Cabasse Stream Amp came out a few years ago, but we haven’t gotten around to testing it until now. And since it’s still current, it now has to try its hand against a pretty tight field. The Stream Amp doesn’t have Chromecast or AirPlay, but is locked to Cabasse’s own Stream app. The latter supports …
Sonos Amp can turn a pair of old-fashioned speakers into full-fledged Sonos multi-room speakers. As well as the Sonos interface, which lets you stream all your music dreams via the Sonos app, the Amp also has HDMI input and, if you buy an adapter, optical digital input too. If you want, Amp can drive the …
The smallest amp in the test is from NAD and is called Amp1. That doesn’t mean it is less capable. With Chromecast streaming over Wi-Fi, it supports the vast majority of music services, and they’re controlled in the usual way from their native apps. Connecting the amp to the network is super easy: just open …
The Citation family from Harman Kardon consists mainly of wireless speakers and soundbars with built-in streaming, but the Citation Amp is an amplifier designed to drive a set of traditional speakers. That means you can blow the dust off your old favourite speakers and include them in the modern home. Many people think it’s difficult …
You tend to forget that the convenience of streaming music directly from your phone doesn’t have to come at the expense of sound quality. There is no need to settle for a small all-in-one speaker in the living room. Instead, you can put it in another room and dedicate your favourite seating area to a …
Citation is the name of Harman Kardon’s family of speakers and amplifiers with built-in music streaming. But where other multi-room manufacturers like Sonos and Bluesound use their own locked technology, Harman Kardon uses standardized streaming technologies like Google Home and Apple AirPlay 2. This allows you to connect Citation products with other streaming products using …
Vinyl is romantic and the CD medium still provids good sound. But streaming is just convenient. For most people, the Internet’s endless variety of streaming has replaced – or at least supplemented – the physical audio media. Argon Audio Solo is a streaming receiver that can be used as a wireless, digital upgrade for your …
Bluesound is a sister company to NAD, and their streaming receiver, Bluesound Node, has just come out in a new edition. It is the fourth incarnation, but since Bluesound has stopped numbering the generations, it has been given the prosaic surname N130. Like its predecessor – and like the Bluesound Powernode – the new Node …
An amplifier does not have to be huge to sound good. As we saw when we tested networked stereo amplifiers two years ago. Now Bluesound Powernode, which participated at the time, has come in a new and revised edition. Since Bluesound has meanwhile stopped naming each model generation, it has been given the anonymous surname …
Most amplifiers that we encounter are of the integrated type, ie where everything is gathered in one unit. But there are still some who swear by having a pure preamplifier. Either because they have special requirements for the power amplifier, or because it has to be combined with active speakers. The NAD C658 is a …
With Scottish Linn, you do nothing halfway. Their motto has always been that the music should be released from all influence, and hit the ear in its original form, just as it is on the recording. This philosophy culminates in the best and most expensive Klimax series, which is among the best products that can …
If you want the best possible hi-fi sound from as few components as possible, Teac has a very interesting solution, in the form of the compact network player NT-505. With Teac NT-505 you get all the audio sources you can dream of in one and the same box. Here you get digital conversion of almost …
Sometimes it’s nice to have moderate expectations. Like when you visit a new restaurant for the first time. Or travel to a place you have never been before. Everything is new and exciting, and it is easy to be pleasantly surprised. That’s about how it was with Technics SL-G700 CD player. Which, let me be …