RELICS 2022 AUDIO PICKS!

Posted on December 31, 2022 by Irene Hundleby

INEXPENSIVE AND VERY USEFUL

BLUESOUND HUB $650

Connect a turntable to it and that signal is now available to any Bluesound product you have in the house. Great way to distribute unusual sources everywhere. HANDY.

GOKA 7 IN 1 CLEANING KIT $35

Excellent starter kit for vinyl maintenance. Cloths, liquid and best of all a static gel for removing all the crud off your stylus with no hard contact. ESSENTIAL.

IFI ZEN ONE SIGNATURE DAC $650

USB/COAX/Optical in. Analogue out. Sounds great and it works. Excellent (for) Bluetooth - receiver built in. VERSATILE.

KICKING ASS FOR (SLIGHTLY) LESS THAN 3K

TEXTONE CLASSIC MINI $2995

Where is all that sound coming from? Surely not from that tiny pair of speakers? But it is. Perplexingly big sound from Dunedin’s number 1 speaker maker. AMAZING.

PROJECT CLASSIC EVO TURNTABLE $2999

Solid, elegant and musical without requiring heavy refinancing. Put an Ortofon Black on it and luxuriate in the music. CLASSY

NAD C700 $2999.99

Great sounding 80w Amp with built in Hi Res Bluesound streaming. Digital and analogue inputs all in a small form chassis. DISCRETE.

I DON’T CARE ABOUT THE PRICE I JUST WANT IT.

PERREAUX iX RANGE. 200ix $10,495 300ix $14,350

What is good in this world? Giant amps bending mighty speakers to their will, so thanks Perreaux. DACs, Phono stages and inputs for days. And power. Oh the power. POWERFUL.

DS AUDIO DS-E1 OPTICAL CARTRIDGE $4995

This is the technological leap forward in turntable playback we have been waiting for. Accurate, colourless and dynamic. SMOOTH.

TECHNICS SL-1200G $7000

Let's assume the G stands for grand or great or grooverider. The platter weighs about the same as a Nissan Leaf, sturdy would be a vast understatement. ROBUST.