The Ear's "Best in Show" at Oslo Hi-Fi Show 2023

“The room at the Oslo Hi-Fi Show that I shall long remember featured a TechDAS Airforce V turntable (with Reed 1H arm and Hana Umami Red cartridge) as source for Engström’s balanced tube amplification driving Marten’s Parker Trio Diamond Edition floorstanding loudspeakers. I was entranced with a DG recording of Mahler’s Ninth under Rafael Kubelik. It was spine-tinglingly good and one of the most enjoyable sounds of the entire weekend in Oslo. Marten’s designer Leif Olofsson also brought his most expensive design to the show, in a much larger ground floor room.”

- Trevor Butler, The Ear