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Apartment living and good music. Not mutually exclusive.
Almost 2.5 million Australians, or about 10 per cent of the population, spent the night of August 9, 2016 in an apartment. That was when the last census was taken […]
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Sony’s WM1A blows a flugel like a dream.
If you’ve never heard of a flugelhorn you’ve probably never heard of Chuck Mangione, very possibly the world’s most successful flugel player. A flugelhorn looks like a trumpet but the […]
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Good conversation, good music, and what you’re missing out on.
Early this year I wrote about my great idea for hearing aids; make them look like cordless earbuds. The expensive problems of miniaturisation would be largely eliminated and people with […]
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How to get into your gran’s good books.
What’s the point of buying a digital radio? My mate Bob works in radio and he can’t see one despite his excitement when it was first mooted 20 years ago. […]
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Symphonic warning.
The current model Subaru Outback enrages me. If this column sounds like it could become tiresome because it’s about cars and not audio, stick with me; It’s actually about a […]
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How to get to sleep in a house full of noise.
I once lived under a flightpath in inner-western Sydney. Ah, those were the good old days, I was bulletproof when it came to sleeping. I now live in a much […]
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CDs as they should be heard
Trying to compare seriously good CD players is like trying to compare supermarkets; it’s hard finding the differences. Nuance is a good word here; you have to listen closely to […]
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Jaybird’s ‘extreme’ earbuds: Handle with care.
In an era of extreme sports and extreme holidays, I guess extreme earbuds are a natural. And judging by the company’s website Jaybird’s Tarah Pro Bluetooth buds seem set to […]
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Entertaining pre-schoolers without the internet.
I guess every parent worries about how much time their kids spend in front of screens. Maybe kids worry about their parents being buried in their phones, but I digress. […]