Headphones that do more for less

We broke out a pair of the new Pioneer SE-MJ751 Bass head headphones this afternoon and they revealed a number of pleasant surprises. The name BASS HEAD suggests they will give you not much else and therefore have a limited market and range. This however was not the case, they have an easy to use bass control on the outside of the left ear piece allowing you to adjust to your preference. They are comfortable and stylish keeping up with the modern trend. We tried them with several tunes some with heave bass and vice versa. The adjustable control made them very adept throughout, and then you consider the price at £79.95 making them a definite candidate for demonstration at least.

 At £200 for the Beats offering  I could not justify spending an extra £120 , the Pioneers do it all, comfortable, stylish, great sound.

We also tried their little brothers the SE-MJ721 at £44.95. again a hugely competent and stylish headphone  for the price and well worth a listen

SE-MJ751

SE-MJ721

Back to Audio-T New Demo Stock

After our short stint as a Sevenoaks branch, we are happily back to being Audio-T again. So our demonstration stock is gong to change it's bias back to being a little more 2 channel and higher quality. With that in mind, we have recently had a delivery of new kit that we will be using as a reference system in our biggest demonstration room. Please excuse the poor quality picture, the shop camera is not up to the same standard as our hi-fi!

Naim NDX Network Streamer £3050

Naim XPS (DR version) Power Supply £3355

Naim DAC £2150

Naim NAC282 Pre Amp £3940

Naim Hi-CAP (DR Version) Power Supply £1195

Naim NAP250 Power Amp £3140

Naim Ovator S400 £3500

Connected with:

Naim DC1 Digital Cable £250

Naim Hi-Line Interconnect Cable £615

Naim NACA5 Speaker Cable £20 per meter

All Supported by:

Naim Fraim £2605 (5 shelf - one shelf short at the moment!)

Chord Company Visit

It's easy to forget what a substantial difference cabling makes to your Hi-Fi. We recently visited The Chord Company to see how they manufactured their very fine range of cables, most of which are put together in their factory in Wiltshire. We had our soldering skills put to the test by one of their experts, which brought home just how rigorous their standards of manufacture are, and that some of the cables we took for granted are incredibly tricky to manufacture. After the visit, I took my new Anthem 2 cable home and slotted it into my system, it made a vast performance improvement over my already fairly decent cable. I would urge anyone looking for a relatively inexpensive upgrade to consider another look at their cabling. It really can make the difference between your system sounding average and amazing.