Amplify Shampoo are the americans taking over.

Advantages: small amounts needed, resonable price, shiney smooth looking hair
Disadvantages: none as of yet

...Matrix is the no1 hair retailer in american salons, it has slowly filtered through to the uk and i must say about time. As this is an american brand it is very advanced compared to the uk made brands. they now supply everything you can think of shampoo, conditioner, gels, wax, sprays, conditioning tratments, heat protector you name it they do it. My personal favorite is the Matrix amplify volumising system range, the shampoo is a must in my house hold. It is a volumising shampoo, that boosts dull lifeless hair. it be honest i don't tend to have lifeless hair but this shampoo is great for hair that is dull and dry, and transforms my hair into a lovely mane of shine that looks really healthy and cared for. if am always colouring my hair so i need something that, will help and this does the trick, i colour my hair every six weeks...

amberlevi267 03.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of Matrix Amplify Volumizing Shampoo

Rotel RCD-06 cd player

Advantages: Solid Build, Looks, Good sound production, price
Disadvantages: Slighlty uncontrolled bass, no optical out may put some off

...out for rca lead and a digital coaxial output, it has no optical connection though which i wan't fussed about as i am using it as a transport, and to be honest digital coax is the better of the 2 IMO. Now as mine is used a transport( i think i've mentioned that already) its not actually using the internal dac of the cd player, so the actual sound processing is done by my Dac-X (£1200) , So for this review i disconnected the Dac-x and am using the rotel as a standalone player. Now this player cost me £300 (rrp £350) so its not really going to compare when run through a £1200 Dac, but i'm still confident this player will perform well. I'm using a Cyrus PreVs2 pre amp Audiolab 8000m mono bloc power amps and Totem Arro speakers ( see seperate review) Now when ever i test or demo a piece of hi-fi equipment i tend to use a select choice...

willsby 09.02.2008 · Read review
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Review of Rotel RCD 06

Amplified Heart - Everything But The Girl

Advantages: Some Good Songs, Good Lyrics
Disadvantages: Quite Mournful In Places, Some Songs Rather Short

...In 1994 Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt, collectively known as Everything But The Girl, released their seventh studio Album entitled Amplified Heart. There had been two other Albums released between this and its predecessor Worldwide, but these were essentially compilation Albums. One called Acoustic, released in the United States only and featuring as you may guess from the title, Acoustic versions of some of their previously released songs. The other a proper compilation of their Greatest Hits called Home Movies. Amplified Heart contains 10 tracks as below: Rollercoaster Troubled Mind I Don't Understand Anything Walking To You Get Me Missing Two Star Walk The Same Line 25th December Disenchanted The Album opens with Rollercoaster, the first single to taken from the Album. This is an upbeat track. Tracey's voice is smooth...

micksheff 21.11.2006 · Read review
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ROTEL RA-01

Advantages: real hi-fi sound !
Disadvantages: not much for the money!

...I have owned this amp now for about 18 months and i still enjoy listening to music through it , i have the amp connected to a pair of quad 11L speakers a cambridge audio cd and digitail tuner and a project turntable. The ROTEL RA-01 is a intergrated amp with five inputs including a mm phono input for turntable Tone controls bass and treble , with a tone defeat switch (switches the bass and treble off keeping the sound as close to the original as possible). Two pairs of speakers can be connected with switching between the pairs or both pairs of speakers on at the same time.(4 in total) Power handling is 2 x 40 watts ,8 ohms , don't be put of by what seems to be a low power rating this amp will go far louder than you can imagine , how loud a hi fi can go is down to the sensitivity of the speakers (i.e how easy they can be...

janey300 06.08.2005 · Read review
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Review of Rotel RA01

Amplify your Heart

Advantages: Everything
Disadvantages: The Dance Track.

...I bought this album ages ago, and today walked over to the CD rack and noticed it peering down at me: "Everything But The Girl, Amplified Heart". They say good music lasts forever, so why should a good album like this die, even if it was released in 1994. OK, first off. What is it? Is it pop? Rock? Dance? Well it's pretty slow, miserable music. But in a slow "he's left me" sort of way. It's probably pop if you were to caregorise. But I hate categorising. It's not the cheesy sort of Britney Aguilera does Madonna's greatest hits, but what music should be: from the heart, soulful and good. You may have heard of them, you may not have. But they have made albums all the way from 1984's 'Eden' up to 2000's 'Temperamental'. The biggest hit of the album is the 11th track, Missing (Todd Terry Club Mix). That was back then when house music...

bigbtommy 31.10.2001 · Read review
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Review of Amplified Heart - Everything But The Girl

Really is alive and amplified!

Advantages: Great sound, no real duff tracks - really consistant
Disadvantages: Accused of selling out (I disagree)

...The band: Sammy James Junior - lead vocals, rhythm guitar + percussion Graham Tyler - Lead guitar, vocals, percussion Augie Wilson - Drums, vocals, percussion Michael Miles - Bass guitar, percussion, vocals. Also on the album: Mike Finnegan - Clavinet on 'New York Girls' and Hammond organ on 'Sometimes Somethin' and 'Naked Lady' Lynn Davis - vocals on 'Alive and Amplified', 'loose n juicy' and 'Naked Lady' The Matrix - Additional vocals on 'Alive and Amplified' Victor Indrizzo - additional percussion This album is absolubtly fantastic! It is one of the most well written albums and doesnt have one single bad track. The Mooney Suzuki are quite unknown but are one of the best sounding rock bands around. The tracks: Primitive Condition Alive & Amplified Legal High New York Girls Shake That Bush Again Sometimes...

priesty8899 13.06.2005 · Read review
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Review of Alive And Amplified - Mooney Suzuki (The)

One to Withstand the Tests of Time

Advantages: fantastic smooth sound, "analogue touch", very good reading of scratched CDs, best buy
Disadvantages: no optical digital output, scarce functionality

...nothing like the straight frequency curves produced by its Japanese counterparts. But the Hi-Fi journals have taught us that excellence technical data is no guarantee for good sound. There is however one technical specification which Rotel has got perfectly right: the extremely low output impedance of 90 ohms. This allows the RCD-950 to push even the weakest amplifiers to unexpected heights without distortions or stress symptoms. As for outputs, the Rotel comes with a mere three connectors: analogue audio left and right, and a coaxial, i.e. electrical digital out (as opposed to the optical TOS-link which transmits digital signals by infrared light). The lack of an optical digital out can be a problem in some chains, as I will explain below.  Functionality Even the first CD players produced in the early 1980s couldn't have come...

From_The_Continent 10.07.2001 · Read review
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Review of Rotel RCD-950

THE MASTER Amplifier

Advantages: PRODUCES NICE AND LOUD SOUND
Disadvantages: LOOKS OLD.

...Despite that the amplifier looks old, may be you don judge the product by the looks rather you try and get the quality service. It" s services has lead me to satisfactory and the most exiting of all is that is very durable and strong. It has served quite long in my household. Well forming the habit of playing rock music with it is not a bad idea and that is what I actually do with it. Before I got this, I got confused and I had very strong debates on whether to buy a home theater or to buy an amplifier. Well if to say, both perform the same function capable of producing loud sound but there are some slight differences between this and a home theater in the sense that an amplifier does not have a remote control and on the other hand does not have small satellite speakers attached to it just like home theater. Second, the home...

oki82 29.05.2008 · Read review
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Review of Pioneer A109

Are You Dull & Lifeless.........

Advantages: Adds volume to dull and lfeless hair.
Disadvantages: is a little bit expensive.

...INTRODUCTION I have suffered from thin hair all my life, I hated the fact that all of my friends had a nice head full of thick hair and then there was mine all limp with a balding appearance. I tried various herbal remedies to try to get myself thicker hair but nothing worked, I didn't expect miracles but I would have been happy with hair the appeared thicker even it was still very fine. Then in January 2004 I found my cure, while I was on holiday in America I went to a salon to get my hair done and to my surprise my hair looked fantastic, yes it was still fine but it still looked like I had a lot of it. I asked the stylist what she had used she looked dumb founded but informed me the product used was Matrix Amplify volumising shampoo. I purchased a bottle there and then and when I returned to the UK I promptly found a supplier...

mythdata 26.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of Matrix Amplify Color XL Shampoo

Ultimate Catwalk Curls!..Guaranteed

Advantages: Tames and defines curls! Adds a shine to your hair (and a pleasant scent)
Disadvantages: a bit pricey--but soo worth it!! (treat your hair)

...As us girls with curly hair know.. curls don't always rock, and so this fabulous creation from Catwalk TIGI can turn this around for us! **What it does** This amplifying cream defines and separates your curls and waves, also adding volume, texture and a shine to your hair! Without a product, curly hair very often goes very frizzy and unmanagable. This product sorts just that out, as when in the hair your hair is not frizzy at all anymore.. just perfect curls/waves! **Directions!** The bottle tells you to pump one or two times and apply into your hair (which isn't nearly as detailed as you need!) ***MY DIRECTIONS*** Once you have washed your hair and got out of the shower/bath: pump the bottle just once= about a 5p peice shape of product or less-more would probably be too much! (as I feel 2 pumps would give too much...

Wee_lis27 25.04.2007 (02.05.2007) · Read review
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