Very sad news indeed. His article on the Guru QM10 is what first prodded me in their direction after failures with other standmounts.
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Sad news indeed - nice guy and great hifi journalist. I looked forward to his reviews in HiFi Review back in the day. I was pleasantly surprised to find that he also “moonlighted” at Sound Organisation in the late '80’s - he arrived with a colleague at my house to install my newly acquired Isobariks.
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Yes, that was him. He had a terrible accident and was in a bad way for quite some time.
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That’s a sad story and end to a person’s life - RIP
Sad news, a name I’ll always link with hi-fi journals when I was ‘finding my way’ with hi-fi as a student in the 80’s.
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Very sad news indeed. In addition to his hi-fi journalism, I will always be grateful for his record reviews, which introduced me to some of my favourite music, which I would otherwise never had heard.
Very sad news. I once met him at the Bristol Hifi show, I liked him a lot, he was a decent honest straight talker, taken too soon.
Don’t normally post on these sorts of threads but about 9 years ago I found myself following Malcolm on Twitter and we started engaging in several hi-if and music related vinyl conversations which resulted in some very bizarre but very funny communications via DM. Read about the accident and subsequent events only about a year ago. Sad to hear of his loss. Always a forthright and entertaining writer.
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Really sad news. I used to look forward to his reviews in Audiophile when that was around. It was usually for gear I could only aspire to in those days but reading about it was almost as good. His review of the NAC 52 was a masterpiece.
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Sad news indeed. His enthusiastic reviews were one of the main reasons I first investigated Naim in the early 1990s. Thank you Malcolm.
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Oh such very sad news. He was at least to me the finest audio journalist who ever scratched ink across a page - engaging, insightful, funny and informative. As others have said he had a way with words that took you along with him as he experienced a new piece of gear - his NAC52 review was the best audio review I have ever read. I bought Hi-Fi review and Audiophile because of him and discovered naim through him too. In short he had more influence on my audio journey than anybody else.
Happily right at the start of my own writing career he willingly met me for a beer at the Bristol show to offer advice and we had a helpful chat, I wish there were more conversations down the years and was very sad to hear of his accident.
Sincere condolences to Malcolm’s family, especially Phillipa. I imagine heaven is rocking to the sound of NAC52/DBL’s going full tilt tonight…
Jonathan
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A few years back at the Bristol Shiw I happened by chance to sit adjacent to Malcolm in the coffee bar. A 20 minute conversation followed. He was so knowledgable.
RIP.
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Indeed: it was one of the very first reviews I subbed – well, hardly touched a word of! – when I first started working on the launch issues of Audiophile.
Was proud to become a friend of Malcolm after that, leading to many experiences and escapades at various hi-fi shows and on press trips, and am very lucky now to own if not the actual NAC52/52PS he reviewed, at least the one he bought as a result of that review.
It still sounds very special indeed, and have already cranked it seriously in memory of Malcolm today. I think it’s what he would’ve wanted! 
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So sad to hear the news about Malcolm. I too bought a 52 (a huge outlay at the time) after Malcolm’s brilliant and carefully detailed review. I was delighted with it and kept it until I could afford a 552. Like all his reviews it was a joy to read and I followed what he wrote religiously, which was what got me into Naim in a serious way.
Rest in peace Malcolm. Your writing was much loved.
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Sad, many thanks
Nice pic but Malcolm had SBLs and then DBLs. Chris Frankland was the Briks man.
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Thanks just looking on the web
I think philippa does the design of hi fi critic mag
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yes , we have spent a great deal of time trying to find a care home in that area with little success . this article from 2017 and not much changed