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In only a few years Eversolo has captured the audio enthusiast’s attention, notably those hunting for well priced do-it-all boxes brimming with functionality. Frankly, it’s hard to imagine more features being shoe-horned into streaming DACs like its DMP-A8 [HFN May ’24] or DMP-A10 [HFN May ’25], all of which, and more, are separated into the two-box £1290 T8 streamer/music library and ‘purist’ £1940 DAC-Z10 reviewed here.

Designed as a partner for the likes of Burson’s Conductor Voyager DAC/preamp/headphone amp [HFN Mar ’26], the Timekeeper Voyager V-400 power amps, at £6200 – yes, for the pair in the MAX version we have here – defy convention in a number of ways. For a start, despite their diminutive size – they’re around 27cm square and 8.5cm tall – the amps don’t take what may seem like the obvious route of a Class D topology, with its advantages of size, efficiency and cool running.

Entrusted with the legacy of his father-in-law, the late Franco Serblin, Massimiliano Favella has stuck rigidly to the design precepts which established Sonus faber, and which were the basis for Franco Serblin, the company. Favella inherited Serblin’s notes and concepts, which have ensured that the eponymous brand would have a steady flow of new models and ideas for years to come. This treasure trove, and the success of the Accordo family, has resulted in a new flagship speaker for the range, the Accordo Unica.

What goes around comes around: if it wasn’t for Sumiko, we would probably still be listening solely to moving-magnet cartridges. As recounted in our review of the Sumiko Celebration 40 [HFN Apr ’22], company founder Dave Fletcher helped introduce to the West Japanese audiophiles’ passion for moving-coils in 1972. Sumiko’s latest, the Oriole, is entirely representative of 21st century MCs, a half-century on since Sumiko made us aware of Supex, Grace and the rest.