Denon AVR-1912 AV Receiver

The new Denon AVR-1912 AV Receiver is now with us. Priced at £499.99 the level of performance and specification on offer is rather impressive.

With no fewer than 6 (yes 6!) HDMI Inputs and 1 Output you’ve plenty of flexibility for connecting up your BD Player, Sky or Cable box, Games Console and a whole lot more. It is well powered offering 125 watts x 7, it has network functionality, Apple Airplay is supported too, as is the Denon Remote App for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch which allows to control basic functions (powering on/off, volume up/down, changing inputs).

With Audyssey MultEQ XT Auto Setup it even takes the pain out of getting it set up correctly. A supplied microphone measures the room in a number of positions (all you have to do is move the microphone) and it sets the amplifier up based on the size and room and acoustics. It works very well too.

In stock and shipping now

Rega RP3 Turntable

The new Rega RP3 turntable is now on demonstration, replacing the very popular outgoing P3-24.

Priced at £475.00 (just add a cartridge) or at £549.00 with an Elys 2 (this works out £40.00 cheaper than buying them separately).

So what’s different?

Quite a bit actually, it has a brand new tonearm, the RB303 which is slimmer and more rigid than its predecessor, the plinth is lighter and you have the benefit of the bracing you can see on the image to the right.

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Rega RP3 Turntable

Monitor Audio GX Range

The new GX series of speakers from Monitor Audio are starting to filter. The GX range are replacing the GS range.

Aesthetically the new speakers looking stunning, they’ve had a nip and a tuck compared to GS, the fit and finish is very good indeed. From a performance aspect they’ve upped their game to, they are fast dynamic, detailed, musical, easy to listen to.

So far we’ve taken in the GX50 and GX100 stand mounts and the smaller of the 2 centre speakers, the GXC150, the other items will be following soon.

Why not arrange a demonstration, we’re confident you will be suitably impressed by this new range of speakers!

Musical Fidelity CLiC Streamer

We’ve had the Musical Fidelity CLiC Music Streamer on demonstration for just over a week now and we have been really impressed by the level of performance on offer.

It offers 7 digital inputs (including 2 x USB, Ethernet and conventional coaxial/optical), 3 analogue inputs (yes they still exist!), Internet Radio, proper iPod connectivity which bypasses the iPod’s DAC.

If has a built in pre-amp, which you can bypass if you don’t need it.

The level of performance is easily on par with the Musical Fidelity M1 DAC, which is no bad thing in itself. We’ve been using it in store hard wired into our network streaming uncompressed music from our NAS drive, it’s easy to use, even easier to set up, the screen is excellent – all we need is app for iPad/iPhone control!

The price? £1299.00, good value indeed.

Musical Fidelity CDT Transport

We’ve also taken delivery of the new Musical Fidelity CDT Transport, priced at £599.00 it is designed to match with the other M1 components (you could use it with both the CLiC or the M1 DAC).

Connected to the CLiC it works flawlessly, if you are thinking of a new streaming system but are not quite ready to ditch CD yet, a CLiC and CDT together make perfect sense!