Hi-Fi Reviews, News & Articles
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Best Hi-Fi Starter System for £800 or under?
Given £500-800 to spend, where do you start piecing together a Hi-Fi system in this new world of streaming, both from the internet and you local music? Come and join the discussion.
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Quad ERA-1 Planar Magnetic headphones launching
British audio brand, Quad, enters the Hi-Fi headphone market in style. Planar Magnetic style.
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What's the easiest Music Player to use?
What's an ideal solution for someone with little tech nous who wants to play locally streamed ripped CDs? Come and join the discussion,
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Naim Uniti Star All-in-One System Review
Naim’s middle member of the Uniti family does everything you expect and a bit more beside but can it justify the asking price?
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Audiolab M-EAR 2D and 4D earphones launching
Audiolab has teamed up with Pro audio headphone specialists, ACS, to create the M-EAR 2 and M-EAR 4 IEMs featuring a balanced armature driver design along with several ACS innovations.
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Pro-Ject Juke Box E All in One System Review
Pro-Ject has gone about the business of making an all-in-one system in a completely different way to rivals- is it one that works?
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Simaudio MOON 390 Network Player/Pre-amp launched
Simaudio's new Moon 390 combines the manufacturer's MOON 350P preamplifier with the MOON 380D DAC and adds a new streaming module.
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Audeze and Astell&Kern launch headphones and music players at Munich High-end
Audeze and Astell&Kern both introduce new high-end products at the High-end Show.
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Best Hi-Fi speakers for £1,500?
If you were given a budget of £1,500, or so, and were tasked with buying the best stereo speakers you could find, how would you spend it?
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Munich High End Hi Fi Show Report
It’s May so that means that the audio industry heads as one to Bavaria and, naturally, Ed went too.
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How to Build a Hi-Fi System - Separates Vs. All-in-One
The accepted wisdom of how you go about making a system has been around for decades but modern electronics are busy tearing them up.
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Bowers and Wilkins to open new R&D Centre
B&W is relocating its research and development centre to Southwater in West Sussex with new and improved facilities.
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How do you set up music streaming from NAS?
What's the best way to integrate networked attached storage devices in to a home audio streaming setup? Come and join the discussion.
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Quad Artera Solus All-in-One System Review
Quad arrives in the all-in-one market with a product rather unlike any other- is the Artera Solus the answer to your hifi needs?
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Why is there a hum from my subwoofer?
Mysterious hums from speaker equipment can be difficult to diagnose, can you help one member with their newly rearranged dual-sub set-up has developed an annoying hum? Come and join the discussion
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Benchmark HPA4 headphone/line amplifier coming soon
Benchmark Media Systems is readying the UK launch of its new HPA 4 headphone and line amplifier. It will come with THX Achromatic Audio Amplifier tech and will be available in June 2018.
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Dynaudio Special Forty Standmount Speaker Review
For their fortieth anniversary, Dynaudio has built themselves a present in the form of the Special Forty - is it a cause to celebrate?
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Deezer HiFi Streaming Service Review
French streaming service Deezer has gone lossless and has the competition in its sights but is it good enough to make you part with your twenty quid a month?
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Best amplifier under £3,000
Three thousand pounds is a very nice budget for a stereo - or possibly even a multichannel - amplifier, what would you spend it on and why? Come and join the discussion.
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Ruark Audio MRx wireless speaker announced
Ruark has unveiled its first Wi-Fi connected speaker in the shape of the MRx, boasting designer looks, 21st Century connectivity and a new app enabling it be used in flexible ways, including multiroom.
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Elipson announce In-Ear No. 1 wireless earphones
Elipson has entered the earphone market with its first product on its roadmap for a more concerted entry in to the portable audio market.
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What are the 'warmest' sounding speakers?
Most people prefer certain types of signature sound from their speakers but which, in your experience, give the 'warmest' sounds on the market right now. Come and join the discussion.
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Qobuz Sublime+ Streaming Service Review
Qobuz is looking to tempt streaming users with a unique combination of lossless, high res and downloads but is it worth the asking price?
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Cambridge Audio Edge Series launched
Cambridge Audio celebrates its 50th Anniversary with a new flagship range of components named after one of its founders and comprising three units.
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Piega Tmicro 40 AMT Speaker Review
Do you have a reasonable budget for speakers but very little space? Swiss company Piega thinks they have what you need in the shape of their TMicro 40 AMT.
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What constitutes piracy in terms of music files?
Is it against the law to download digital versions of music you already own to stream? Come and join the moral and legal discussion.
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So long silver disc – is this the end of CD?
With US retailers calling time on CD sales, is this the end of one of the most significant audio formats there has ever been?
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McIntosh announce £5k ‘entry-level’ MT2 Precision turntable
McIntosh Laboratories has released its most affordable turntable yet with the MT2 Precision but you'll still need the best part of five grand if you want one.
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What does 2018 hold for Music Streaming Services?
Music streaming services have conquered the world but 2018 looks to be a significant year for them and the concept as a whole.
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JVC announce two new Bluetooth Headphones
JVC has added two new models to its range of Bluetooth headphones - the over-ear and foldable HA-S20BT plus the in-ear XX HA-FX103BT, each in a range of four different colours.
