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New Audiolab 7000 series

3 box range just added

The new audiolab 7000 series follows in the footsteps of the award-winning 8000 and 8200 series but also bridges the gap between the phenomenally successful 6000 series and the new high-end 9000 series.

Nestled between the 6000 and 9000, the 7000 fuses premium traits into a pricing category that follows the mantra of class-leading performance.

Outwardly resembling the sequential series and therefore offering a brand-wide visual aesthetic match, the audiolab 7000A improves on the 6000A with a genuine 70W per channel output, a new DAC, a new full-colour IPS LCD screen and more! More compact than the 9000 series, it maintains crisp ergonomics, high-quality engineering, a useful range of facilities and an excellent all-around acoustic performance and connectivity.

RRP £1099

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7000CDT

Outwardly resembling the sequential series and therefore offering a brand-wide visual aesthetic match, the audiolab 7000CDT improves on the 6000CDT with a new mechanism, USB HDD playback and a new full-colour IPS LCD screen! More compact than the 9000 series and perfectly matched to the 6000 and 8300 series, it maintains crisp ergonomics, high-quality engineering and an excellent all-round performance.

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RRP £549

Wireless Audio Streaming Player

7000N Play

The new 7000N Play builds upon that legacy building introduction of wireless audio streaming to the brand with enhancements and improvements to match the step up from the established 6000 series to the new class-leading, 7000 series.

Bringing hi-resolution wireless audio streaming to any home audio system, the 7000N Play further expands on the multi-format, multi-platform, multi-source compatible DTS Play-Fi system, now with Apple AirPlay 2 compatibility.

RRP £549

The range is completed by a network audio player.

We expect the 7000 to arrive in the next few weeks and we'll let you know what we think of it when we've put it through it's paces!

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Linn LP12 custom builds

We've been servicing and upgrading LP12's for 33 years.

As a result of his we've never stopped learning what makes them tick and how to get the best out of them. It also means we have boxes and boxes of very high quality used parts as a result of all the upgrade work we do.

During the Covid pandemic, the lockdowns gave me some spare time and I used this time to explore and catalogue all the Linn parts I had waiting for new owners. Linn prices have increased over the years and we had customers who wanted to own an LP12 but could not justify the purchase of one new. With this in mind we decided to build LP12's out of the spare parts we had boxed up and doing nothing.

The end result is a series of LP12's that are built to suit a smaller budget. And since the LP12 is totally upgradable we have a constant supply of parts to build and turntables.

Each project is unique because each plinth is unique. And the specification of the parts we fit enables us to price to suit our customers budget. With this in mind we can build an up and running Sondek from £1500 with an arm and cartridge. Each sounding superb and each with a two year warranty.

When you bear in mind that the Majik LP12 costs £3550 then you get some idea of the value for money on offer. We use a combination of new and used parts and we service each part to ensure it will last for many years to come. We usually brace older plinths to bring them more in line with the newer ones.

Shown is the Linn Kore subchassis



We also built LP12's to suit customers specific requirements. That could be a specific or even custom designed plinth or it could be the addition of some aftermarket products that offer superb performance and are perhaps lower priced than some of the Linn products. We listen to these and evaluate them before recommending them to customers. We make sure they're reliable, durable and are designed by engineers who understand what the LP12 is all about.

We have a lot of sources to locate specific tonearms. Arms like the Ittok and earlier incarnations of the Ekos still offer fantastic performance and purchased used can seriously reduce the price of owning a high-end record player.

Light Oak LP12 with a combination of new and used parts.

We usually have a few well priced LP12's in stock and available for demo and for sale. You can see our current stock in the Used and Ex demo section of this website here.

If you'd like to know more get in touch with us. We can service or upgrade your Sondek or we can find a way to build a Sondek to suit your system, your requirements and your budget.

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Rega news from the Bristol Show

Rega showcase new Niai turntable

This is above the P10 and offers a large chunk of the performance of the Niaid. We know it uses graphine and is both lower mass and greater in rigidity than the P10. It also has a new power supply and we think and improved version of the RB3000 arm.

Check here for their Twitter feed.

Rega also announced that they will be adding a white finish to the P6/P8 & P10. We're not sure when this will go into production however.

More info to follow as soon as we have it.

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Welcome to our new website

It is still a work in progress

So please check back and keep up to date with us.

It's been a long time coming because of problems with the company who hosted and designed the old website. We also discovered that they had taken charge of our domain name and this seriously slowed down what appeared to be a simple task. Regular visitors to the site will know it had become unweildly, top heavy and the shop section was massively out of date. For a while we were unable to access it and unable to reach out to the hosts to give us access. Eventually we discovered that they had gone to the wall and it took a long while to track down the people who could provide us with access.

Things will improve now and we'll had more products and more information about what we're up to, events we're hosting and exciting new products. We will also update this site more regularly and add special offers, ex demo equipment and good quality used. Finally we'll tell you about the fast growing LP12 building business.

In the meantime if you'd like to keep even more up to date; please check out our facebook page. We're active there daily. We also have a Facebook forum page. It's full of music lovers (just like you) and they're a friendly and welcoming bunch. Join up and get regular news and the most up-to-date news about all our special offers.

You can find it here.

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New Naim Classic Series arrives

Three new Classic Series Products are now on demo

Naim don't change their equiment and design often and the last time was in the early 2000's. The range is both simpler and has subtle improvements. It also takes design elements from the Solstice turntable and the Uniti series.

NSC-222 is a dedicated streamer/DAC and Pre-amp.

Begin your New Classic musical journey with the highly versatile NSC 222 preamplifier. Access a wide range of music streaming platforms (Spotify, TIDAL, Qobuz, etc.), a very large number of online radio stations, handling bitrates of up to 32bit/284kHz.

Want to enjoy vinyl? The NSC 222 has a MM phono input. Do you like headphones and want to dive into a world of solo listening? NSC 222 is equipped with full Naim technology for headphone listening, as inherited from the Uniti Atom Headphone Edition: our amplifier-DAC, the recipient of several awards all around the world.

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To get the best out of your loudspeakers and music, combine the NSC 222 with its perfect partner: the NAP 250 power amplifier. First appearing in 1975, NAP 250 has become an iconic product. Today, it delivers more power than ever and offers ever more flexibility within a complete system. The cutting-edge engineering work involved in the NAP 250 results in unrivalled performance. It delivers 100 watts of A/B class power per channel, fully adjustable to set your music free in the most remarkable way.

NPX 300

The NPX 300 powers your system in a silent, fluid way, allowing the preamplifier to concentrate on its main task: controlling the signal. In addition to improving the performance of the NSC 222 preamplifier and streamer, the NPX 300 can be used to upgrade several Naim products, lending them immense flexibility over time. It is also upgradable, as it is also possible to add two NPX 300 power supplies to a single preamplifier or a single source. The first can be dedicated to powering the digital sections, and the second to powering the analog sections.

Cost

£5699 per unit. These items are on demonstration in store. Call in for a liten and to discover more.

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The New Auralic G1.1 streamers arrive

Aries and Altair get .1 upgrade

Auralic have become very well known in a short period of time. They've done this by releasing extremely good sounding streaming products. Both their Aries and Altair products have recently been improved and both models benefit from technology proven in the G2 products.

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First is the Aries G1.1. This is a high performance streaming transporter. This means you will either need a DAC OR an amplifier with digital inputs. It uses the high-mass base from the award-winning G2.1 series products. This satin silver base plate improves their overall aesthetic and provides extra vibration damping for better sonic performance. The Aries also now support AirPlay 2, further expanding your streaming options. This is in addition to a wide range of streaming services.

The Altair G1.1 is a fully functional streamer with analogue outputs to plug straight into an existing hi-fi system or amplifier. Rather cleverly it also has variable output. This means it can be connected directly into a power amplifier or active loudspeakers to provide variable volume without any loss of performance normally entailed. It also features the rigid base plate and the AirPlay 2 feature.

Both of these units retail for £2499 and both are now on demonstration at Moorgate along with the G2.1 products that bear the same name and features. We've only had them a short while but we're extremely impressed and can confirm that they do offer performance improvements from the previous incarnations.

Founded in 2009 by Xuanqian Wang and Yuan Wang, AURALiC products are all designed and developed with unrelenting attention to detail, exacting tolerances, and extreme precision. AURALiC’s passion for music, peerless expertise in electronics design, and a complete understanding of electrical engineering all govern the care that goes into our design and build process.

Streaming File Formats

Lossless: AIFF, ALAC, APE, DIFF, DSF, FLAC, OGG, WAV and WV
Lossy: AAC, MP3, MQA* and WMA

Sampling Rates

PCM: 44.1KHz to 384KHz in 32Bit**
DSD: DSD64(2.8224MHz), DSD128(5.6448MHz), DSD256(11.2896MHz), DSD512(22.57892MHz)***

Control Software

AURALiC Lightning DS for iOS
AURALiC Lightning DS for web browser (device settings only)
OpenHome compatible control software (BubbleUPnP, Kazoo)
Roon (Roon Core required separately)

Streaming Inputs

Network shared folder, USB Storage, USB CD Drive, UPnP/DLNA Media Server, Amazon Music Unlimited, HighResAudio, KKBOX, Qobuz Sublime+, TIDAL Connect, AirPlay, Spotify Connect, Internet Radio, RoonReady

Audio Outputs

Digital Outputs: AES/EBU, Coaxial, Toslink
USB Output: USB Host to compatible DAC ****

Network

Wired: Gigabit Ethernet
Wireless: 802.11b/g/n/ac Tri-Band WiFi

Power Consumption

Sleep: <10W
Playback: 50W at max.

Dimensions - W x D x H

13.4 x 12.6 x 3.2 in. (34cm x 32cm x 8cm)

Weight

15.9 lbs (7.2kg)

Product Finishing

Anodized aluminum case in matte black

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Chord Electronics Ultima series arrives

One of the finest amplifiers we've heard.

Ultima Pre 3 and Ultima 5 power amp are the first pre/power from Chord Electronics we've stocked for a while. That's pretty significant because we're not light on good quality electronics. But when we heard this pairing we felt that it was something special. And we like things that are special.

Built from the ground up, the UTLIMA PRE 3 takes advantage of the very latest developments in advanced low-distortion power supplies. These advanced devices offer exceptionally low noise and outstanding amplifier operation. Coupled with our latest design developments, the PRE 3 offers new levels of preamplifier performance.

The UTLIMA PRE 3 is equipped with five analogue inputs (two balanced and three unbalanced) all of which benefit from individual buffering and are selectively filtered against potential ingress from radio frequency interference.

Externally, the PRE 3 benefits from a completely redesigned aesthetic with a central circular power sphere flanked by a new volume control and balance/AV bypass selector, both of which benefit from a new ergonomic knob design.

Additional features include an AV bypass, plus a 5 V charging USB Type-A port.

ULTIMA 5 is a progression of our most famous stereo power amplifier, the legendary SPM 1200 MK II (widely considered to be the definitive Chord Electronics amplifier).

Now incorporating our latest-generation ULTIMA circuit topology, the new ULTIMA 5 is set to become a future classic. Considered to offer the ideal balance between performance and price, the ULTIMA 5 offers an impressively affordable 350 watts – enough to drive all but the most demanding loudspeakers.

The ULTIMA 5 has built upon the inherent strengths of the SPM 1200 MK II and taken performance to the next level. By implementing our advanced dual-feed-forward error-correction, topology incorporating our own advanced concepts in ultra-high-frequency power supplies, we have been able to deliver supremely fast and powerful performance, with an extraordinarily high peak output current (the speed at which dynamic peaks can be delivered), bringing astonishing dynamics, timing accuracy and, as a result, unrivaled musicality.

Add to that our low-distortion amplifier circuitry with our own proprietary lateral-structure dual-die MOSFETs and the ULTIMA 5 is able to drive loudspeaker loads effortlessly, with clarity and precision. The ULTIMA 5 has an incredible 32 proprietary MOSFET power devices which demand the most advanced and refined drive circuitry, suitably devoid of sound-degrading components.

ULTIMA is a truly unprecedented amplifier topology with exceptional performance and is one of the most advanced amplifier technologies in the world.

Benefiting from a redesigned fascia featuring John Franks’ latest aesthetic, the precision CNC-machined fascia is made from aircraft-grade aluminium and features a reassuringly solid 28-mm thick front panel, enhanced by a recessed spherical polycarbonate power button that illuminates for standby and operation modes; a discreet, hidden front panel switch, located in the vertical split line, enables dimmable lighting.

The amplifier’s rear panels contain both balanced and unbalanced connections, high-quality loudspeaker terminals, a 12 V trigger and a C-19-type IEC.

The pair sound superb!

If you're in the market for such a high-end combination then we suggest having a listen. We think you'll share our excitement and musical involvement.

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HANA MC cartridges join our range

Hana have earned an enviable reputation from producing superb and rather good value moving coil cartridges.

Hana means ‘brilliant and gorgeous’ in the Japanese language, the inspiration for Hana cartridges.

The Hana range of low and high output moving coil cartridges offer outstanding performance and value in their respective price ranges.

Hana cartridges are the result of over 50 years expertise from the master cartridge maker Masao Okada-san. The Hana cartridge ranges have been developed to offer supreme musicality at affordable price points, allowing you to spend more on your favorite vinyl records – surely the very reason for buying a good phono cartridge in the first place.

Initially we are stocking three models.

The E series costs £409 and is available in Low Output and High Output (which will plug into an MM inpu

The SL series costs £629 and is available in Low Output and High Output (which will plug into an MM input

The M series costs £1039  and is available in Low Output and High Output (which will plug into an MM input) as well as a mono version.

These three superb cartridges are in stock and on demo now. Discover what makes Hana MC cartridges so special.

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Introducing WAX (again)

New website - new visitors.

Our basement record store opened in 2019 and if you've not visited we'd love you to call on us.

We stock new, audiophile and used vinyl and cheap used CD's. Our second-hand section is huge, and we haven't the space to display all of them. However, they can be browsed and purchased on our website and marked for collection in person or delivery.

Our audiophile section continues to grow. We stock Mobile Fidelity, Analogue Productions, Impex, Speakers Corner and others.

We specialist in rock, metal, blues and Americana.

Our opening hours are;

Tues/Wed/Fri/SAT 10 till 4

www.waxatmoorgate.co.uk

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