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Onkyo And Pioneer Support Deezer Hifi

Onkyo and Pioneer have confirmed that they will be releasing a free firmware updates throughout the month of August to add Deezer support to a large number of their AV receivers and networked audio devices. Deezer is one of the most popular subscription-based, streaming music services, with access to a library of more than 53 […]

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AURALiC And Qobuz Offer

Auralic got in touch to tell us about their Summer promotion. Buy the Altair Streaming DAC between now and September the 30th and receive six months Qobuz free of charge.

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ExaSound Announce PlayPoint DM Music Server And DAC

ExaSound Audio Design has announced their PlayPoint DM next-generation flagship music server and DAC. Combining a reference-grade 32-bit digital-to-analogue converter, balanced headphone amplifier and Roon-enabled music server in one component, the PlayPoint DM unites, say exaSound, “simplicity with sonic perfection”.

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Naim’s Three New Network Players

Naim has revealed details of its new ND 555 (£12,999) Network Player alongside the new NDX 2 (£4999) and a ND 5 XS 2 (£1999). So why a new 500 Series product now? The answer is quite simple; until now Naim hasn’t considered the performance of its Network Players to reach that of the CD555 CD […]

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Roon Launch Nucleus And Nucleus+ Servers

Since its introduction in 2015, Roon has, they say, ‘transformed the experience of browsing music’. Artist photos, credits, bios, reviews, lyrics, tour dates and composers are located automatically within the software and then interconnected by links to build a searchable digital magazine for your music collection. Roon finds all the same links between your personal […]

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DigiBit Introduces Aria Piccolo+ Music Server

DigiBit has introduced the aria piccolo+, the third generation of their aria piccolo+ music server series. Digibit launched the first generation of aria piccolo in 2015, they say the new version is ‘very much enhanced’.

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REVIEW – Auralic Polaris All in One Streaming Amplifier

Based around Auralic’s Lightning DS Streaming Platform, which is one of the most intuitive and responsive software systems around for devices of this type, Polaris incorporates a wired/wireless streamer, a music server – via additional HDD/SSD, a DAC, a moving magnet phonostage, a preamplifier and a stereo power amplifier. Dan Worth tries out this £2875 […]

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Auralic Polaris – All in One Streaming Amplifier

Based around Auralic’s Lightning DS Streaming Platform, which is one of the most intuitive and responsive software systems around for devices of this type, Polaris incorporates a wired/wireless streamer, a music server – via additional HDD/SSD, a DAC, a moving magnet phonostage, a preamplifier and a stereo power amplifier. Dan Worth tries out this £2875 […]

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MQA And Partners At CES 2018

The MQA team will be based in the Hi-Res Audio Pavilion, located in the largest and busiest area of the convention centre (Central Hall #14735).

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Voxtok And Elipson Bring Vinyl To Your TV

Vinyl on your TV, sounds a bit strange? Read on….Voxtok, which recently joined the Netgem Group as its dedicated Sound Division for innovative musical entertainment in TV and audio sectors, and Elipson, a French manufacturer of high-end audio solutions, are collaborating to provide an “enhanced and enriched vinyl record listening experience”.