Independent reviews
From everyday tech and home products to lifestyle and specialist gear, each review focuses on practical use, strengths, limitations, and who the product suits.
Subwoofers
Two RBH dual 12-inch subwoofers share one proprietary driver but split on cabinet design: a compact sealed model built for flexible installation and a ported cabinet tuned for maximum output.
Subwoofers
A dual 12-inch on-wall subwoofer with a shallow cabinet, 20 Hz extension, and flexible mounting for rooms that cannot take a conventional box.
Home Theater Subwoofers
A sealed 21-inch home theater subwoofer with a 5 Hz in-room 3 dB point, a 330-pound cabinet, and roughly 4 kilowatts of amplification. Here is who it suits and what to weigh first.
Subwoofers
A practical look at the RBH Sound 21 SFR, a sealed 21-inch infrasonic subwoofer with a carbon fiber driver, GAD cabinet damping, and a highly adjustable DSP amplifier.
Home Theater Speakers
A stand-mount speaker priced at $800 each, with a 1-inch AMT tweeter, two 5.25-inch aluminum woofers, 90 dB sensitivity, and the dynamic range to anchor a small home theater when paired with a subwoofer.
Tower Speakers
The RBH Sound 61-SFMR pairs a reference bookshelf speaker with a force-cancelling bass module, delivering neutral full-range sound in a compact tower footprint.
Floorstanding Speakers
A three-way floorstander with a side-firing 8-inch woofer, a 30 Hz port tuning, and largely US assembly at $1,300 per pair.
Floorstanding Speakers
The RBH Sound SFTR AX is a three-way active floorstanding tower with side-firing 12-inch woofers, tri-amplified power, and DSP tuning that can push through room problems a passive speaker cannot.
Home Audio
The RBH Sound Single 12 and Dual 12 reference subwoofers plus the PM6 powered studio monitors cover very different rooms, and each one solves a different problem.
Home Audio
A practical look at five RBH Sound speaker designs, from a flagship on-wall soundbar to fully active modular towers, with the details that matter before you buy.
Floorstanding Speakers
The RBH SVTR pairs a monitor tower with a reference subwoofer module in one bolted-together cabinet. Here is what that design delivers and what to weigh before buying.
Home Theater Speakers
A practical look at two RBH speaker options for surround and height channels, covering driver matching, output figures, cabinet depth, and installation planning.
Vintage Horn Speakers
A rebuilt 1937 theatre horn system with a 15-cell compression driver horn, a folded-horn 15-inch woofer cabinet, and a tube amplifier story worth understanding.
Cycling Components
Seven genuine cycling components, the finishing details that separate them from convincing counterfeits, and what to check before you spend.
Vintage Hi-Fi
Two Japanese-built vintage receivers with very different approaches to tone shaping, plus what to weigh before buying used gear with no warranty.
Vintage Audio
A practical look at the Realistic STA-700, a 1983 entry-level stereo receiver with a phono stage, loudness controls, and a build quality that still holds up.
Vinyl Care
A practical look at the Record Doctor 20th Anniversary Edition, a compact vacuum record cleaning machine that revived a noisy used LP for around $220.
Cycling Components
A practical look at seven Redshift components, from a two-position seatpost to suspension stems and comfort grips, with the strengths and trade-offs to weigh before buying.
Cycling Components
A practical look at two Redshift suspension upgrades for road and touring bikes, covering travel, adjustment, sag, bike fit, and the differences between the standard and Pro versions.
Handlebars
A close look at the Redshift Top Shelf Handlebar, a flared drop bar with 50 mm or 70 mm of rise built to lift the front end and take weight off your hands.
Hi-Fi Audio
Five reference-grade components, from a product of the year bookshelf loudspeaker to a high-current amplifier, a single-box streamer and DAC, a tube and R2R CD player, and a tube preamplifier.
Home Theater
A component-by-component look at the speakers, subwoofers, screen, and processing behind a purpose-built 7.3.4 reference home theater.
Loudspeakers
A price-tiered shortlist of loudspeakers that stand out for value, engineering and long-term listening satisfaction, from sub-$100 kits to boutique horns.
Loudspeakers
A close look at the Rega Aya, a small floorstanding loudspeaker with a moulded fibreglass reinforced cement cabinet, a ZRR tweeter and a 2.5-way driver design.
Turntables
The Rega Planar 3 50th Anniversary Edition bundles the Exact cartridge, Neo Mk II speed control, a CNC machined pulley and a reference belt for only a modest premium over the standard model.
Turntables
A close look at the Rega Planar 3 with the ND5 moving magnet cartridge, covering its engineering, sound, setup, and the trade-offs worth weighing before buying.
Turntables
The Rega Planar 3 RS Edition adds the Neo Mark II power supply, a CNC machined pulley, a Reference EBLT belt, and a smoked dust cover to the standard Planar 3 formula.
Turntables
The Rega Planar 6 RS pairs the Planar 8's RB880 tonearm with the hand-built ND9 moving magnet cartridge, all on the practical full plinth platform.
Hi-Fi Audio
A detailed look at the Rega System One, a stereo-in-a-box bundle built around the Rega io amplifier, Planar 1 turntable, and Kyte speakers.
Subwoofers
A close look at two REL subwoofers for music systems: the retro sealed Classic 98 and the compact T7x, plus how to integrate either one with your speakers.