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Downsizing for the masses: A new, smaller Marantz packs plenty of power
It was the box it came in that surprised me about the new Marantz MCR612 network CD streamer; it was smaller than a Marantz box should be. For as long […]
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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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“CD players are now called DVD players”: The challenge in buying a proper CD player in 2018.
CDs are dead and gone, right? So how come at one major importer sales of CD players are up 30 per cent on last year? It’s an increase that says […]
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Streaming and building character all at once
Lots of people like streaming music because it makes it easy to have a houseful of music all the time. Others like it because of the new discoveries they make. […]
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Bitter lessons in how to buy an amplifier.
You need very good ears to hear sonic differences between amplifiers of roughly similar price and power and there’s an upside to this. It means that if your ears are […]
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Getting all your music from just one box
The great advantage of the music systems they sell in the big discount stores is that they’re dead easy to set up; just unpack, connect the speakers, plug it in […]
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The chalk and cheese of amplification.
There are lots of people, including a guy I know who makes amplifiers, who say it’s just about impossible to pick any sound quality difference between amplifiers of similar price […]