In this issue

Balanced Audio Technology VK3500 hybrid integrated amplifier, DS Audio’s DS 003 optical cartridge, Astell&Kern;’s A&futura; SE180 digital audio plyer, Beats Studio Buds true wireless Bluetooth earbuds, the Leben CS-300F integrated amplifier, Rosson Audio Design’s RAD-) open-back over-ear planar magnetic headphones, Sonus faber’s Lumina V three-wat floorstanding loudspeakers, Pro-ject’s Debut Carbon Evo upgrades and Phono Box RS2/ Phono Box RS Phono MM/MC phono stage/ power supply upgrade, Yamaha’s YH-L700A closed-back, over-ear headphones, Chord Company’s GroundARAY grounding device and Clearway XLR cable, QED’s Performance Audio 40i RCA interconnect, a group test of phono preamps featuring Design Build Listen’s The Wand EQ, Leema Acoustics’ Agena, Manley’s Chinook, ModWright Instuments’ Ph90, Musical Fidelity’s Nu-Vista Vinyl and Rega’s Aura plus an appreciation of Beatle George Harrison’s solo career.
Regulars include contributor Opinion columns, Readers’ Letters, Reasons To Be Cheerful and the 100+ product Buyers’ Guide.

Action-packed super hero

Boasting extraordinary power with exquisite tube finesse, BAT’s new VK-3500 integrated matches the brand’s REX 3 triode preamp with a beefy solid-state output

8 mins

Design Build Listen The Wand EQ £1,400

There’s always room for a magic box in a roundup and, hailing from Down Under, this one fits the bill rather well

3 mins

A master stroke

Trickle-down technology at its finest, DS Audio’s DS 003 photo-electric pick-up from the Grand Master

7 mins

Chop and change

A&K’s ongoing mission to provide buyers with a range of choices reaches new heights. Ed Selley gets his modules out

6 mins

Beat this...

New affordable in-ears from Apple for high-quality sound on the go. CliffJoseph puts them through their paces

3 mins

Go for gold

Leben’s smallest integrated amplifier is different to almost any other valve amp on the market and Ed Selley is rather smitten

3 mins

RAD for it!

The RAD-0 is a planar magnetic headphone with a unique aesthetic detail. Ed Selley considers its inner and outer beauty

3 mins

The famous Five

The largest member of the Lumina range is an imposing-looking speaker. Having met the rest of the family, Ed Selley takes it on

6 mins

Bolt-on brilliance

The Debut Carbon Evo is a tremendously talented turntable, but as Ed Selley discovers, it has so much more to give

6 mins

Rather special

Pro-Ject’s new flagship phono stage is very sophisticated, but Ed Selley thinks that its charms are rather easier to understand

3 mins

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