A bumper year for singles
Downloads drive singles sales growth
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MP3? Make mine a 24/96 download
HDTracks offers high-resolution downloads as well as CD quality albums
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Beating about the Bush
By the end of the 1960s, vinyl sales worldwide had surpassed all expectations. Public libraries that included a vinyl department reported a dramatic rise in record loans, while the explosion in the pop music business fuelled sales of 45rpm singles. Music giant...
Christmas? Got it taped…
Another perfect gift for the audiophile who has almost everything
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For their ears only? Denon's high-end SACD/amp combo, Part 2
Denon have gone to great lengths to get the most from digital replay in the DCD-SX
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For their ears only? Denon's high-end SACD/amp combo, Part 1
Denon's PMA-SX 50 watt integrated costs a cool £5,000 in Japan
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Retro hi-fi
Jon Marks continues his exploration of classic Japanese hi-fi in the latest issue of Hi-Fi Choice with a look back at early Pioneer CD players. And with nostalgia being increasingly popular in a time of downloads and iPods, our next blog entry promises a...
And now for something completely different...
For the audiophile who has almost everything
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Climbing the mountain - JBL’s £45,000 flagship Everest DD66000 loudspeaker
Tracing its roots back to 1985 and the original Everest DD55000, the
new DD66000 is the latest state-of-the-art design by JBL’s Chief
Engineer, Greg Timbers.
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PURE sells three million DAB radios worldwide!
DAB radio specialist, PURE, has today announced sales of 3,000,000 radios worldwide. It took the UK-based company six years to hit the 1m mark, but only a further three years to triple the figure to 3m. Employing British expertise and engineering, the company...
Rotel's Digital Gateway - RDG-1520 streaming tuner and RCX-1500 100watt streaming receiver
Rotel's two latest components to join the 15 Series line-up are the RDG-1520 digital Internet tuner and RCX-1500 streaming media/CD/FM stereo receiver. According to Rotel, the RDG prefix stands for Rotel Digital Gateway, which is perhaps apt given that the...
Gotta lotta bottle - Trends Audio hybrid line and headphone amp
Hong Kong firm Trends Audio have added a new hybrid headphone and line amp, the PA-10. Depending on your taste in sources and valves, the class A PA-10 is available in a number of different flavours: with or without a dedicated iPod or iPhone analogue input...


