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Whole-of-home audio: How to have it all
The problem with whole-of-home wireless audio systems is that they tie you to the brand. Trying to work your existing speakers in gets very complex very fast. But your speakers […]
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Ultimate audio for loony tunes
Sennheiser says its new HE1060 headphones, priced at “around $75,000”, are the best in the world, to which an obvious response is ‘so they bloody should be for $75,000.’ How […]
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Phantom of the flopera
Devialet is a French company that had its beginnings in 2003 with ingenious technology that combines digital and analogue amplification. Yep, its amps sound good but what most appeals to […]
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Cinema al fresco: Just great if you don’t like movies.
I don’t miss drive-in cinemas. I doubt that many people who actually experienced them do. The picture quality was dreadful, the sound frightful. The guy in front invariably rested his […]
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In-pool technology for the totally connected
Are you a person who believes there’s only one thing more important than having music on tap for you and your friends while frolicking in the pool this summer, and […]
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Naming Naim and streaming music
First, an amusing story. Naim is a premium audio brand from Salisbury in England. Contrary to popular legend the name is not an acronym for ‘new age in music,’ the […]
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Hi Fi and adjectives with some 3D printing thrown in
Hi Fi has always been a rich source of adjectives and it has a fine tradition of suggesting that practically anything at all will improve sound quality – the more […]
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Serious digital storage. At last.
I enjoy listening to records, but every time I do I’m reminded of why I embraced compact discs so enthusiastically when they came along in 1984. Records may sound great […]
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High tech sleeping
Over lunch a few days ago the subject was sleep and I asked someone if she slept well. Without a moment’s hesitation she tapped her phone a few times and […]