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Marantz’s new Premium series components are the stuff of Legend

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EMM Labs is not a big name in the UK, but it does have a strong reputation in its native Canada and across North America for its domestic and professional SACD players

Pioneer used to be a major player in the budget and mid-market with some scorching amplifiers, like the A400, and some equally impressive disc spinners with distinctive stable platter transports.

Escient’s Fireball music server/recorder can hold 1,500 hours of audio

New brand Saxon deliver a unique, lively performer

A budget player that sounds better than some high-end models

Based in Toulouse, Advance Acoustic is yet another brand taking advantage of Chinese manufacturing to offer products with apparently astounding specifications for the price

Cambridge Audio surely has the most technologically equipped player in its class. It's the only one to offer 384kHz upsampling - indeed, few players at any price offer such a feature

A stylish, entertaining CD spinner that can also play SACDs