Tag Archives: High-end audio

Plinius Tiki Network Audio Player Review in the abso!ute sound

Plinius Tiki network audio player

The Tiki network audio player from Plinius Audio has just been reviewed in the Abso!ute sound.

Check out the review here.

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Building an Audio System: Incremental Improvement

The aim of building an audio system should be to get the best sound possible within the prevailing budget and space constraints.  The notion of ‘best sound’ is, of course, a subjective and personal one.  However there are two references that you should use to guide your quest for better quality sound:

  • The sound of live music, particularly live, acoustic music performed in a space with good acoustics. 
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Music Lime

Here are some pictures from the Music Lime hosted by Serious Music on Saturday evening,  2013-10-05.

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The Music Lime is an informal gathering of music lovers and audiophiles where we get together to listen to each other’s music.  We also chat about audio, music and our experiences and just enjoy the lime. … Read the full post

Lyngdorf TDAI-2170 Integrated Amplifier Released

Lyngdorf Audio TDAI-2170

Lyngdorf Audio has released their new TDAI-2170 integrated amplifier and CEDIA Expo 2013.

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DALI Kubik Free Now Shipping

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DALI has announced that the new Kubik Free powered speaker is now shipping.

The Kubik Free is DALI’s first powered speaker with four 25 Watt Read the full post

NuForce Sound Quality Listening Guide

The NuForce Sound Quality Listening Guide provides a collection of  audio tracks selected to highlight different aspects of high quality audio reproduction.

The guide includes an album, NuForce Audio Concepts Demo, which can be downloaded from the Web page.  Its 16 audio tracks use a range of instruments such as drums, flute, cello and bass to present such concepts as dynamics, tonality and spaciousness. … Read the full post

The Room! A First Look at Room Acoustics.

Where we listen to our music has a great effect on the quality of the sound we hear.  However as we refine our audio systems we tend to forget our listening room.  Acoustics is a complex subject and I’m not planning to make an acoustician of you.  However I do hope in this post and others to help you understand some of the issues and guide how you might want to set up your listening room.… Read the full post

Dirac releases new version of acclaimed room correction software

Uppsala, Sweden – September 10, 2013  Swedish audio research firm Dirac Research, today announced a new version of their acclaimed room correction software product, Dirac Live Room Correction Suite.

The new Stereo Version is based on the same state-of-art technology as the original Full Version, with the main difference that it supports only two-channel playback.… Read the full post

CEA and Sony Promote High Resolution Audio

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and Sony Electronics have both recently announced their support for and promotion of high resolution audio.

The CEA announcement of 2013-09-03 cited the benefits of high resolution audio.  CEA research indicated that 9/10 consumers say that sound quality is important to them and 39% say that they are prepared to pay more for higher quality audio electronics.… Read the full post

High Resolution Symposium – München 2012

These YouTube videos from the High Resolution Symposium – München 2012 present discussions on high resolution Read the full post