The CAT6 sat on the mat…
One damped network switch coming right up! As an inveterate fiddler, and a long-term believer that almost anything you do to a hi-fi system – any hi-fi system – makes some difference, I’ve just damped...
View ArticleCD may be in decline, but it’s still less expensive than ‘down the line’
So the latest stats from the record industry suggest that not only is streaming accounting for an ever-larger slice of the music sales ‘pie’, but download sales are declining even faster than the...
View ArticleNaim further expands the appeal of new Uniti models with Roon integration
Forthcoming firmware update will allow full Roon operation, allowing network hi-res music streaming from computer storage and superior search and browsing capability I’m enjoying the new Naim Uniti...
View ArticleBang & Olufsen launches a conventional loudspeaker – well, almost…
New BeoLab 50 model takes the technology of the outlandish BeoLab 90 and makes it rather more domestically acceptable Just had an interesting flying visit to Denmark to hear the new Bang & Olufsen...
View ArticleSpeaker design? Think Fink!
It’s one of the hi-fi industry’s best-kept secrets: the company many of the top names turn to when they need new speakers designed and engineered ‘It’s not about having the right equipment – anyone can...
View ArticleNaim: not just a new Uniti, but a complete New Uniti range
Complete ground-up redesign sees four network audio models launched, all based on the company’s new ‘platform for the future’ It’s seven years since the groundbreaking NaimUniti appeared, setting the...
View ArticleSomething big from Salisbury
Spent a fascinating day down at Naim Audio in Salisbury last week, getting acquainted with something big – very big – on the way from the company. Lips very much zipped until the official reveal later...
View ArticleREVIEW: Mutec MC-3+ USB: clocking the best way to improve your digital audio
German pro-audio company proves that, for the best possible sound, timing is everything That’s the problem with being interested in audio: just when you think you have your system completely sorted,...
View ArticleDenon and Marantz poised to launch a huge range of new products
High-end flagship Marantz 10 Series system due early 2017, HEOS multiroom spreads to more products from both brands Denon and Marantz are set to launch a wide range of products across their product...
View ArticleREVIEW: Neat Iota Alpha – not a speaker to be overlooked
The innovative little floorstanders from Neat Acoustics are here: and they’re every bit as magical as first demonstrations suggested I was very taken with the little Neat Iota floorstanding speakers...
View ArticleAffordable OLED TVs could be coming – though you’ll have to wait
The Sharp/Foxconn alliance appears to have OLED technology in its sights, though we’ll be in the next decade before it starts making TV panels. But is that going to be too late? The protracted...
View ArticleNeat’s Iota speakers grow into the WTF sensation of the Bristol show
Compact – actually, make that tiny – floorstanders pick up the plaudits at Sound and Vision event This could so easily be one of those clickbait stories: ‘They wanted to design a new loudspeaker –...
View ArticleThe end of 3D TVs? What took them so long?
So long, SwimmyVision™ – you really won’t be missed Reports coming out of Korea over the past few days suggest that the world’s leading TV manufacturers – LG and Samsung – have finally realised that 3D...
View ArticleREVIEW: Naim Mu-so Qb
Things weren’t promising the first time I heard the new Naim Mu-so Qb in action: after being introduced to the technology, the initial taste of what it could do, in an unfamiliar listening room,...
View ArticleNaim expands wireless line with new £595 Mu-so Qb
New model features cubic shape, uses side-mounted auxiliary bass radiators Naim has just announced the second model in its Mu-so line of all-in-one wireless music systems, the £595 Mu-so Qb. Named for...
View ArticleTechnics SL-1200G turntable – giving the customers what they want?
The return of the Technics direct drive turntable is official, but the new models are rather more conservative than expected UPDATE: Since I posted the blog below, it’s been reported that Technics is...
View ArticleHorch House – reviving classic recordings through ‘soft refurbishing’, in...
Premium-priced label undertakes transfers from the original masters to LP, hi-res digital files – and even reel-to-reel tape One of the joys of the annual High End Show, held each May in Munich, is the...
View ArticleREVIEW: Marantz HD-AMP1 is a classic in the making
New digital amplifier revives the famous Marantz MusicLink name – and does so in style Last weekend’s system? Mac Book Air providing the tunes, Bowers & Wilkins 803 D3s filling the room. Linking...
View ArticleThere’s more to Dolby Atmos than flying instruments!
I’ve just published a blog on the new recording by the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, released on Blu-ray Audio complete with Dolby Atmos sound Is there a place for Dolby Atmos in music? Yes, I...
View ArticleNaim adds DSD to nDAC and DAC-V1, boosts sound quality
Two models gain single-rate and double-rate DSD64/DSD128 via a free firmware download, available from today Naim has just announced a firmware update for its Naim DAC (or nDAC) and DAC-V1 models,...
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