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The turntable is $570,000. The crane hire is extra.
Which one would you choose; a new CD player or a new Mazda 3? Would you prefer a new turntable or a two-bedroom apartment by the beach on the Gold […]
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Soundbar with the works, most of which work.
LG has brought me to England to listen to some new soundbars, so I figure these must be pretty special soundbars. I normally listen to soundbars in big appliance stores […]
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Leaking batteries are back.
Back in 2012 I wrote about the return of battery leakage and the situation was summed up by the editor of a tech magazine who told me; “If it’s not […]
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Headphones: When good is too good.
A 21-year-old friend – that is, someone raised on MP3 and earbuds – asked about headphones recently. This is a woman who is studying music and voice at one of […]
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This is why there’s so much jazz on 78s.
Just how far can the retro thing go? I was perfectly happy to see vinyl records make a comeback, that made sense. They sound great, the technology is delightful and […]
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Serious bass. Slightly less serious volume.
Occasionally there are circumstances under which a desire for sound quality is indisputably outweighed by the quest for volume. I may be speaking hi fi heresy here but I know […]
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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 […]