WORDS AND MUSIC

[...] , with feet) 29x19x20cm www.focal.com Distributed in the UK by SCV Distribution Written by Andrew Everard [...]

[...] music services have their appeal, but unfortunately it seems they come at a price. Written by Andrew Everard [...]

[...] house really quickly! It’s the best improvement I’ve made to my system in ages. Written by Andrew Everard [...]

[...] … …and the second on modern jazz, from Miles to Yes. Yes, really. Hope you enjoy! Written by Andrew Everard [...]

[...] Swiss Army Knife hi-fi component: hard-disk player, amplifier, network music server/player, Internet radio and more The idea of storing an entire music collection for fingertip selection is an [...]

[...] tracks as enjoyable as I have ever heard them on Spotify. The balance also flatters Internet radio, from Naim favourite Radio Paradise’s hi-res stream to Radio 3 concert relays, and [...]

[...] just on five years ago, Muso has Wi-Fi, UPnP, Bluetooth and AirPlay, compatibility with Internet radio and streaming services, and six Naim-designed speakers onboard, driven by six 75W digital [...]

[...] socket. Using the Audirvana player on my Mac Mini desktop, I was able to play everything from Internet radio and MP3 files all the way up to full-whack 5.8MHz DSDs through the Pro-Ject, running its [...]

[...] research and development by Oppo’s engineers, so the HA-1 is rather more than just a headphone amplifier, and has been built to sit at the heart of a complete system. Headphone amp, preamp and DAC [...]

[...] the imminent arrival of a less expensive pair, the PM-2, at around £700, and a headphone amplifier, the HA-1 – price to be set but expected to be around £1000 or so, and due in a [...]

[...] hi-fi – just what desktop/portable audio should be all about. TEAC HA-P50 DAC/Headphone amplifier | £300 Digital inputs USB-A (iOS compatible), Micro USB (for computers), optical 3. [...]

[...] similar range of input format capability, right up to 24-bit/192kHz PCM on its three coaxial digital inputs and 32-bit/192kHz plus DSD 2.8/58MHz on asynchronous USB. The ST-C700 network music player ( [...]

[...] Internet radio. DAB/DAB+/FM is available as a £295 factory-installed option. There are also digital inputs on optical and coaxial connections (three of each) and a USB input for iOS devices or USB [...]

[...] conversion is handled by the familiar ESS 9018 Sabre DAC, also used in those players. Digital inputs include coaxial, AES/EBU, optical and asynchronous USB, plus an iOS certified USB on the [...]

[...] the 2.8Mhz and 5.6Mhz supported by other DSD DACs, and which the Oppo also handles), and with digital inputs on AES/EBU and optical/coaxial S/PDIF inputs, as well as asynchronous USB. It also has a [...]

[...] driven actively by 450W of digital amplification – and Android app control! This is the Naim Muso: launched today and due on sale in September at £895, it’s a complete all-in-one [...]

[...] mu-so Before we go any further, a note about that name: back in April, the system was the Naim Muso, but somewhere between then and now, it’s lost the upper-case ‘M’ and definite article, and [...]

[...] in a four-pin XLR plug, although the amp also has a conventional 6.35mm socket. More on the headphone amp when I’ve had some time to get hold of one and have a play, but for now some brief [...]

[...] Bells, whistles and solid engineering in this all-in-one headphone amp and DAC, plus a smooth, confident sound to make the most of the superb PM-1 ‘phones Headphone [...]

[...] , midrange driver and bass unit for each channel, with driver powered by its own 75W digital amplifier. Digital signal processing, running on a 32-bit chip capable of 150m calculations per [...]

[...] us a better, more spacious stereo sound’ – and each driver is powered by its own 75W digital amplifier. As standard, the drivers are covered with a black full-width grille with a ‘wave’ [...]

[...] all working, and 100W when just two are running; eight HDMI inputs and two outputs; five digital audio inputs and five more analogue; 4K video upscaling and pass-through for use with the latest ultra- [...]

[...] story, for it also has internet radio and an FM radio tuner built-in and, along with digital audio inputs on both optical and coaxial/electrical connections, has a single set of analogue [...]

[...] amplifier and CD player or network music player, or with a computer fed straight into the digital input of a suitable amp such as the RA-1570, and you’d have the makings of a very fine system. [...]

[...] , currently expected to weigh around 55kg and seen above in late prototype form, will have a digital input from the SU-R1 network audio player, so signal is kept in the digital domain all the way to [...]

[...] London hi-fi specialist exhibits at car launch event, attracts interest for latest audio technology So there I was last night, rubbing shoulders with the great and the good of South-West [...]

[...] company Meridian, the announcement that US company Ayre Acoustics would be providing the audio technology and most recently the internal shuffle involving former CEO John Hamm stepping down and Neil [...]