Arcam FMJ CDS 27 and FMJ A19 Integrated Amplifier
A full size integrated amplifier with phonostage, plus a CD player that is also a streamer for just shy of £1200 seems like a good deal. Stuart Smith investigates.
Oppo F1 smartphone review
The Oppo F1 smartphone was brought to a gathering of Oppo fans aboard a boat on the Thames. Whilst the F Series phones are aimed at the mid-range market, this new smartphone may well have ideas above its station, but manages to keep the price remarkably affordable. Oppo has created quite a name for itself […]
Sengled Pulse JBL speaker lightbulb review
Looking at the Sengled Pulse put me in to two minds, which is quite apt as this device is slightly schizophrenic. Audiophiles might cringe at the thought of shoving a JBL Bluetooth speaker inside an LED light bulb but for ‘normal’ folks this solution may be a slice of genius. Well, that’s what Sengled is […]
Russell K Red 100 Loudspeakers
Russell Kauffman’s Russell K company make just two models of loudspeaker. Here Dominic Marsh takes a listen to the bigger Red 100 standmounters costing £1784 in the piano gloss finish and with grilles, though less pricey options are available.
Pro-Ject Vinyl Cleaner VC-S
Pro-Ject Audio Systems announces the release of a new, extremely powerful, wet record cleaning machine that removes dirt and dust from your valuable vinyl. Pro-Ject say that the new record cleaning machine is super powerful and cleans a record in 1 to 2 rotations with the best results come from 1 turn forward, 1 turn […]
Spirits Burning – Starhawk
Space Rock, I LOVE Space Rock and Spirit’s Burning are a bit of a who’s who of the genre. The albums are put together from a disparate group of over 45 musicians all overseen at a distance by American producer Don Falcone.
New Launches At headroom 2016
London’s headroom show will see many of the world’s leading audio manufacturers launch brand new products for 2016 . Headroom will introduce a number of brand new headphones and portable audio devices to consumers in 2016. The biggest brands, including Sennheiser, SHURE, Audiolab and Quad have chosen headroom, which runs from Friday 29th to Saturday […]
David Bowie – Blackstar
“A blackstar need not have an event horizon, and may or may not be a transitional phase between a collapsing star and a singularity.”
Wilson Alexx Loudspeakers Available For UK Order
We ran an in-depth announcement of the latest loudspeakers to come from Wilson Audio, The Alexx, a few weeks ago, but we’re now pleased to be able to announce that the speakers, which will sit between Alexia and the flagship £200 000 per pair Alexandria XLF, will be available in the UK through Absolute Sounds in […]
Various – Still In A Dream: A Story Of Shoegaze 1988-1995 (Cherry Red)
Wikipedia has this to say about the genre that is Shoegaze “Shoegaze is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged from the United Kingdom in the late 1980s and reached peak popularity in the early 1990s. The style is typified by significant use of distortion, feedback, obscured vocals and the blurring of component musical parts into indistinguishable “walls of sound”.
GadgetyNews 11/1/2016 to 17/1/2016
Last Weeks news from our partners over at GadgetyNews Usain Bolt inspired Gibson Trainer Wireless Sports Headphones Review Mushkin Unleashes Affordable 4TB SSD At CES 2016 Polaroid Snap Is A Cute, Photograph Printing Compact Cam Panasonic Transparent Gesture Controlled TV at CES 2016 Zeiss range of iPhone Photo Lenses at CES 2016 Over half of […]
Audiolab M-DAC+ DAC
Audiolab launches the premium version of the M-DAC this month. The new M-DAC+ will sell alongside the classic M-DAC, sporting a number of enhancements both inside and out in return for an additional £200. Like the M-DAC, the new M-DAC+ is a high-performance, multipurpose audio DAC (Digital-to-Analogue Converter) for home use, designed to sit on […]
Horch House To Develop World’s Only Current Reel-to-Reel Tape Deck
As audiophiles and music lovers around the world continue to debate whether hi-res digital actually makes an appreciable difference, one thing remains clear: the analogue resurgence is going from strength to strength. Vinyl sales are now growing faster than any other format and turntable sales shot through the roof in 2015. Austria-based Horch House say […]
Kudos’ New Titan 808 Loudspeakers Now Shipping
Previewed at last year’s Bristol Show and officially launched at The National Audio Show and Hi-Fi Show Live 2015, the long-awaited new Titan 808 flagship loudspeaker from Kudos Audio is now shipping to audiophiles worldwide. The Titan 808 has deliberately taken its time to come to market. Not only because of the considerable investment in […]
All Samsung Galaxy smartphones to allow S Pen
Samsung Galaxy stylus smarts could become a standard option right across the board, according to a newly-published Samsung patent. The new patent filed by Samsung suggests that the South Korean company plans to eventually make all of its Galaxy-branded smartphones stylus-friendly. Get the whole story over at GadgetyNews
Apple Watch 2 release delayed
Apple Watch 2 was reportedly going to be unveiled at an event penciled in for March 2016, but the latest news is that this might be delayed. Apple was apparently all set for launching their Watch 2, as well as a cheaper iPhone but reports are appearing stating that Apple may have pushed back the […]