Andrew Everard's blog

This is the Mystere ia21, one of two new valve amplifiers now available from Pistol Music, a division of Absolute Sounds. The Mystere amps are designed in the Netherlands by a sister company of Prima Luna, and built-in China, which probably ...

Fresh from having just been named as one of the coolest brands in Britain - beaten only by Aston Martin, the iPod and YouTube - Bang & Olufsen is launching this slick-looking pocket player, the BeoSound 6. Featuring a characteristic ...

It's a bit quiet over in the What HiFi? Sound and Vision office today - well, actually it's pretty well deserted: the November issue was wrapped up late on Wednesday night, and now most of the crew's taking a well-earned ...

So you've spent a bit over ten large on a pair of B&W's N801D speakers - yes, the ones with the diamond tweeters, writes Andrew Everard. And you live in Norway, where the summer evenings are very long and the beers expensive. So ...

We couldn't resist bringing you this mean, moody shot of SIM2's latest projector, the £18,000, Grand Cinema C3X 1080, said to be 'the world’s smallest, lightest and most competitively priced full High Definition, 3-chip DLP ...

Now available from Atlas Cables retailers is this Burn-in and Demagnetising Disc, designed to give your system a thorough work-out while also running-in new components. Selling for £10, the disc carries an 11-minute track of what sound like ...

Teac has announced a new micro-component system, complete with iPod dock, for just £230. The CR-H227i is based on the CR-H-257i, but loses that system's DAB reception, making it an affordable choice for those who can't receive, or ...

The Chord Company has upgraded its HDMI Silver Plus cable to Silver Plus 1.3: the new version is now HDMI v1.3 compliant even over runs as long as 40m. Using heavier-gauge conductors, silver plated to improve high-frequency ...

We've heard of performers paying close attention to the quality of their recordings, but this borders on the fanatical. Naim Label artist and all-round guitar genius Antonio Forcione (above) has personally checked the quality of the ...

Monster Cable is now offering its HDMI cables in a range of five speed-ratings, reflecting the levels of performance available, and their compatibility with current and future technologies. At the top of the range sits the Ultimate High Speed ...