This weekend it was my great pleasure to host the World Premier of one of the most ambitious projects ever to come from Tidal Audio, the new AP1 amplified loudspeaker. Lotus Hifi is extremely proud and excited to take delivery of the very first pair to leave the Tidal factory in Köln, Germany.

My sincere thanks goes to our UK partner Fraser Robertson from Airt Audio, and of course Tidal Audio M.D. Jörn Janczak; please never stop creating these amazing new masterpieces which challenge and develop the very boundaries of our industry.

The AP1 for me represents a new chapter in the development of the ultra High End sector. Simply connect the single box Contros music controller for a complete single box system, or indeed the output from any preamplifier/DAC of choice.

Born out of the extensive research and creativity from the Tidal for Bugatti project, AP1 offers the music lover the very highest degree of loudspeaker and amplification ability coupled with new levels of convenience and space saving, but at a price which almost makes a mockery of the financial pricing trends currently seen in high end audio. The tides are perhaps now turning ? Let’s hope other similar products soon emerge to help disrupt the current trajectory of ever increasing ‘pie in the sky’ prices in this great hobby of ours.