RICHARD VAREY discovers a very fine valve amplifier that’s made in Porirua. Yes, you heard right! Read on for his full review.
Author: Richard Varey
Rangitoto R1 Hi-Fi Anti-Vibration Isolation Feet REVIEW
Can isolation feet make a measurable difference to the sound coming out of your system? RICHARD VAREY reviews a local product that makes the grand claim.
Lumin D2 Network Music Player REVIEW
RICHARD VAREY auditions a network music player that’s in a class of its own but which doesn’t cost a bomb.
Soundkeeper Recordings: A Completely Different Way Of Capturing Music
RICHARD VAREY has been radicalised. Rejecting the fake floss of current pop recording methods, he discovers a sound recording genius whose work brings music alive.
DiDiT DAC212 Signature Edition Preamp/Headphone Amplifier REVIEW
RICHARD VAREY is sonically transported to audio nirvana by the Signature Edition DiDiT DAC212 preamp with its raft of clever technologies.
From Trash To Treasure: A Guitar CD’s Odyssey
RICHARD VAREY finds genuine musical gems amongst the trash in opshops, and even tracks down the obscure artist behind one such discovery. Sandwiched between hundreds of dusty Kamahl and Nana Mouskouri CDs in opshops and second-hand stores around New Zealand there are genuine forgotten treasures to be found. It takes […]
Taking An Amari Record Playing Machine For A Spin
RICHARD VAREY settles in for some listening time with the biggest platter he’s ever used: the Amari T-60.
Appreciating Artisan Analogue Amplifiers
ATRAD’s Adam Rosner is passionate about creating bespoke hand-built stereo vacuum-tube amplifiers and related devices. He explains all to RICHARD VAREY.