Although streaming has become popular and is the dominant way to consume music, many people – after radio – swear by vinyl records. There are many reasons for this, such as the warm sound, album covers that border on art (and sometimes are art), and all the information you find on an album. That’s why …
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 …
A construction as simple as a turntable does not have to cost a fortune. Place a motor and a turntable in a simple cabinet – it does not have to be more advanced than fiberboard – put on an arm with low friction and mount a pickup. Done! It’s not going to play very well, …
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 …
Small table radios are nice to have in the kitchen or bedside table, but in the living room you need something that gives you richer and better sound. Like the stylish and retro-inspired music system from Tivoli Audio. A system we have actually reviewed before, but now the second generation of Music System Home is …
The well-known Tivoli radio has turned digital a long time ago. For better or worse, but mostly for the better. At least now when the beginner’s flaws are gone, and the radio has been given more functions. Because with AirPlay 2 and Chromecast built-in, the Tivoli Model One Digital is in the 2nd generation, with …
It is simple, relatively inexpensive, and easy to find space for. If you also have a really good digital converter, built-in or separate, just brush the dust off the CD collection. For the Pro-Ject CD Box RS2 T, most likely sounds much better than your old CD player. That is, CD Box RS2 T is …
If you asked me which integrated amplifier is the best, it would be a difficult question to answer indeed. But the Naim Uniti Atom is certainly high on the list at its price range. At least if would like streaming and and a small footprint to go with it – it really is unique. Good …
French Devialet makes amplifiers and speakers like no other. Particularly special are probably the Phantom wireless high-end speakers, which in addition to brutal power from extremely little cabinet also has deeper bass than was thought possible! This is due to a lot of amplifier power and very large woofers (2 x 7 inches) in relation …
In the search for the best music experiences, it is easy to think that you have to choose a huge and heavy beast of an amplifier, that will almost blow the fuses when you turn it on. An amplifier that rattles the speakers and knocks the music out of them. Small, neat amplifiers with streaming …
I15 Prisma is Primare’s most affordable power amplifier. It has a small and practical footprint, but still oozes quality with a metal cabinet and a front in anodised aluminium. Where the big brothers are built around the Swedish manufacturer’s own Class D amplifier technology, called UFDP 2, the choice in I15 has is built over …
What are the characteristics of a good amplifier? First and foremost, it must sound good. As a rule, it means for the manufacturer to pick as expensive parts as the budget allows. Work diligently with circuit design, to thin out every little detail of the music signal. This also applies to Danish Lyngdorf. But here, …
With the Evo 150, English Cambridge Audio will take everything in one to a new level. The look is wonderfully modernist, with a large graphics screen. The box comes with two pairs of magnetic side panels. One wave pattern black in recycled richlite, and one in walnut. The latter draws inspiration from Cambridge Audio’s very …
They say that it is actually a Bluetooth speaker with a built-in radio, and Pinell is right about that. But it is also possible to call it a travel radio. Of the handy kind. Because with a battery life of 15 hours, Pinell North can easily be part of the journey. Whether it’s just out …
It’s tempting to call Michi a new, high-end sub-brand of Japanese Rotel, although the name first appeared in some high-end products in 1991. In 2019, the Michi name was revived, with the amplifier set P5 and M8, and also stereo power amplifier S5. And now with a couple of new integrated amplifiers, you can finally …