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KEF competition
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Jun 15, 2016  |  1 comments
When it comes to choosing how to listen to your favourite music there area number of different options available. You can go with a traditional loudspeaker hooked up to your system via cables, you can go down the wi-fi route with a digital music system, you can stream your sounds to a Bluetooth speaker or you can lose yourself in a world of your own and put on a pair of headphones. This month, the kind folk at KEF offer up a prize for each of these eventualities, meaning that no matter what way you choose to listen, you can be sure of great sound quality. The first prize in our bumper giveaway is the rather gorgeous LS50 standmount loudspeaker.
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Prism Sound unveils Callia DAC
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Jun 14, 2016  |  0 comments
Prism Sound has launched Callia, a PCM and DSD capable DAC, preamplifier and headphone amp, which the company claims "brings the top sound quality from the professional recording studio into the home environment for the very best in digital music reproduction". A compact unit for use in home audio systems, Callia's high-resolution inputs include USB (UAC2 over USB 2 or later), coaxial RCA phonos (supporting S/PDIF and AES3-id or AES3 with suitable adaptor) and S/PDIF optical-equipped digital devices. For analogue audio outputs, Callia offers both balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA phono connectors. Output volume can be set via the volume control in order to use the Callia as a preamp straight into a power amp, or optionally fixed for use with integrated and pre/power combos.
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Wharfedale Reva-2
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Jun 14, 2016  |  0 comments
Trickle down. An expensive, cutting-edge product lends key aspects of its design and tech to a much more modest, affordably constructed and priced item, raising its performance/price ratio and gifting the brochure copywriter some useful ammo to spin-up a nice little cachet halo. It’s certainly an efficient and logical way of doing business and routine practice for many loudspeaker manufacturers. But with its new premium Reva range, Wharfedale seems to have turned the whole idea on its head.
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Musical Fidelity tells the story of the Encore 225 streaming music system
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Jun 13, 2016  |  0 comments
Former HFC editor and current reviewer, David Price, recently met up with Musical Fidelity's ownerAntony Michaelson for a chat about the Musical Fidelity Encore 225 streaming music system. Here's what happened. . .
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Acoustic Energy announces AE1 Classic Limited Edition
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Jun 10, 2016  |  0 comments
Acoustic Energy has began the final production run of its iconic AE1 Classic loudspeaker as some of the bespoke parts that go into it are no longer being made available to it. To celebrate the end of an era, the company is unveiling a limited edition version of the standmfamed ount. The production run will be limited to just 100 numbered pairs of the AE1 Classic Limited Editionfor worldwide distribution. In addition to the Piano gloss finish, each unit will boast gold or silver plated bolts and feature a matching gold/silver-plated Limited Edition plaque with serial and edition numbers on the back of each speaker.
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Roksan unveils new blak series
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Jun 09, 2016  |  0 comments
Roksan Audio has uneviled the latest addition to its portfolio in the shape of the new blak series of electronics, which consists of an integrated amplifier and CD player. Theblak series is being introduced as an entirely new design for Roksan – both in terms of sound performance and visual appeal. It features a robust, industrial design that manages to look modern and elegant. The British company describes the blak series as the audiophile solution for those seeking superlative performance and features within a ‘statement product’ aesthetic, but without the esoteric high-end audio price tag.
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Audio-Technics unveils affordable AT-LP60BT turntable
Hi-Fi Choice  |  May 30, 2016  |  0 comments
Audio-Technica is looking to bring vinyl to the masses with its latest turntable release, the affordable AT-LP60BT. It’s one of the first models to appear on the market from a traditional hi-fi brand that offers Bluetooth connectivity to enable users to wirelessly connect to suitably equipped speakers, headphones and stereo receivers. It looks to be the ideal introduction for those that are starting out on their vinyl journey, and thanks to its built-in switchable phono amplifier users will be able to simply plug and play (RCA phono outputs are also included) or connect and play wirelessly to a Bluetooth music system. The fully-automatic turntable is able to spin records at 33 and 45rpm, has an anti-resonance die-cast aluminium platter and is packaged with an Audio-Technica dual moving-magnet phono cartridge.
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Audioquest unveils new DragonFly Red and DragonFly Black DACs
Hi-Fi Choice  |  May 27, 2016  |  0 comments
It’s been nearly four years since the original DragonFly DAC (HFC 367) was released, and now AudioQuest is unveiling two new models designed to be compatible with Android and Apple smartphones. The new USB DACs handle files up to 24-bit/96kHz, and put music quality first, says AQ. The DragonFly Red (£169) has a 32-bit ESS Sabre 9016 chip and is suited to lower sensitivity headphones, while the Black (£89) DragonFly employs a 9010 chipset and is suited to medium to high sensitivity headphones. Like earlier DragonFlys, the Black has an analogue volume control, whilethe Red opts for a digital one.
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The Chord Company launches new ChordMusic series
Hi-Fi Choice  |  May 26, 2016  |  1 comments
The Chord Company has unveiled what it is describing as its most advanced cable range in its 30-year history. The new flagship ChordMusic series has been developed using a new insulation material called Taylon, which has never been used in audio cables before. Although its dielectric constant is very slightly lower than PTFE, Taylon is phase stable at typical room temperatures, meaning that it should be able to produce the most natural and musically coherent sound. The range is available as analogue (RCA, XLR and DIN) and digital (AES EBU, RCA, BNC, XLR and RJ45) interconnects.
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Ruark Audio updates R7
Hi-Fi Choice  |  May 25, 2016  |  0 comments
Music centres are the perfect solution for those that are short on space, and Ruark Audio has become something of a master of the form (see its R4 Mk3 on theGroup Test in HFC 411), so the news that the British manufacturer has upgraded its R7 is very welcome. We reviewed the original R7 in HFC 384, commenting on its styling cues taken from the classic radiogram, which updates the traditional ‘wireless’ by including digital, analogue and internet tuners, along with a slot-loading CD player. Ruark Audio tells us that the updated R7 benefits from further audio enhancements to its amplifiers and speaker crossovers that results in a smoother and more extended frequency response with improved soundstage, making the listening experience even more realistic and enjoyable. The revised model still offers DLNA wi-fi and aptX Bluetooth connectivity for streaming of music from smartphones, laptops and network storage devices, as well as more traditional analogue and digital connectivity hookups – and a charging port for smartphones and tablets.
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