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Review – Lampizator Big 7 DAC

At €11000 plus taxes as tested the Lampizator Big 7 is certainly no budget DAC, but does it deliver on sonic ability? Stuart Smith finds out.  “OK, it would be easy to sum up the sound when listening to DSD files as nothing short of an absolute aural revelation that simply took my breath away […]

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Jazz FM Awards Winners Announced

The Jazz FM Awards produced by Serious will return in 2016, taking place at the Bloomsbury Ballroom in London on Tuesday 26th April. One of the most prestigious events in the jazz calendar, the Awards shine a light on the broad range of talent that the worlds of jazz, blues and soul have to offer and will once again […]

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Wilson Audio Announces a new Account Manager

Wilson Audio have announced that Bill Peugh has joined the firm to further facilitate its continuing growth and market share. Bill will serve as an Account Manager and Training Specialist for international and U.S. accounts. Bill Peugh comes with a wealth of experience within the Industry, having spent the past year-and-half as the managing director […]

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Seagate releases 8TB hard drives perfect for NAS

Following on from Mushkin’s 4TB SSD, Seagate has announced their 8TB hard drive. The new larger capacity discs will be perfect for those storing large video files and complete artist discographies in lossless audio formats on Network Accessed Storage (NAS) systems. Read the full story on GadgetyNews

Album Reviews

Daughter – Not To Disappear (4AD Records)

Bittersweet, fragile, sad, angry, reflective – collectively these are all emotions which neatly lay the groundwork for Daughter’s sophomore album ‘Not To Disappear’.  Though the band’s sound has developed since 2013’s highly successful debut ‘If You Leave’, it has not progressed so much that you would now struggle to recognise it.  I guess the overriding […]

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headroom News – Audiolab and Quad

London’s headroom show (Jan 29/30th) is to launch the new Audiolab M-DAC+ and Quad VA-One amplifier! Audiolab’s highly anticipated M-DAC+ (£799.95) enhances the performance of the original M-DAC to include 32-bit/384kHz resolution for the USB input. The M-DAC+ can also link directly to Apple devices to access stored music via USB-A. DSD audio is also […]

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Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016

Whilst Vegas is still hosing itself down after CES thoughts are already turning to Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 and it appears that LG is on the starting grid early. LG has squirted out invites letting the lucky recipients know that “Play Begins” on February 21st. Read the full story on GadgetyNews 

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DMS-500 Digital Music Streamer From Cary Audio

Cary Audio, based in North Carolina has announced today the new DMS-500 Digital Music Streamer. “The DMS-500 Digital Music Streamer is a groundbreaking design that not only meets the Hi-Fidelity demands of today, but also the future” the company say and whilst it’s hard to call something future proof this unit will stream native PCM up to […]

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Review – Hana S Range Moving Coil Phono Cartridges

Air Audio are distributing this Japanese company’s new range of cartridges in the UK and Ian Ringstead takes the first UK look at the high output and low output moving coil cartridges that cost £447 and both use a Shibata stylus. “What immediately impressed me with both cartridges was the very low surface noise and how quiet they […]

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Periscope streams live to Twitter from today

Twitter will now live stream your lunchbreak, your cat falling off the sink or whatever you want to share thanks to Periscope live streaming now appearing in your friend’s timeline. Today sees the start of live Periscope broadcasts appearing rather than the usual plain ol’ URL. Read the full story on GadgetyNews. 

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Amazon Fire tablet dropped to under £40

The 7-inch Amazon Fire Tablet has just been dropped in price to under £40 in the UK. This latest news makes the 7-inch Fire tablet Amazon’s cheapest slate to date. Read the full story on GadgetyNews

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Over half of smartwatches are Apple Watch – but what’s the point?

New data from Juniper Research shows the Apple Watch has claimed 52% of global smartwatch shipments in 2015, despite only launching at the end of April. Its popularity far eclipsed that of rival vendors, with Android Wear shipments comprising less than 10% of sales for the year. The fact that Juniper’s research demonstrates how the […]

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Zeiss range of iPhone Photo Lenses at CES 2016

Love it, hate it, or be purely ambivalent about it, but there is no denying that the iPhone is a popular mobile. This also makes it one of the most popular devices for taking photos on. There are many who would argue that the fruity phone just isn’t up to the task of taking ‘professional’ […]