Robbie Stamp

The flagship new model of Audio-Technica's M series builds on the ever popular M50 (now M50x).

Pioneer has long been serving the DJ market with their HDJ headphones range, where the emphasis is on durability, highlighting the key sonic elements of a mix and screening out background noise.

Three-way designs are rare in the lower budget monitor market. This seems to be a red rag to M-Audio, which has released the M3-8 and (smaller) M3-6 models. This review only concerns the former.

Genelec's 8000 series gets a backpack friendly addition

Fluid Audio promises more for less in the compact reference monitor arena

Gossamer light headphones with a massive sound - is it really possible?

Elysia once again buck the trend for slavish retro designs and create a unique stereo EQ filter to aid the creative process

32 channels of AD/DA plus master clock, S/PDIF, USB, MADI and ADAT? We hook up…

The silver brick for all your conversion needs

A one-stop acoustic treatment kit for your room

The Portico range is expanded to utilise the glorious 5088 circuitry

Unity's 'brutally honest tool', in the form of a Corian-fronted monitor

The Fat Bustard gets itself a more compact mate at last

A high-quality preamp that's tonally transparent

A revised version of the R-09, this portable recorder is in step with its rivals

Small enough to fit into almost any pocket, this portable recorder impresses by keeping it simple

Program your beats or drive your DAW with this MPC-style controller

This replacement for the classic SR16 keeps things simple

Like a fan waiting for the new album, we are wary that excitedly jumping into RX5 could end in an unsatisfying 'meh'.

The unique design aesthetic of JZ is applied to the hand-held mic

The X1 goes digital with added USB audio interface and headphone output

The V16-BB is a handmade large diaphragm condenser mic.

A unique take on the pianoforte

The Atomic is a neat, simple and robust large diaphragm condenser microphone that proves lighter than it appears.

Audio-Technica's second addition to its '50' microphone range is a hybrid of sorts: a unique rectangular large diaphragm pickup is oriented to a side-address position in a pencil mic housing