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Unlikely technology that works
I did miss turntables when they went away for 20 years, prior to marching back home as heroes. I missed the ritual of putting on records. I missed the extraordinary […]
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How many times must I press your buttons?
I’ve just had a great idea for the manufacturers of hearing aids. They spend a fortune making these things tiny and invisible so that no one notices the wearer has […]
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Buying without listening first – art, not science.
Here’s the problem with cheap Bluetooth speakers; you don’t get the chance to listen first. So you won’t know if they sound good or bad until you buy them. They’re […]
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A care package we should have received years ago.
This is a good idea. Good in that it’s simple, obvious and fills a growing hole in the market. As well as making turntables Austrian company Pro-Ject also makes a […]
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Finding a soundbar that does everything for the beach shack.
A reader has asked about buying a soundbar for the weekender that can also be used in the rumpus room at home. It has to sound good, but not be […]
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You may never need this heavy hitting record cleaner, but when you do it works.
Much in hi fi turns out to be more complicated than it first looks. That’s probably why I kept avoiding the Vinyl Record Cleaning system (VRC) that arrived for test. […]
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The speakers are good, the instruction manual is better.
Who needs instructions for speakers? I mean, how hard is it? Remove from box, attach cables, bingo. Ah, but then there’s Bowers and Wilkins. One doesn’t so much read a […]
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French freedom fighters ruined my first brush with Wagner.
When I was about five I was watching a war movie on the telly with my dad. It featured Nazi occupation forces driving a van topped with public address speakers […]
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Audio and the red wine effect.
Begging your indulgence, I’d like to talk about red wine again. No matter how bad red wine may be, the second glass usually tastes a bit better than the first. […]