Founded in 1926 by Guy R. Fountain in London as the Tulsemere Manufacturing Company, Tannoy—a portmanteau (footnote 1) of "tantalum" and "alloy," after a tantalum-lead alloy used in rectifiers—took on its current commercial identity in 1928. Through the war years and beyond, the company specialized in public-address (PA) systems. Indeed, today,...

The Nu-Vista 600.2 is a much bigger update and rework than previously our Nu-Vista 800.2. Simon Quarry, our Chief of Design, has again done a fabulous job to fine tune the amplifier for sweet sound, but huge power and transparency.

Cable specialist Furutech has a new flagship interconnect. Priced at £4930 and £5060 for RCA- and XLR-terminated 1.2m lengths, respectively, the Project V1-L features a 'hybrid' three-layer configuration of OCC and DUCC conductors, all subject to the brand's proprietary cryogenic and demagnetisation processes. Furutech's 'Nano Crystal Formula'...