London, late September 1966, and a sound that needed more volume Jimi Hendrix landed in London on 24 September 1966, brought over by Chas Chandler, and played an impromptu solo spot at the Scotch of St James that same night. He was using a 30-watt Burns amp in those first days, and it wasn’t enough. […]

Something’s changed upstairs at Premium Sound If you’ve walked past our St Kilda Rd showroom before, you’ll know the layout. Same floor, same familiar rows of speakers and turntables. That’s changed. We’ve opened up the space upstairs for the first time, and it’s now home to a series of dedicated listening rooms, each one built […]

We just unboxed something special We got the Scala Utopia Evo M set up in our FPBN room this week, and we haven’t stopped talking about it since. A few of us have kept finding reasons to wander back in there between customers, just to sit down for five more minutes. This isn’t a review. […]

When most people think of Onkyo today, the conversation usually begins with AV receivers, THX certification, and home cinema. Yet before Dolby Atmos, HDMI switching, and multi-channel cinema systems became closely associated with the brand, Onkyo was already deeply rooted in two-channel hi-fi. Founded in Osaka, Japan in 1946 by Takeshi Godai, the company built […]

Advance Paris is one of those rare modern hi-fi brands that understands audio is about more than measurements or specifications. It is defined by presence, atmosphere, and the connection between the listener and the music. As our second French hi-fi brand, Advance Paris once again reminds us of the uniquely French approach to product design […]

In the mid-1920s, electricity in the home was still uncertain. Some houses ran on AC, others on DC, and many were only partially connected, if at all. Power existed—but not in a way people could rely on without thought. Radio entered that world as something unfamiliar, and as effort. Early sets depended entirely on batteries. […]

There was a time when upgrading your Bang & Olufsen TV meant replacing everything — screen, speakers, cabinet, the lot. But B&O’s approach has shifted. Today, the acoustic system stays. The screen moves with the times. The LG G6 and C6 are the latest expression of that — 2026 OLED technology that slots directly into […]

When you're planning a new build or renovation, the audio system rarely makes it onto the mood board. Speakers get chosen for how they look. Amplifiers end up as an afterthought. And somewhere along the way, the idea of genuinely great sound gets quietly compromised. The Naim CI-Uniti 102 exists to fix that — without [...]

Touch the hand-crafted wooden grilles of a Ruark R610 or R410 system, and you’re connecting with nearly forty years of material expertise. These aren’t just audio components – they’re artefacts of a disappearing craft tradition, where every surface tells the story of skilled hands and patient techniques.

Beneath the retro-inspired aesthetics of Ruark’s R610 Sabre system lies sophisticated modern engineering that would impress any technical audiophile. This is heritage design powered by contemporary performance.