THE THRAX ARES AMPLIFIER/DAC

We are approaching the year and a half mark since we began with Thrax Audio as a main choice of electronics. In terms of growing a new brand in a country and building traction that isn’t very long at all so I’ve been pleased with how well things have started so far. Last month alone (June 2023) we sold three Enyo amplifiers and one paired with a Maximinus DAC for a complete 2 box Thrax system. This month, two Ares so far both for use with external sources. We also have just taken delivery of the new Sirens bookshelf [...]

25th July 2023|
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INTRODUCING KALISTA DREAMPLAY

A trend can broadly be defined as “a general direction in which something is developing or changing” but at what point has that trend been in place for such a long time that it then becomes something else ? The Status Quo or the ‘norm’ perhaps ? Right from Lotus Hifi’s inception some 11 years ago, I found myself leaning towards the construction of simpler systems with less boxes and clutter. Whether this was mostly on account my own volition or meeting the demands and needs of those who visited my shop I can’t be completely sure. It was [...]

17th July 2023|
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CLOSE UP – VIMBERG AMEA

Since late 2018 when ourselves and UK importers Kog audio first experienced Vimberg at the Tidal factory in Koln Germany, it is fair to say that the it is the Mino floorstander that has probably received the most attention from the line up. The Amea did appear a little later in 2020 but in truth it has proven to be equally as popular as the smaller floorstander and we have placed a good number of sets over the last few years. At less than half the cost they represent a far more wallet friendly way to join [...]

3rd March 2023|
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THE TIDAL CONTROS

A MIRACLE OF BALANCE This is a great arresting image from the factory, which conveys a few intriguing messages all at the same time. First you spy a piece of witchcraft; how can a box of high end audio electronics achieve such a balancing act ? This miracle for me is primarily an echo of exactly what Contros is and how it performs. Certainly for Lotus, it is a new way of doing things and a new unprecedented milestone of performance at its price level. Secondly, the image is perhaps a nod to the product’s compactness [...]

21st November 2022|
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TAIKO EXTREME vs. TIDAL ARKAS !!!

INTRODUCTION Senna against Prost,  McEnroe v Borg, Cola versus Pepsi, Patek fighting it out with AP. This is a battle which I probably should have covered last year but as ever I’ve probably been too busy selling the things and looking after customers 24/7 with what has been a very busy 2022. There might be something equivalent out there in the world of music servers/streamers but I certainly don’t know about it yet and I do tend to spend a lot of my downtime hunting for new technologies and emerging hot products. There are a few close outliers [...]

5th August 2022|
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THRAX ENYO

THRAX AND LOTUS – THE EARLY YEARS I have been strong a admirer of Thrax’s separates for many years now. Over the last 10 years I had encountered them several times along my travels and sometimes through other manufacturers I work with. The look, the philosophy, the design principles and of course the house sound and sonic ethos, all were facets that impressed. When I began with Dohmann turntables back in 2017 I actually formed a working partnership with Thrax’s MD Rumen Artarski because he was responsible for the manufacturing and ordering process for the those decks. I [...]

5th March 2022|
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ROCKPORT AVIOR II

Rockport have been with us for a good year now. Anyone who has heard the entry £32,000 Atria floorstander here has been profoundly impressed and it’s no surprise that actual sales of this outstanding product began very quickly in 2021 and demos on new enquiries are still going strong early 2022. I wrote exhaustively about the Atria II back then and before you dive in deep here, it might be worth reading that article first, as a detailed introduction to Rockport and the house sound. As that article mentions, the Avior, first created some 10 years ago in Mk [...]

23rd February 2022|
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TONDA – when size is power

It is well known that the speaker is the most important part of the system and should receive the lion’s share of the budget, in part because it’s the most difficult component to design whilst there are many modest amplifiers and DACs in existence that sound amazing. So to this end we have been talking about speakers quite a bit here on the pages of LotusHifi.co.uk. With Rockport recently joining Vimberg, Avalon and of course those German masterpieces from Tidal Audio, our enviable line up here is more exciting and exhaustive than ever before. The Vimberg [...]

18th October 2021|
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ROCKPORT ATRIA II – UK PREMIERE

Late last year it was my great pleasure to finally bring Rockport to Lotus, to our exclusively high end environment with the cables, mains, electronics, analogue and digital to truly do these world class loudspeakers justice. Alongside Tidal, Vimberg and Avalon, Rockport completes a remarkable four strong repertoire of transducers to offer our customers. All very special, but all sufficiently different from one another to represent a meaningful and worthwhile spread of choice.­ The Atria II have been with us since the tail end of 2020 but only now with Covid19 lockdown lifted, are we using them in anger [...]

7th May 2021|
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The TIDAL INTRA

Information on this new exciting amplifier from Tidal has been a little scarce, in part because of the singular events of 2020, but the truth is we have been quietly retailing and fulfilling orders on the Intra for almost a year now. Our demo arrived way back last Spring. So what's the headline ? Well the very clever team from Koln in Germany have essentially upgraded and redesigned the outgoing Impulse with a product that is not only sonically better, but much more geared toward common audiophile trends and wishlists, and at the same time, sports an impressive array [...]

5th April 2021|
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