We now have the full range of Monitor Audio Silver speakers in store and ready to demo.
The BIG RED SALE is still on...up to 15% off selected items and some clearance items up to half price,pop in and have a look.
Monitor Audio's Silver 8s turns a new leaf and takes a number of pages from the GX range.
At first glance you'll see the newly designed concave ‘dished’ C-CAM cone drive units much like the GX series.
A first for the Silver range is the introduction of a dedicated mid-range driver which has proven to provide a huge leap forward compared to the previous RX8s, vocals are so much smoother & more controlled!
The improvements don't stop there... Inside, Monitor Audio have upgraded the internal speaker cable to a Pureflow® Silver plated OFC & a high quality three-way crossover configuration, which allows the drivers to be optimised to deliver a better overall performance. To top that off the new Silver range is constructed using a rigid 20mm MDF cabinet throughout, employing radial and cross-bracing techniques for high rigidity and low cabinet colouration.
The new Silver's are ever impressive, incorporating design techniques from the GX range which we feel has allowed the new Silvers to grow up into a more refined & enjoyable speaker range at this price point.
Book a demo today!
Audio-T Enfield
Tel: 0208 367 3132
Email: enfield@audio-t.co.uk
We are delighted to announce a collaboration between Audio T Brighton, Naim & Focal as we join forces to exhibit together at AudioWorld Brighton on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th March 2014.
The Holiday Inn Hotel on Brighton Seafront Room 227 is where you wil find us.
Come and join us for a friendly visit. Special Show Deal available.
More details as they become available.
You can visit the Audioworld website and see what else is going on.
Come and grab a bargain with upto 15% off in the Big Red Sale. Huge savings on Hi-Fi and Home Cinema.
I've just hear we will be one of only 20 UK dealers to get our hands on an RP10 this year which should be with us sometime next week. Details are still a bit sketchy but as you can see from the images released you can expect the following:
Skeletal Polyolefin low mass high rigidity plinth as used on RP8
Fitted RB2000 tonearm, their new flagship
Ceramic 'Missile-tip' material used for the main platter
Advanced custom (tuned to the individual deck's motor) outboard power supply in their 'half-box' design.
White mat
£2998 exc. cartridge
£3598 inc Apheta MC cartridge (normally £920)
We're all seriously excited by this new addition. The RP8 has been our most successful deck in their current line-up such is its fantastic performance and we can't wait to hear what more they have managed to offer with the RP10.
More info as soon as we get it.
We in Swindon are pleased to announce the arrival of the amazing NEW Cyrus Lyric 09 All-In-One Hi-Fi system.
On receiving the new Cyrus Lyric, The first thing we noticed was the change to the outer packaging... This is NOT your usual Cyrus fair!
After sliding off the top of the outer packaging we were then greeted by a rather nicely presented remote control in its own little cloth bag and Lyric Starter Kit which contains all the accessories needed to get you up and running.
After removing this top layer containing the Starter Kit and remote control, We were then faced with this!...
Yet another cloth (with pull string) bag. Now, just as this was starting to feel like a pass the parcel birthday game, which you never ever won, we felt that that we were getting close to the prize within! And this time instead of wishing the music to stop, so we could eagerly rip another layer from the parcel, we couldn't wait for the music to start! On opening the bag we were faced with the stunning Cyrus Lyric 09.
This truly is a one box wonder! Not only does it house all the usual suspects such as CD, Internet radio, DAB & FM radio, it also supports Bluetooth and a staggering 170 watt per channel amplifier (into 8 Ohms).
As you would expect from streaming equipment today, it can also be operated using the Cadence app from Cyrus if the nice new dedicated learning remote supplied just doesn't do it for you.
We have lived with the Lyric for a few days now and are blown away by the build quality and how good it sounds.
If you are looking at down-sizing your Hi-Fi but upgrading it at the same time or you're just looking for a one box does all solution for another room without sacrificing sound quality then the new Lyric 09 could well be for you!
Come and have a listen for yourself!
To book your demo, give us a call or e-mail us on: swindon@audio-t.co.uk Tel: 01793 538222
With the big day drawing ever closer, it's the time to ask yourself "What do I buy that special person in my life???" and that special person is of course YOU!!!!
By far, the most popular gift at this time of year is headphones. Here's a selection of some of the favourites at the moment...
B&W P3 - £169.95 pair available in black, blue, red and white.
Sennheiser Momentum On Ear - £ 169.99 pair, available in black, blue, brown, green, ivory, pink and red.
Ivory finish Momentum "on ear".
also, there are the full size Sennheiser Momentum @ £259.95 pair
Kef have the M500s which are very similar in size to the Momentums, both models are extremely comfortable which is essential if you tend to listen for long periods of time....
We have recently taken delivery of the new Musical Fidelity E33 in-ears @ £79.00 and the MF100 on ear @ £119.00. The MF100 are the bargain of the bunch! Build quality for the money is amazing, which is also backed up by the performance. Ok so they don't sound as good as the Sennheiser or Kef but for the money they are simply wonderful!
For the portables we have a large selection to chose from, some that have smart phone compatibility and some that are straight headphones for the purist. Here's just a few.....
Sennheiser ie60- £ 139.95, CX300II - £ 44.95, CX275 - £49.95
also, the fold away models including the noise cancelling PXC250
PXC250 - £ 139.95
PX100II - black or white - £ 49.99
Last but by no means are the wireless headphones. Sennheiser are renowned for their sound quality when it comes to wireless models. They have certainly come a long way since the battery sucking versions with harldy any range from years ago. Range of signal is considerably further than most people realise -feel free to come into the shop and try them out, we can send you out to the kitchen to get the kettle on for us if you want to test the range!!!!
Pictured: RS170 - £ 199.95 pair. Other models from £99 - £379.00
The most important thing to consider with headphones is comfort I believe. You can have sensational sounding headphones that you simply can never use because they may feel too tight or heavy, so make sure you call in and at least try them on and listen to them for a good few minutes before you decide...
other slefie gift ideas to follow.........
Last month PMC kindly invited us to Metropolis recording studio in Chiswick.
The staff from the Cardiff store were given a guided tour of the infamous recording studio and mastering suites. Situated in Chiswick in "The Power House", the old tram ways power station, Metropolis has been the studio of choice for many of the worlds best recording bands and artists from Freddy Mercury to Elbow.
PMC of course have pride of place throughout the building with the two mastering suites sporting the flagship setup in stunning 5.1. PMC BB5 XBD, active left, centre and right, MB2 XBD active rear. Although labelled as 5.1 this setup is really 5.0, no sub present. The reason for this is the fantastic response of the BB5 XBD speaker which easily delivers the sub frequencies needed for music and cinema. The sub woofer channel however, is still present in the mix, its just routed to the main speakers.
Haydn absorbing the re-mastered 5.1 mix of Elton John's "Rocket Man" in the mastering suite named Dylan.
PMC/Bryston electronics for the BB5 XBD and MB2 XBD.
Top left and right of the image the incredibly live and energetic new PMC 4x10s with digital amplification. This setup is in the live recording studio where the magic is played and captured. "Channel fader envy!" Too many knobs, not enough fingers.
Award winning mastering engineer Tim Young gives us a brief insight to his working day. From mastering Elbow's "Build A Rocket Boys" to the live 5.1 mix of the French artist Johnny Hallyday.
Shop manager Hefin taking a closer look at the software and tricks needed as a top class mastering engineer.
Its was a great day of training and a fantastic chance to here some wonderful sounding speakers in their natural environment. Thank you to Tom Barron and PMC for this fantastic opportunity.
Black is the new silver, at least where discs are concerned.
We're excited to have our first selection of Diverse Vinyl's 180gm pressings for sale at Brentwood
With artists as diverse as Eleanor McEvoy, Richmond Fontaine, Joan Baez, and The Cowboy Junkies these are sure to bring out the best in your vinyl based system. And of course if you haven't got a turntable yet we'll be happy to sell you one.........the best way to get high res music without a computer!
With bit perfect transfer from CD to the internal secure 2 TB hard disk storage, and automatic backup to the second internal 2 TB hard disk the Naim NS01 could claim to be about as good as it gets. Very straight forward in use too. It even has an analogue output so can be connected directly to an amplifier. But these days most will be used to stream music across the home network.
Where would you like your music ?
It fits the bill so well, guess where this one is going ?
We have just taken delivery of the new Clearaudio Concept Turntable.
To say we are impressed is an understatement. The sound quality for a turntable at this budget is outstanding.The sense of scale and dynamics are excellent and it retrieves an immense amount of detail all in a beautifully musical presentation.
The turntable utilizes many design concepts not seen on turntables at this price point. These Include:
A pivoted tonearm with friction free magnetic bearings - A Resonance optimised chassis - Decoupled DC motor with low noise bearings.
The turntable comes ready fitted with a clearaudio Concept moving magnet cartridge. There is also the option of the Concept moving coil cartridge.
Due to the nature of the magnetic bearings there is no need for complicated set-up. All the necessary adjustments are made at the Clearaudio factory. Therefore the turntable works straight out of the box. It just needs to be placed on a flat stable surface.
A demonstration is highly recommended.
On January 16th at 7pm at the Marriot City Centre Hotel we will be holding our annual Naim audio event.
This time we will be looking at Naim Audio's iconic range of integrated amplifiers from the entry level Nait 5si to the all new SuperNait 2. The event is entitled "The Evolution of the Nait" and will see Jason from Naim talking us through 3 systems.
System 1. CD5si / Nait5si. This will introduce us the acoustics of the venue and the entry point into Naim's range of separates.
System 2. ND5XS / Nait5XS upgrade with Flat-Cap2XS and XP5XS. The next level up and our first opportunity to see what happens when you add dedicated power supplies to Naim components.
System 3. NDX / Super-Nait-2 upgrade with Hi-Cap-2 "DR" and XPS-2 "DR" Top of the range integrated should be music to our ears.
We will be using Focal Aria 926 floor standing loudspeakers which work very well with the Naim range. These feature brand new speaker technology. If all goes to plan we shall also have Dave from Focal UK to explain a little about how Focal achieve such a good sound.
If you register your interest in advance you will be entered into a prize draw on the night with the chance of winning one of 3 prizes. First prize Naim Powerline mains cable, Second prize 10 Naim label CD's and Third prize 5 Naim label CD's. There will of course be a goodie bag with a sampler CD for everyone in attendance.
Book your place by emailing bristol@audio-t.co.uk.
Date: 16th January 2014
The Venue
Marriott Hotel,
2 Lower Castle Street,
Bristol,
BS1 3AD
Time
7.00pm, till 9.30 pm
Sony & Audio T can give you four thousand reasons for you to pop along to the Swindon branch with the new Sony KD-55X9005 4K ultra HD TV screen.
At Audio T Swindon, we are pleased to be the only dealer in town who can show off the amazing capabilities of this Sony 4K screen, giving you four times the resolution of standard HD TV!
With its stunning rich colour palette and great depth to the image, this Sony 4K LED screen truly is breath- taking.....and that's just on upscaled Blu-Ray content!
Let us show you the future of television when we demonstrate it using 4K ultra HD content from our 4K server.
So if you're looking for a new TV that has great on board sound and a picture to die for then look no further and pop in to Audio T Swindon and witness for your self the future of television.
You can read reviews and see videos of the Sony KD-55X9005 4K ultra HD TV screen on our website.
Call Andy or Phil on:
Tel: 01793 538222
With a footprint of less than 10" x 10", this compact digital pre-power with DAC and headphone output is equally suitable as the heart of a high quality desktop or HiFi system.
The sound quality is dynamic, detailed with excellent speed and agility. It is really hard to criticise at the retail price of £1100.
2 x Coaxial inputs
2 x Optical inputs
USB with asynchronous data processing.
Digital filter presets
Up to 24/192kHz sampling rates.
Sabre chipset.
Balanced and unbalanced outputs
Remote control
40 WPC
Balanced and unbalanced inputs
Please feel free to let us know if you would like a demonstration and click if you would like to read some impartial reviews on our web site.
On Thursday 5th December our Manchester store will be showcasing the brand new Sony VPL-HW500ES.
We will be hosting an all day event from 9:30am till 5:30pm and we will be demonstrating true 4K footage.
Sony will be bringing along their dedicated 4K media player which is able to show true 4K.
The VPL-VW500ES can show up to 60 frames per second in 4K. It’s the new 4K industry standard and is much higher than the earlier 24p. The result is a smoother image with superior colour and realism.
Drawing on optical technology developed for the VPL-VW1000ES, Sony have achieved both high brightness (1,700 ANSI lumens) and high contrast (200,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio) in the VPL-VW500ES. So, you’ll see crystal-clear, bright, detail-packed images – even in well-lit rooms.
Now, to add a lot more excitement to what will no doubt, already be a truly cinematic experience , we are introducing the new pre/power Yamaha CX-A5000 & MX-A5000 AV surround amplifier.
This behemouth will power the KEF R Series R900 AV package.
The MX-A5000 discrete structured 11-channel Power Amplifier.
The CX-A5000. ESS 9016 DACs for all channels including front and rear presence channels.
The ever popular KEF R Series.
We will be hooking up the R900s as the fronts, the R600 center and R800DS and R100s as rears...
...and the KEF R400b will take care of the bass.
Although there is no need to book an appointment, it would be helpful for us know the numbers interested in attending so if you could drop us a line on the info below it would be most helpful.
Thanks.
Munir, Kevin, Dave and Mike.
Tel: 0161 839 8869
email: manchester@audio-t.co.uk
web: www.audio-t.co.uk
We are open Monday to Saturday 9:30 - 17:30
and Sunday 11:30 - 16:30Great news....
We have the spectacular Sony VPL-Vw500Es back in store over the weekend.
So if you fancy another look at amazing 4K video or beautifully upscaled 1080 blu-ray movies pop in to the Manchester store and pull up a chair.
Happy Days...................................
This successful event took place on the 28th to the 30th of November. Many of our customers were amazed at the image quality of the 4K screen and the amazing sound quality produced by the high resolution audio players.
4K TV
Sony KD55X9005 4K TV
Exceptional picture quality on 4K souces and Blu-Ray discs. The TV also offers amazing sound quality from the built in magnetic fluid loudspeakers developed by NASA.
Sony STR-DA5800ES
The Sony STR-DA5800ES offer a true home cinema experience. The unit offers te following features:
9 x 145W power output
HDMI 9 in / 3 out
4K upscaling and pass through
Hi-Resolution playback up to 192kHz / 24 Bit
Hi-Resolution Audio
Hi-Resolution audio generally refers to a format that is capable of exceeding the sampling/Bit rates of CD (44.1kHz/16Bit). An Example of this is WAV files which are capable of 96kHz/24Bit. This offers a level of performance far exceeding that capable of CD.
Products that will be availble for demonstration will Be:
Sony HAP-S1
This is a high resolution audio player. It is not a streamer - each time music is downloaded to the HAP-S1 it is backed up onto its own hard drive. Therefore music play back is instantaneous as there is no need to wait for the network to stream the tracks. This also makes the unit stand alone as once the files are transfered to the HAP-S1 there is no need to have the PC, etc, on.
The HAP-S1 includes a high quality 40W amplifier, built in D/A convertor and a 500GB HDD. (This is expandable via the USB port on the rear of the product).
Sony HAP-Z1ES
The HAP-Z1ES is similar to the HAP-S1. However as this is an ES product that establishes itself as the highest quality audio player made by Sony. The HAP-S1ES has all of the benefits of the HAP-S1 with the following differences:
There is no amplifier in the HAPZ1ES. Due to the quality obtained a seperate high qualty amplifier is recommended.
The HAPz1ES includes a unique DSD remastering engine. This enables standard music files such as MP3, AAC & WAV to be converted to DSD files.
A very high quality DAC is integated within the unit. This uses FIR filters taht are ideal for the conversion of DSD files.
The unit has a 1Tb HDD that is expandable via the rear USB port.
Exceptional built quality renown in the Sony ES range.
TA-A1ES
This is an analogue two channel stereo amplifier designed to partner the HAP-Z1ES. It is the first two channel amplifier designed by Sony since the EA777ES 14 years ago. The amplifier is an 80W push pull design and offers multiple analogue inputs and a balanced input.
UDA-1S
The UDA-1S is a high quality DAC designed to except digital inputs from a variaety of sources including CD Players, Computers, Smart phones, etc. It is capable of decoding signals up to 192kHz 32 Bit.
It has a built in 23W analogue amplifier so it can be connected directly to a high quality pair of loudspeakers.
SS-HA1 Loudspeakers
Designed to compliment the Sony High resolution products such as the HAP-S1 and the UDA-1. The speakers incorporate WD super tweeters designed to reproduce the exceptional sound of hi-resolution audio.
We look forward to seeing you at the end of November.
Rega's long awaited Saturn-R CD-DAC Player arrived 5 minutes ago and is straight out of it's box and running in the store-front coupled to the Elicit-R.
The eagerly awaited and much anticipated Rega Saturn-R CD player has just arrived at Audio T in Chandlers Ford!
This full width Rega product is housed in high quality and satisfyingly heavy metal casework. It is far more than just a CD player. In fact it is effectively two products packaged as one: a high quality CD transport with improved power supply, and other tweaks, plus a fully independent and upgraded DAC.
The DAC section is well endowed with socketry including a fully asynchronous USB input and is capable of 192Khz - 24 bit resolution.
The CD player and DAC are both fully, and independently, controllable by the logical and clear controls of the included Solaris remote handset.
The Rega Apollo Saturn-R is a fantastic product in its own right and the ideal partner for the superb Elicit-R integrated amplifier. This pairing offer outstanding sound quality and punch way above their price point of £1598.00 each, giving more expensive products some serious competition.
Anyone looking for a thoroughly musical CD player and DAC need look no further than the Saturn-R. Add an Elicit-R and a pair of Rega or PMC speakers and you'll have a system which will have you playing more and more music at home and leaving the TV switched off.
Just give us a few days to warm up and run in our demo Saturn-R and give us a ring (get it it?) to arrange a demonstration. We're sure you will love what you hear!
If you are looking for affordable active speakers then you really should look at these little beauties.
Ruark MR1's are truly versatile speakers, equipped with both line and high quality Bluetooth aptX inputs, plus a subwoofer output for potential upgrades. Using Ruark's own bespoke high quality drive units and class a/b amplifiers, they sound amazing and retail for only £299.
Suitable applications include: HiFi, computer audio, Bluetooth streaming and as an upgrade to your TV audio (either via the line in or your television's Bluetooth output if equipped).
Available in white, black or walnut veneer. A remote control comes as standard and an optional battery pack can be added for truly portable use.
If you want to find more about these speakers please visit the Ruark Audio website.
Or if you would like to see them on our website and read reviews from our customers.
And the spectacular Rega RP8 is one of them. Well done Rega.
Wired have posted an article asking Jony Ive (the Apple design guru) and Marc Newson to pick some of their favorite designs.
See the link here.
And just a quick reminder, we actually have the amazing Rega RP8 on display and demonstration at the Manchester store.
Please feel free to call in anytime and have a listen.
Tel: 0161 839 8869
email: manchester@audio-t.co.uk
web: www.audio-t.co.uk
We are open Monday to Saturday 9:30 - 17:30
and Sunday 11:30 - 16:30
At Audio T we're always excited to share with you our thoughts and musings on the latest and greatest Hi-Fi and home audio! Our blog features news and reviews from individual stores and occasional blogs from HQ; select your nearest store from the list below to find out what they've been up to.
