Recent Posts
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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. […]
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OLED televisions: Picking the wheat from the wheat
I wonder if our readers think we reviewers are off with the pixies from time to time. For example we can say, without a hint of vacillation, that speakers costing […]
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Soundbar cogitation: The symptoms.
A guy at the gym has been asking me about getting better sound from his television and raises a problem that lots of our readers do; he has trouble hearing […]
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Lumix GX9: It costs less, but does less.
Panasonic Lumix DCGX9 You can’t argue the value of Panasonic’s new $1399 Lumix DCGX9, it has a heap of features for the money. What you have to figure is if […]