The latest version of the award wining DK Design VS-1 reference mkIII has now arrived and we now have good stock after a bit of a barren spell when the new version - now called the LSA Standard – was beginning its initial product run. If you have not heard this amp then let me assure you that it is in my opinion the best sounding amp that I have heard under the £4k mark, and if you are after some partnering advise then you could do a lot worse than to partner it with their own LSA 2 Tower speaker and the Edgar CD-1 CD player as reviewed in the June issue of Hi-Fi Choice, David Vivian did seem to rather like it!

Talking of integrated amplifiers, we have recently had the latest shipment of new products from Coda delivered. For those not aware Coda were the manufacturers of the highly rated Innersound Amplifiers that we used to import. Now we are being supplied directly by Coda resulting in a lower price of the equivalent models to the Innersound range and let me say that the Coda versions sound even better! We also have access to a much larger range including a great new integrated amp that goes head to head with the LSA Standard and I can tell that if you don’t get along with the LSA amplifier then you will defiantly love the Coda. It’s open, detailed and clean with a really nice musical and unforced tonal balance, you must hear this one.

At long last we have the first shipment of Boulder 865 integrated amplifiers on their way, we will only get a small amount in to begin with until Boulder catch up with their back orders so be quick if you want to own the most anticipated Boulder amp ever.