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Italian company RCF have a good pedigree. They helped design and manufacture for Mackie when the latter first entered the live sound market. We check out RCF's own entry in the portable powered PA stakes.

M-Audio's first foray into active nearfield monitors is certainly extremely affordable, but could it be a false economy for the home recordist?

Mike Collins investigates the versatile AardVerter — a 16-bit converter packed with features.

The mid-priced studio monitor market is competitive. So what sets KRK's new offerings apart from the crowd?

If digital perfection leaves you cold, the Aardscape can lend an analogue quality to your recordings. Hugh Robjohns warms to the idea...

A Russian ribbon mic brings this classic technology to a new low price point.

High-end digital converter manufacturers Apogee are Apple's audio partner of choice, and their latest Firewire interface is aimed squarely at Mac users with a taste for quality.

This UK-designed and built processor offers two channels of easy-to-use compression and gating for under £200. Paul White's backing Britain.

Do TL Audio's designs stand up without valves, or is it a case of tubeless tires? Paul White endeavours to find out.

If you need a compact Firewire audio interface, the paperback-sized Duafire from ESI might be just the thing to slip into your laptop bag.

You can have TL Audio's new series of vintage-styled valve devices in any colour you like — as long as it's black!

M-Audio's debut synth may have a pristine white exterior, but it hides a sample-based synthesis engine capable of getting down and dirty...

The Blue Tube preamp accepts both mic and instrument inputs, and lets you add as much tube warmth as you like using real valve circuitry.

Paul White tests the solid-state counterpart to Rode's recent NTK valve mic.

These stylish new powered monitors sit alongside the M1 Active MkII, rather than replacing it, and won't break the bank.

DPA have used their hi-tech miniature microphone capsules to produce a pair of mics that you can use on just about any sound source.

Designed to integrate with Cubase, and featuring new preamps and compressors, Yamaha's N-series digital mixers have been causing quite a stir. Could the N12 be the centrepiece of your project studio?

Marantz's dual-deck CD writer uniquely allows the creation of a Red Book CD from a CD-R recorded in Track-at-once mode. Paul White finds out if you really can compile masters in the studio without a hard disk recorder.

Digitech's VTP1 seeks to outpace the competition in the crowded valve mic preamp market by offering built-in 4-band EQ and a digital output. Paul White sees how it runs...