HiFi Gear Blog

Montor Audio iDeck 100 & 200 Overview

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:06:28 +0000

An Overview of Monitor Audio's iDeck 100 & it's "big brother" the iDeck 200 !

Michell Gyrodec SE Overview

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:46:48 +0000

An Overview of the Michell Gyrodec SE Turntable.

Musical Fidelity M1 CLiC Overview

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:39:07 +0000

An Overview of the Musical Fidelity M1 CLiC wireless streaming device.

Musical Fidelity M1 CDT Overview

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:29:38 +0000

Musical Fidelity M1 CDT transport Overview.

Musical Fidelity M1 DAC Overview

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:20:12 +0000

An overview of the Musical Fidelity M1 DAC digital to analogue converter.

Teac A-H380 Amplifier overview

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:04:42 +0000

An overview of the Teac A-H380 amplifier.

TEAC AG-H600DNT & PD-H600 Overview

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:48:01 +0000

An overview of the Teac AG-H600DNT stereo Reciever and the Teac PD-H600 CD player and their features.

Musical Fidelity M3i Overview

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:21:41 +0000

An overview of the Musical Fidelity M3i Integrated amplifier and its key features.

Arcam expands their successful "r" range

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:58:11 +0000

Building on the great success of the "r" range of products Arcampresents their new additions, the drDock & rPac.

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The drDock is an expansion and upto date version of the rDock, but its digital supporting iPad and iPod.The drDock’s talents aren’t just limited to audio.Video outputs are also available in HDMI or composite formats allowing you to playback your favourite films and TV programmes directly to your home TV. The drDock comes with its own IR remote handset but can also be controlled by the Arcam Solo neo music system and many Arcam AV amps via their handsets too.

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The drDock’s USB connection also allows both syncing and charging of your device while connected to a PC or Mac. All this for a very reasonable £199

The rPac is a USB dac, used directly off a laptop, Mac or pc as a single source DAC plus it includes a headphone socket with headphone volume control. It also draws its power off the USB connection so there is no need for an external psu.

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This is a great upgrade for the standard headphone socket on computers for those discerning High end headphone users, plus as its portable it can be used for Laptop or Mac Book anywhere. Again for a reasonable £149 !

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Great additions to the range !

A New Trio of home Cinema Systems By Onkyo

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:26:23 +0000

Onkyo presents it's brand new improved Home cinema systems, the HT-S3505, HT-S4505 and HT-S6505, lets compare the three and see what you get for your money .

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Each system incorporates a 3D compatible AV receiver in silver or black finish and a 5.1 speaker system finished in gloss black. The entry level HT-S3505 costs £299. With 5 x 100W WRAT design amplifier channels, 192kHz 24 bit Burr Brown DACs and 4 x HDMI in's and 1 x HDMI out, there is plenty of connectivity. An overlaid OSD (on screen display) allows easy tweaking of all settings.

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The HT-S4505 costs £499 - additional features over it's smaller brother include a front panel mounted USB port, Audyssey 2EQ room correction, dynamic volume control and an 80W active subwoofer.

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The HT-S6505 costs £649. Additional featurs include a network streaming connection for internet radio, Spotify and music network streaming. InstaPrevue gives you thumbnail visability of all 6 HDMI inputs. A control app for both android and iOs devices is available for complete control of all functions.

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