Editorial January 2025
January 2025 Another year and some more life experience under the belt! 2024 was a rough year for many but the less said about that the better. Hi-Fi is alive and well and streaming and [...]
Editorial December 2024
December 2024 I delayed my editorial this month deliberately to gather some information on a system that I was invited to listen to. I can safely and honestly say that I have never heard anything [...]
Editorial November 2024
November 2024 Did I mention time flies when you are having fun? Wow - have the last 6 weeks flashed past or what? It's been like a slow motion train wreck but at speed and [...]
Editorial October 2024
October 2024 Part of this learning journey is learning new things. Learning from a master about how little you know about a subject that you count yourself lucky to be immersed in not once, but [...]
SONOS ARC Soundbar
VITAL STATS Connectivity WiFi (2.4 HHz), 10/100 Ethernet Features 11 Class D amps, 8 Full range woofers, 3 silk dome tweeters Trueplay via iOS only, Speech enhancement, Night sound Dimensions (HxWxD) 8.7 x 114.2 [...]
T+A HA 200 Headphone Amp and Solitaire P Headphones
VITAL STATS - HEADPHONE AMP Model HA 200 Class A Operation Up to 700 mA Frequency Response 0.1 Hz to 200 kHz Signal to Noise Ratio >110/114 dB Channel Separation >108 dB Analogue Inputs High [...]
Editorial August 2024
August 2024 The speed of life is simply staggering innit? Real life work balanced with AV News "work" is challenging but at the same time being busy places demands on music availability (I listen to [...]
Editorial June 2024
June 2024 I'm not even going to mention builders. Or the fact that I missed May. It's just been stupid busy. Spending time in front of an R3M sound system has been the highlight - [...]
Editorial April 2024
April 2024 The Great Construction continues. Slowly. What started off as a two week 'just tile the damned room and paint it' has revealed several, ahem, challenges. OK they're not challenges. They're bloody expensive problems [...]
Editorial March 2024
March 2024 It's been a long term dream of mine and it's finally beginning. Whether it takes a year or three remains to be seen but the Great Construction Project of 2024 has commenced - [...]
NAD C658 BluOS Streaming DAC
VITAL STATS Model C 658 Formats supported MP3, AAC, WMA, OGG, WMA-L, ALAC, OPUS High Res MQA, FLAC, WAV, AIFF, Supports converted DSD playback Sampling rates & bit depth 32bit/192kHz; 16-24bit Frequency Response 20H z [...]
Editorial February 2024
February 2024 2024 has leapt off with a massive bang and not on the AV side I am afraid. "Real Life" has kept me away from my toys far more than I would have liked [...]