Support furniture is the part of a hi-fi system that gets specified last and thought about least, which is odd given that every component in the chain sits on it. A turntable plinth picks…
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Nick Bashkiser
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25 Nick joined Premium Sound in the summer of 2022 as a Sales Assistant, and he spent a year helping customers find the right audio solutions. After relocating abroad, he continued his journey with Premium Sound in a remote role, managing and editing content for the company’s website. Nick holds a BA in Music Production and is a passionate musician.
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McIntosh is one of the few manufacturers that will sell you the same idea three different ways. Its current integrated amplifier line-up runs a fully valve model, two hybrids with tube preamplifier stages, and…
Very few loudspeaker lines have survived unbroken since the 1940s, and fewer still are made in the same town by the same company. The Klipsch Heritage range began in 1946 when Paul W. Klipsch…
Very few audio components stay in production long enough to be judged across three different centuries of listening habits. The McIntosh MC275 arrived in 1961, was discontinued in 1971 when transistors made valves look…
Arcam has been building amplifiers in Cambridge since 1976, and the company’s reputation has always rested on the same thing: a slightly warm, unfussy presentation that stays listenable for hours without dulling detail. The…
Hana is one of the few cartridge brands that has managed to build a following almost entirely on word of mouth. The cartridges are designed and hand-assembled by Excel Sound Corporation in Japan, a…
Ask ten owners why a McIntosh sounds the way it does and you will get ten answers: the warmth of the hybrid stage, the scale, the effortless power, the smoothness. The engineering answer is…
Few names in high-end audio carry the weight that McIntosh does. The green-and-black logo, the glow of the blue Watt meters, the reassuring heft of an American-built chassis: these are cues that have stayed…
Cover a McIntosh amplifier’s badge, its knobs and its heatsinks, and most people who care about audio will still name the brand from across a dark room. The blue meters do that work. They…
Bookshelf speakers remain the most sensible entry point into serious two-channel hi-fi, and often the most satisfying. A well-designed standmount speaker asks less of your room than a floorstander, settles more easily into a…
Atoll Électronique is one of those brands that rewards the listener who reads the spec sheet properly. Founded in Normandy in 1997 by brothers Stéphane and Emmanuel Dubreuil, the company has spent nearly three…
A well-integrated subwoofer does far more than add weight to the bottom end. In a properly balanced hi-fi or home cinema system, the right compact subwoofer can improve scale, timing, tonal realism, and the…
Axxess is the youngest name under the Audio Group Denmark umbrella, sitting alongside Aavik, Ansuz and Børresen. Where those three brands operate at genuinely high-end price points, Axxess was created to bring the same…
Good headphones do something a room full of speakers struggles to. They put the music directly against your ears, with no wall reflections, no seating position to get right, and no neighbours to consider….
Nagaoka has been making styli and cartridges in Japan since 1940, and for most of that time it has done so quietly. The company began life producing precision parts for watches and jewellery, and…
Vinyl’s comeback shows no sign of slowing down, and with good reason. The tactile experience, the artwork, and above all, the warm, detailed sound of records offer something that digital formats simply can’t match….
Digital-to-analogue conversion is one of the most critical yet least understood stages in any Hi-Fi system. Whether your source is a streaming service, CD player, or computer, the DAC — short for Digital-to-Analogue Converter…
With the launch of the new Serie S, REL once again pushes the boundaries of what a subwoofer can achieve. This third generation represents a complete reinvention of the medium-chassis category — bridging the…
Over more than three decades, Hegel has built a reputation for combining Scandinavian simplicity, musical integrity, and technical sophistication. Its integrated amplifiers remain among the most compelling choices in hi-fi, uniting uncompromised power, control,…
When Arcam introduced the original Radia Series in 2023, it marked a confident step forward in design and engineering — combining modern aesthetics with the brand’s long-standing commitment to natural, expressive sound. The line…
