Hi-Fi Essentials
Hardware and treatment for a system you already own: headphones, DACs, amplifiers, streamers, isolation, racks and grounding. The next purchase after the system exists.
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This is the upgrade section rather than the starting point. It assumes you have a system, know roughly what it does well, and want to work out what to change next.
The order that usually works starts with the mechanical foundation. A rack that resonates undermines everything sitting on it, so proper support and isolation come first. Then the source, because nothing downstream can recover what a poor source has already lost. Then the electronics, and last the treatments that sit around the edges of a system, such as grounding.
Some of what is here is uncontested. Speaker stands, isolation feet and a rigid rack do measurable and audible things. Other categories, grounding in particular, divide opinion sharply, and we say so on the pages where that applies. What we will not do is recommend something we have not heard, or call a component essential when your system does not need it. Tell us what you are running and what you want to improve, and we will give you a straight answer.
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SALEFrom£110.82 £116.66Ex. VAT ✓ Save £5.83Introducing the Award Winning NeXXus Essential Speaker Stands available in Satin Black or as a cost option, Diamond White finish. Bringing value and adaptability to speaker stand design, the NeXXus Essential specification is the first of the new NeXXus series. Supplied in pairs, each individual stand is equipped with twin 50.8mm (2”) wide support tubes and a new 5mm thick laser cut “shield” design base plate along with a 130mm x 170mm top plate as standard.
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From£33.29Ex. VAT
The Record Doctor Low-Profile Record Clamp redefines versatility, standing at just 1.1 inches tall to fit where other clamps cannot, ensuring an uninterrupted vinyl listening experience. Crafted with precision engineering, it tightly bonds records to the platter, eliminating slippage and resonances for unparalleled sound clarity while preserving the integrity of LP labels with its gentle yet effective design.
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£125.95Inc. VATThese twin columned Atlas Loudspeaker Stands are genuinely fillable for added esoteric performance.
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£114.17Ex. VATPositioned under any piece of equipment, Seismic Isolation Pods will dramatically improve the sound by breaking the acoustic connection between the audio system and structural vibrations in the room. -
Atlas Cables
Atlas Achromatic RCA Input Terminator AIT x 4SKU: Atlas RCA Input Terminator AIT
(2 reviews)£83.33Ex. VATAtlas terminators are simple passive products that, by reducing the pathways to noise ingression or transmission, help reduce the noise burden in any system. -
SALE£174.16 £183.32Ex. VAT ✓ Save £9.17The SLX Series is Atacama's professional range of speaker stands available in a wide range of height options and caters for when a larger top plate is required. SLX Series are supplied in a Satin Black paint finish with Silver Metallic or Diamond White as a cost option.
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SALE£132.50 £149.99Ex. VAT ✓ Save £17.49Moseco speaker stands combine all the aesthetic and sonic Benefits of Bamboo with the adaptability, strength and stability of twin carbon steel poles.
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Atacama
Atacama EVOQUE ECO leg pack 145MM 195MM 245MM OR 300MM- GLOSS BLACKSKU: Atacama EVOQUE ECO leg pack
(2 reviews)£41.66Ex. VATLeg pack for the Evoque ECO range of products. Choose from a variaty of sizes. All legs come in gloss black. -
£207.50Ex. VATBlue Horizon’s new Sanctum isolation platform is specifically designed to isolate individual high-performance components such as turntables, DACs, preamplifiers, power amplifiers, CD players and streamers from all sources of unwanted vibration. -
£140.83Ex. VATOrtofon's 2M Blue is a step-up from the 2M Red, featuring a nude elliptical diamond which retains a close resemblance to the original cutting stylus used to create master records. Ortofon chooses to use a nude diamond starting form the Blue range as this offers greater transient reproduction and reduced mass in the tip of the stylus. These minor changes improve the resolution of the audio reproduction with greater dynamics and a more open soundstage.
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£415.83Ex. VATOrtofon's 2M Black is a testament to the quality and engineering that Ortofon's engineers produce for the best cartridges. It is for this reason that the 2M Black is the flagship moving magnet cartridge offered by Ortofon. The tip of the 2M Black is a slim, highly polished Shibata diamond which exceeds the usual contact area in the grooves of a vinyl. By improving on the contact area, there is a notable increase in frequency reproduction to ensure the utmost detail and quality in the playback of your vinyls.
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From£32.50Ex. VATIsoAcoustics engineered a support plate the for Aperta 155 and Aperta 200 bookshelf speaker stands which extend the surface area of your current floor stand or supporting structure to accommodate the Aperta. Double-sided tape is provided to fasten the support plate in place. With this support plate, you can use the brilliance of the Aperta isolation with most existing bookshelf speaker stands. The dimensions for this plate are: 170mm (w) x 210mm (d)
