Category: Audio & Video

All your analog, digital and wireless audio through a single pre-amp 13 inputs and outputs including streaming from aptX HD £499 (about $685 / AU$985) Pro-Ject – maker of some of the best turntables available – has announced a new compact stereo pre-amp that’s designed to make today’s hi-fi systems simpler. The Pre Box S3…

Read More “Turntable legend Pro-Ject has a weird but wonderful new hi-fi box – it’s a phono stage, streaming hub, DAC, TV HDMI connector, and headphone amp all in one” »

Klipsch Flexus Core 100: review If you’re short on space, but still want to experience the wonders of Dolby Atmos, then the Klipsch Flexus Core 100 could be the soundbar for you. This 2. 1-channel model aims to supply “immersive, spatial sound” in a single, compact bar, using virtualized Atmos…. Check out the original article:…

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With the Sound range, it’s safe to say WiiM has entered the wireless speaker market swinging. Not only has it released the more audiophile-baiting WiiM Sound, but it simultaneously released a cheaper version, the WiiM Sound Lite. Given both are multi-room speakers with an unabashedly mid-market price, it’s pretty clear it’s gunning for Sonos with…

Read More “WiiM Sound Lite vs Sonos Era 100: I let these Wi-Fi speakers slug it out, and the showdown was far closer than I ever would have imagined” »

We’ve been fans of JLab’s original JBuds Mini since their launch – the teeny tiny buds featured high in our list of the best budget earbuds for quite a while. Now the company has announced the new version, the JLab JBuds Mini ANC, and after testing them, I think they might be the cheap earbuds…

Read More “I tried the ‘world’s smallest’ noise-cancelling earbuds — and the size isn’t even the most mind-blowing thing about them” »

The Audeze LCD-5s have a new planar magnetic driver for “palpably physical” bass response Redesigned for improved comfort and audio seal Priced at $4,500 (about £3,333 / AU$6,570) Audeze has upgraded its highly acclaimed flagship planar headphones, the LCD-5: the new LCD-5s headphones come with a new driver design for even more powerful bass and…

Read More “Audeze is upgrading its legendary LCD headphones range with its new SLAM tech for silky bass — these promise ‘mastering-grade precision’, with a price to match” »