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As we’ve started out on our journey through the world of Hi-Fi audio from a strictly practical and engineering viewpoint without being misled by any audiophile woo, we’ve already taken …read more Continue reading Know Audio: A Loudspeaker Primer
A new product announcement from luxury Brit audio house Naim always causes something of a stir in the hi-fi community, and so it is with the launch of the limited edition Solstice Special Edition, the company’s first turntable in its (almost) 50-year h… Continue reading Naim launches first turntable as limited-edition Solstice Special Edition
A lot of our projects make noise. It can be something as simple as a microcontroller driving a small speaker or a truly ambitious Hi-Fi project, but common to all …read more Continue reading Know Audio: Start At The Very Beginning
Music lovers who want to stream tunes from their smartphone to the living room hi-fi or from the hi-fi to wireless headphones might be disappointed. Many setups, including audio gear from McIntosh Labs, don’t support Bluetooth, so the company set out t… Continue reading McIntosh transceiver adds two-way Bluetooth streaming to any hi-fi setup
A premium audio startup from an ex-Apple design veteran has launched a striking streaming speaker called the Cell Alpha, which uses three drivers and two woofers to immerse listeners in room-filling spatial sound.Continue ReadingCategory: Home Entertai… Continue reading Former Apple product designer aims to envelop listeners in spatial audio
High-end audio brand Astell&Kern (A&K) has added a new music player to its A&futura line, which slots in just below last year’s SE200 model. The stand-out feature on the SE180 is the ability to pop out the existing sound module and swap it for another…. Continue reading A&K’s latest digital audio player debuts interchangeable sound modules
Panasonic’s luxury audio gear maker Technics has unveiled a new Premium Class turntable called the SL-100C that the brand is calling an entry level model. It’s still expensive, just not as pricey as its siblings.Continue ReadingCategory: Home Entertain… Continue reading Technics launches “entry level” SL-100C turntable
Buyers looking for gadgets that deliver high fidelity audio might keep an eye out for the THX logo as a visual guide to quality assurance, and now the company behind the standard has launched its first consumer device, the Onyx USB DAC/amp.Continue Rea… Continue reading THX helps boost mobile audio with Onyx USB DAC
Much of today’s music consumption is digital, and most of that is streamed. And though vinyl sales recently surpassed CDs for the first time since 1986, the format is not quite dead yet. Boutique hi-fi brand McIntosh Labs has today launched a retro-coo… Continue reading McIntosh turns on the retro charm with stunning CD player
The UK’s Cambridge Audio has announced a new flagship digital-to-analog converter and headphone amplifier combo that promises a “thrilling performance that’s bigger than the box it comes in.”Continue ReadingCategory: Home Entertainment, TechnologyTags:… Continue reading Cambridge Audio looks to enhance living-room audio with new flagship DAC