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  • Naim Audio launches New Classic range

    Create the music system youโ€™ve always wanted with the new Naim Audio Classic range, featuring cutting-edge innovation, sharp styling, and exquisite quality. CES, Las Vegas โ€“ January 4, 2023 โ€“ Naim Audio launched in 1973 with a simple aim: to experience music replayed in its truest and purest possible form. That meant pushing the boundaries…

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  • KEF ANNOUNCES THEIR DEFINITIVE COMPACT WIRELESS HIFI SYSTEM โ€“ THE LSX II

    Marlboro, NJ โ€“ June 9, 2022: Today, KEF is announcing the upcoming launch of the LSX II Wireless HiFi System. Much more than a simple upgrade from the award-winning original, LSX II combines class-leading sound with the all-encompassing W2 wireless platform from the pioneering LS50 Wireless II and LS60 Wireless. Offering high-fidelity sound, numerous connectivity…

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  • “No, I have the best system in the world!” #3: Inside a $50K Audiophile’s Paradise

    My setup has evolved over the last few years into one of the best Iโ€™ve ever heard anywhere, especially for one that hovers around the $50K mark, not an outlandish sum for a high-end setup.

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  • “No, I have the best system in the world!” #2: The Personal Triumph of Audio Perfection

    I know, the best system in the world is in the ear of the beholder. So howโ€™s this: What I have is a system thatโ€™s best-ish, in that it has tamed the upgrade beast in me and made me very happy.

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  • Music streaming โ€” are we at the beginning of the end?

    The shifting of the Earthโ€™s tectonic plates often causes disturbances or, in worse case scenarios, natural disasters like tsunamis or volcanic eruptions. In my first column, I mentioned that the digital world is changing rapidly, well, until now I didnโ€™t know to what extent. Apple Music, Spotify, and Amazon recently announced their commitment to gradually…

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  • Pimping your system (on the cheap)

    Whoever said โ€œthe best things in life are freeโ€ obviously never dabbled in high end audio. Thatโ€™s not to say you canโ€™t improve the sound of the system you already have with some judicious tweaking.

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  • Will you commit to being artist-friendly?

    More than 30 years ago, the tabling of the Brundtland report introduced the concept of sustainable development, of which there are three pillars: economic, social, and environmental. This begat fair trade, at the time considered avant-garde, which instituted a set of policies that spanned the world and forever altered the standards we use to buy…

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  • Audio is Getting Better. Hereโ€™s why.

    A musical recording is designed to do one thing especially well, barring which it fails completely: make people want to hear it. To get there, a lot of work and reflection goes into bringing a music release to fruition: the writing, the musicianship, the beat, the compositions, the words, its tone, its catchiness, the mixing…

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