Blogs
Hands-on with QNAP's new QTS 4.0 NAS operating system
QNAP's QTS 4.0 operating system, standard with its new models, is designed to make NAS set-up simple. Does it? It's now nine months or so since I installed my 'new' music storage solution, in the form of a QNAP TS-412 four-bay Network ...
Why the Panasonic push for profitability will mean sayonara Sanyo
Well, the best you can say is 'It seemed like a good idea at the time': the news from Japan is that what was once one of the country's best-known names in consumer electronics, Sanyo, is set to disappear as parent company Panasonic restructures ...
Forget MP3, and let's move on
Storage is getting cheaper, and broadband faster – we really don't need the horrors of compressed music any more Well, he would say that, wouldn’t he? The news that Linn MD Gilad Tiefenbrun (above) has suggested MP3 music files are living on ...
M2Tech HiFace DAC hands-on review
The M2Tech HiFace DAC is a little USB stick, is bright orange, sells for just €220, and yet is capable of handling the highest of hi-res music files you can buy. This I had to try…The booming DAC market shows no sign of slowing: just as CD player ...
Munich High End Show 2013: more horns, mega-amplifiers and stacks of streaming
The dust has settled after the annual High End Show, organised in Munich by Germany's High End Society – and while the weather was ropey, at least making it cooler in the glass-roofed halls, and it felt less crammed than in past years (even ...
'Then, just to prove the point, he throws the board on the floor…'
Spent an hour or so with Sony's Eric Kingdon here at the High End Show, while he took me through the design of the new Sony STR-DN1040 receiver, on sale from next month.We've already reported on the two new models coming from Sony, but a chat ...
The Week in HD - Tuesday 7th May
Hello everyone, and welcome to The Week in HD – our guide to all the must-see high-definition TV shows, films, sports and Blu-ray releases to grace your screens over the next seven days. You can also get daily updates on what's on by ...
Why 4K isn't going to solve the big TV companies' problems
So, 3D's done and dusted, right? No-one really wanted it much, no-one uses it much, Sky's even stopped making it a premium product and is now bundling it with its HD offering.Smart TV? Hmmm… Been there, done that: now just about every TV you buy ...
Behind the scenes at the home of Linn
Linn is one of the stalwarts of the British hi-fi industry. Taking its name from a local park (the second biggest in Glasgow) Linn was founded in the early ’70s and started off with just one product – the legendary LP12 ...
Daft Punk will be playing at your house
Daft Punk – Random Access Memories reviewDaft Punk makes the sun come out. I know this to be true. A trip to Sony Music yesterday for a listen to the new Daft Punk album, Random Access Memories (possibly the most hotly anticipated album ...




