Before acquiring his Merrill Williams R.E.A.L. 101.2 turntable, the author Robert read several reviews, which praised the turntable’s robust design and effective isolation. While the 101.2 indeed outperformed his previous turntable in minimizing sensitivity to vibrations, he discovered that true isolation goes far beyond just reducing footfalls and room vibrations. This revelation came courtesy of […]
The Best Cable of The Year 2023 You owe it to yourself to try either these or the company’s F1 Fractal cables, but be warned: you may not want to return to go back. C.B Tweet Townshend Isolda Speaker Cable Wins Best Speaker Cable of the Year The audio world has a new champion in […]
Valentine Studios Discovering the Townshend Full Cable Loom: A Revelation in High-Fidelity Sound As a seasoned hi-fi enthusiast, Michael Valentine had always approached the pricing of high-end speaker cables and interconnects with skepticism. The idea of spending a significant sum on these components often felt laughable. Within his circle of audio aficionados, the suggestion of […]
Townshend Allegri Reference for Hi-Fi NL It was quite a step to start listening to a passive preamplifier. However, the listening experience has shown that the Townshend Allegri Reference has nothing to be negative about. The unit functions like all the best active pre-amps do. In essence, you distance yourself from the hi-fi effect as […]
Chris Harris Reviews Seismic Podiums Having completed some rather nice upgrades to my system over nearly a year in the form of new floor-standing loudspeakers / Pre Amplifier with Mono Power Amplifiers, one part of the jigsaw was missing as I was still relying on old-school spikes.Having several components and cabling from Townshend Audio, the […]
As audiophiles, we understand the importance of every component in our HiFi system and how it affects the sound we love. Recently, Chris Baillie reviewed our cables as well as from two other esteemed British manufacturers, Tellurium Q and the newcomer AF Audio. Here is a summary of his sonic journey: Townshend Audio is renowned […]
“The Seismic Podiums become so fundamental to the listening experience that calling them mere accessories fails to give them enough credit.”
“With lab results at, or very close to, the state of the art..” Martin Colloms, Editor of HiFiCritic Magazine auditions the new Townshend Allegri Reference Preamplifier. [ Full Review ]
I never tired of this preamp’s ‘revelatory’ quality; everything you play somehow sounds different to before…
“Townshend Audio has long been the company that never does it the way you expected, but always does it right. There’s a deliciously left-field approach to Townshend Audio’s design criteria that sweeps aside convention and makes something at once different and brilliant. So it is with F1 Fractal, the latest in a long line of […]
