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NEWS: DVD player and receiver updates - but no HD - from Cambridge Audio

By Clare Newsome | Thu, 21 Jun 2007, 10:36am

Cambridge Audio is to roll out a new range of DVD players and surround sound receivers into Richer Sounds stores, but has no immediate plans for a high-definition disc player. "We're waiting to see whether Blu-ray or HD DVD becomes the ...

NEWS: Cambridge Audio plans upgrades, pre/power and turntable for Azur range

By Clare Newsome | Thu, 21 Jun 2007, 9:03am

[intro] They better start making some extra shelf space at Richer Sounds, because there's a wave of new Cambridge Audio kit on the way, including: Version 2 model of the higher-end Azur 840A amplifier New Azur 840E preamplifier and 840W ...

NEWS: Fancy some folding headphones to match your iPod nano?

By Clare Newsome | Mon, 18 Jun 2007, 4:56pm

First the iMac turned everything turquoise. Then accessories had to be iPod white. Then black. Then gloss black. Now behold the latest example of the Apple effect: iPod nano-matching blue, green and pink headphones from Audio-Technica. ...

NEWS: Splashproof Roberts radio's designed for British summer sounds

By Clare Newsome | Mon, 18 Jun 2007, 12:17pm

Roberts is all ready for the long hot summer we've been promised - though also prepared for the customary British downpour - with its new Poolside 2 splashproof FM/MW radio. The £60 design features a neat swivel handle/hanger, which allows ...