Andrew Everard's blog

Best of the Week - 28/09/07

By Andrew Everard | Fri, 28 Sep 2007, 2:52pm

Awards frenzy is upon us, with the special issue going to press early next week, and on sale on October 18th. And planning is well underway for for the London WHFSV show - you can book tickets here. After all, it's only five weeks away - and ...

WIN Chord Company Chorus 2 interconnects worth £250

By Andrew Everard | Fri, 28 Sep 2007, 12:41pm

After ten years as one of the most acclaimed interconnect cables in the business, The Chord Company’s Chorus has been upgraded. The new Chorus 2 draws on a decade of research into shielding techniques, and gives significant improvements in ...

NEWS: Ixos adds Studio HDMI range

By Andrew Everard | Thu, 27 Sep 2007, 12:43pm

New from Ixos is an affordable range of HDMI cables, designed to slot in below the company's Overture and XEN ranges. The new Studio XHT288 range comes in lengths from one to five metres, meets the latest HDMI 1.3 1080p specification, and ...

NEWS: BBC HD moves closer to a 'real service'

By Andrew Everard | Tue, 25 Sep 2007, 4:48pm

The BBC HD service, currently running as a trial, has taken a step closer to becoming a 'real' TV service. The BBC Trust has announced that its is giving provisional backing to the service, subject to the results of a public ...

NEWS: Denon's new iPod dock adds wi-fi streaming

By Andrew Everard | Mon, 24 Sep 2007, 4:14pm

This is the £160 ASD-3W, one of two new iPod docks from Denon. And as well as offering complete compatibility with the company's latest 08 series components and universal appeal via a supplied remote control, the new unit also has onboard ...

The Best of the Week - 21/09/07

By Andrew Everard | Fri, 21 Sep 2007, 12:48pm

Think we're just about there: the final decisions are being made about our 2007 Award-winners, and we're underway with the writing of the Awards issue, which is on sale on October 18th. Now all we've got to do is finalise planning ...

November issue on sale September 20th

By Andrew Everard | Wed, 19 Sep 2007, 2:14pm

Well, it must be Autumn now - we're just four weeks away from the publication of our annual Awards special, the invitations to Christmas product preview events are beginning to dry up and we're only six weeks away from the What Hi-Fi? ...

NEWS: Marantz launches £270 stereo amplifier

By Andrew Everard | Fri, 14 Sep 2007, 3:31pm

This is the new Marantz PM6002, a £270 remote-controlled 60W per channel amp designed as the perfect partner for the CD6002 CD player, the winner of a group test in the October issue of WHFSV. On sale this month, the amp comes in black or ...

The Best of the Week - 14/09/07

By Andrew Everard | Fri, 14 Sep 2007, 3:14pm

The serious task of making those final Awards decisions is underway over in the What HiFi? Sound and Vision office today - well, at least we think that's what the mass exodus to the local boozer was all about! - and with the early copies of ...

NEWS: Alba's Quick2View budget Freeview box

By Andrew Everard | Thu, 13 Sep 2007, 5:16pm

No, you don't get a gentleman's gentleman to install it for you, but everything else about Alba's Quick2View STB8 Freeview box has been designed to make it simple to install and use - just the thing for all those homes facing ...