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Nura headphones: Great idea that needs work.
A couple of years ago I wrote about Nura headphones, then at prototype stage. They were the idea of a little Melbourne start up that was seeking $100,000 in crowd […]
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How to blend beautiful sound with beautiful looks.
In the context of self-driving cars, cryptocurrencies and Alexa, loudspeakers are pretty damn boring. The base technology has been around for more than a century and whenever a manufacturer comes […]
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Better than going to the pictures, pity about the broadcast.
A home cinema is all about getting a cinema experience at home, right? Actually you can do better than that. I’ve had an OLED television in the man cave for […]
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Quadraphonic is back.
Quadraphonic is back. And it sounds great. For readers of more tender years let me explain that quadraphonic was the first surround sound system that got a major shove from […]
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Yamaha gets its groove back
Yamaha is getting back into turntables with three new models, one of which is right out there for a company steeped in the creed of audio excellence since 1954. Turntables […]
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Small package, good thing.
Sony’s new RX100-6 is an impressively compact camera. Hey, for the features on offer it’s tiny, and it’s well thought through with a screen that tilts from selfies to overhead, […]
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Music underwater? There’s a catch.
An underwater Bluetooth speaker may seem like a neat trick for a pool party. Theoretically your friends could all dive in and, while under the surface, listen to your latest […]
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Into hi fi? It helps to live in Melbourne.
Australia’s two major hi fi shows for 2018 are happening next month and they’re being held on consecutive weekends. The first is in Melbourne and the second is, um, also […]
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Blue Lola headphones sound good, but aren’t blue.
Blue Lola headphones are available in two colours, black or white. But not blue. Blue is the brand name, an acronym for Baltic Latvian Universal Electronics. But the company’s location […]
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Maybe it’s the room that’s your problem…
A friend has just split with his wife and his living room acoustics are devastated. Well I was devastated by them anyway, he didn’t seem to be paying much attention. […]