Passion project
Hi-Fi Choice|Yearbook 2020
Two brands with the same strong ideas combine to leave Ed Selley floored
Ed Selley
Passion project

COMPONENTS

ALLUXITY POWER ONE £8,800

The Power One is a balanced design – also making use of the dual power supply arrangement seen in the Pre Two. It has no parallel output devices and zero global feedback and develops 200W per channel, a figure which almost doubles into 4ohm.

ALLUXITY PRE TWO £8,900

The Pre Two is the intelligent combination of a fully balanced analogue preamp with a single RCA and XLR input and a digital board with four digital inputs and an Ethernet connection for network audio, all controlled by a relay type volume control on a touchscreen.

FINK TEAM BORG £22,900

Designed to embody the key design features of the flagship WM-4 in a smaller package, the Borg combines a 260mm mid/bass driver with an air motion transformer in a cabinet formed from separate layers of MDF with damping in between and extensive bracing.

A recurring theme in the origin stories of many hi-fi manufacturers is that they stem from a dissatisfaction with how existing rivals dealt with something that was of prime concern to the person who founded the company. Spurred to correct this imbalance, many have gone on to carve a very successful business out of doing just that. What happens when you combine two such brands to form a system though? Is the result harmonious or do the opinions end up cancelling each other out?

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