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NEWS: Boston Voyager speakers brave the British outdoors

Clare Newsome Mon, 6 Aug 2007, 4:38pm

Boston Acoustics has added to its range of outdoor speakers with the new Voyager 5 - a rugged speaker designed to withstand the worst British weather can offer, though not necessarily any ASBO-generating neighbourhood dispute its output may ...

NEWS: NAD's latest tuner is analogue-only

Andrew Everard Fri, 3 Aug 2007, 9:16am

Most of the talk in the world of radio may be about DAB, but NAD is going against the trend with the launch of a new analogue tuner covering the FM/AM bands. The company says the C425, which will sell for around £200, is designed for ...

NEWS: Recycling hi-fi - it's a green thing

Andrew Everard Thu, 2 Aug 2007, 3:40pm

What with the European directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment, otherwise known as WEEE, and the one on the Reduction of Hazardous Substances, the consumer electronics industry has found itself having to take environmental ...

NEWS: Kibri's different angle on speaker design

Andrew Everard Thu, 2 Aug 2007, 3:13pm

It's been a bit of a speakerfest around here recently, what with the new models from Mordaunt-Short and Sonus Faber (below). But none of those designs is as radical as the new Naima, from Danish company Kibri, which uses a conventional ...

NEWS: Sonus Faber's improved Cremonas

Andrew Everard Thu, 2 Aug 2007, 2:27pm

Italian speaker master Sonus Faber has upgraded its Cremona speakers to create the new Cremona M version. Selling for £5394 a pair through UK distributor Absolute Sounds, the new speaker combines the company's usual superb quality of ...

NEWS: Mordaunt-Short upgrades its Avant floorstanders

Andrew Everard Thu, 2 Aug 2007, 12:51pm

Not content with having just launched its Alumni home cinema speaker system (see here), Mordaunt-Short has announced upgraded versions of the largest speakers in its Avant 900 range. The 914i and 916i feature the latest version of the ...

NEWS: At last, an in-car SACD system

Andrew Everard Wed, 1 Aug 2007, 10:51am

Almost five years since it showed a concept system at its DreamWorld showcase in Yokohama, Japan, Sony has launched its first in-car SACD players in the States. One model is a combined DVD-V/SACD machine, and fits in a double-DIN dashboard ...

NEWS: Eton Sound promises better DAB reception

Andy Clough Wed, 1 Aug 2007, 9:55am

The quality of DAB reception has been a long-running matter of debate on our Forums, and now US company Eton Sound says it's addressing the problem with its new 102 DAB/FM clock radio. It features a high-sensitivity digital Phased-Locked ...

NEWS: Advance Acoustic crosses the Channel

Andrew Everard Tue, 31 Jul 2007, 3:47pm

This is where the hi-fi section of this website becomes the 'ee-fee' section, with the arrival of a whole range of products from Toulouse-based Advance Acoustic. The line-up, distributed in the UK for the first time, includes CD ...

NEWS: Pure upgrades its original sub-£100 DAB radio

Andrew Everard Tue, 31 Jul 2007, 12:02pm

Anyone up for a game of 'spot the difference'? This is the new Pure Digital Evoke-1S, the latest version of the model that first broke the £100 price barrier for portable DAB radios. It builds on the success of the Evoke-1XT, which has ...