries that dot this planet will know just how flawed and expensive this approach can be. Yet how many of us apply it to hi-fi equipment? Download review... |
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