Top flight Hi-Fi builders, Bang & Olufsen, have this week launched two new sets of headphones to their range, in the form of the B&O Play H6 and H3. The Danish audiophiles have announced the BeoPlay H3 in-earphones and the rather lovely-looking BeoPlay H6 headphones. Bang & Olufsen Play has partnered with fellow Dane, industrial…
Top flight Hi-Fi builders, Bang & Olufsen, have this week launched two new sets of headphones to their range, in the form of the B&O Play H6 and H3. The Danish audiophiles have announced the BeoPlay H3 in-earphones and the rather lovely-looking BeoPlay H6 headphones. Bang & Olufsen Play has partnered with fellow Dane, industrial... [more]
Do you happen to have some old hi-fi speakers in the attic or garage? Have you upgraded from bookshelf to floor-standing units? Well, you could convert those redundant noisemakers into nifty Bluetooth speakers. The London-based Paul Cocksedge Studio is raising funds on Kickstarter to further develop The Vamp. The Vamp is almost a cube (similar... [more]
Not only is overly-loud music escaping from someone’s headphones or earphones annoying, it’s most likely damaging their ears. This we already know. According to the latest report, listening to MP3s on the London Underground can cause as much damage to your hearing as operating a drill on a building site. Noise Awareness Day occurs on... [more]
Sonos has announced the arival of their Playbar today which has been specifically designed to be used with your home theater system. Described by the company as “HiFi meets HiDef” the all-in-one system has nine individually amplified speakers, six mid-woofers, and three tweeters built-in. This should pump out high-quality audio when listening to anything from... [more]
I’ve tested a range of earphones and headphones and, whether they’re a set of Beats by Dre, Bluetooth or wired AKG’s, or Music Fidelity’s EB-50 monitor-grade earphones, they have all been reviewed based on sound quality and comfort – this is the first time I will have had to consider how eco-friendly they are. That’s... [more]
Chord Electronics, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high-performance hi-fi and home cinema products, has just added a fully featured network music player to its Reference line – please welcome the Chord DSX1000. The new DSX1000 is a high-performance digital network streamer which features Chord Electronics’ world-renowned proprietary DAC technology. Perfect for those audiophiles... [more]
