HiFi Equipment Reviews

    What we would like to do here is give our opinions of equipment we get to play with both in the store and at home. Obviously not everybody will agree, however we will call it as we see it. Click on the links to read the reviews. We will be adding more reviews every week. If you would like us to review a particular product (assuming we have access to it) just e-mail us and we'll see what we can do. It may take a little while but we should eventually get around to it. We will not load up with lists of manufacturers specifications as most of them are totally meaningless when comparing to other products - Onkyo power ratings being a major culprit! (the new Marantz brochures are also full of misleading figures 'cause they reckon they have to keep up with Onkyo).

    One thing you have to be aware of is the time frame of these reviews. My comments on the products are relevant only in relation to what is available at that time, so if I reckon a DVD player is the Ducks Nuts, that may not be the case two months hence when the Mk II whatever becomes available. To this end I'll be dating my reviews in future.

(15/11/2007) Uncle Roger Strikes Again.

(30/10/2007) So you thought the 2700 was good?

(16/5/2007) Don't believe the Specs.

(10/1/2007) Best Value Speakers under $1500

(5/1/2007) Small, Beautiful, Sounds Fantastic

(22/12/2006) Big, Ugly, Sounds Fantastic

(20/11/2006) Yammie does it again - Class leader under $4000.

(8/5/2006) Small is not necessarily bad.

(2/3/2006) Mid priced SD Box with top price quality

(2/3/2006) Bargain time for Centre Speakers

(8/2/2006) Yamaha receivers raise the bar once again.

(3/11/2005) Complete Surround Speaker Solutions $2500 - $4000

(3/11/2005) Complete Surround Speaker Solutions $1500 - $2500

(3/11/2005) Complete Surround Speaker Solutions under $1500

(13/9/2005) DMR-E10H - $399 for a high quality DVD Recorder.

(15/9/2005) Yamaha's punchy, midpriced marvel!

(22/8/2005) Small, inexpensive, not pretty but bloody good.

(9/8/2005) RX-V457, 557, 657 and 757 get a work out.

(27/7/2005) Traditional British Floor Standing Speaker

(15/7/2005) A single speaker for full surround - Nick thinks it works.

(12/5/2005) Expensive? - Relatively / Good? - You'd better believe it!

(3/5/2005) New Receiver - New Factory - New Dynamics

(4/1/2005) One of the best speakers at any price.

(1/11/2004) How can it sound this good?

(30/8/2004) A good Japanese Speaker? You'd better believe it!

(2/8/04) Marantz's Universal Player gets Nicks seal of approval.

(30/7/04) Stop sniggering - It's a ball-tearer.

  (27/7/04) A/V processor-power amp combo which is the bargain of the year.

(14/7/04) A Japanese subwoofer even the POMS rave about.

(7/7/04) Not quite the perfect bookshelf - That'll be here in December.

(3/3/04) Marantz Receiver catches up.

(24/7/03) New mid priced receiver.

(4/6/03) So you think you've heard a good subwoofer?

(2/6/03) Yamaha's new entry level Receiver

(9/5/03) It even works the air conditioner.

  (28/3/03) Look out M&K, the Pom's are coming!

(7/3/03) A Widescreen TV even Steve can watch!

(22/2/03) Sherwood's all-in-one "Good Thing"

Yamaha's top NS Speaker.

New Onkyo Receiver goes mainstream

Sub / Sat Speaker Pack with Class

Oh goodie! a new Paradigm.

  Canary Sub (cheap, cheap)

Steve's new babies.

Multi DVD Player with DVD-A.

So you want to feel the Earth move?

Easy choice for under $1000 subwoofers.

Great Sounding Speakers at a Budget Price

A 1000 Watt Subwoofer? You must be kidding!

A Web visitor requested I do a Bose Review

Cuter than Bose, better sounding too!

Best small speaker around but ugly as a house brick.

Very stylish new range of speakers.