Monthly Archives: March 2015

Ah April, the weather is getting warmer, the days are longer, the sun is starting to show it's face and the birds are making music.

This April our theme for the month is Vinyl & Turntables, and we'll be blogging, instagramming, tagging, liking and posting all about the wonderful world of shellac and styluses.

Not only that, but it's also Record Store Day on April 28th and we'll be having some awesome things to say about the vinyl we love as we get closer to the day.

Our April 'Product Of The Month'

Hey... you! Yes, you. Got a pair of bookshelf speakers? Great. Let's sort you out with some stands too. They're more than just a pretty way of displaying your new pride and joys - so much more!

You'd be surprised how often speaker stands are overlooked. We're not, mind you. With all the flashy excitement of the bits that you plug in and 'play' with, something as stationary as the furniture can easily fall by the wayside. But it shouldn't! Not only do speaker stands look nice and give your pride-and-joys

Why indeed? Everything can be bought safely online these days, right? Why leave the comfort of your home (and your hi-fi) behind when you can have it delivered at the click of a button? Yeah, you can totally do that now. But we've said it before and we'll say it again, vinyl is about so much more than just the music. It's about the experience. And hauling your arse to a record store is a really important slice of that experience.

Let's remind you why...

Having a good flip through...

This... feels...

Spring is here (well, it's thinking about it!) and that means that the season for glorious, fresh and inspiring new pieces is officially open! Now while we all agree that the sound is most certainly the most important bit where hi-fi is concerned, one must never underestimate the importance of having something that not only sounds the part - but looks it as well. And that's why we get almost as excited about a secy new edition of one of our favourite products as we did at the initial release!

At Audio Affair, we keep a lot of our equipment on display, and it regularly changes.

Here's what you'll find in the Audio Affair Store right now. Click the item to find out more.

What's in the store? (23.3.15)

Speakers:

ATC SCM11 Speakers
Wharfedale Diamond 10.1 Bookshelf Speakers (Black)
Q Acoustics Q2020 Speakers (Black)

Speaker Stands:

Partington Broadside Speaker Stands (Black)
Partington Dreanaught Speaker Stands (Silver)
Atacama Moseco 6 Speaker Stands (White)

Hi Fi Rack:

Atacama Evoque Eco

As a fan of the ol' hi-fi, you're probably no stranger to the occasional jaw-droppingly steep price tag. And it would seem that speakers are always the products that fetch the highest prices. There are several manufacturers who bost the 'most expensive loudspeakers in the world, but at a sharp £190,000 per pair estimated price, these deliciously bespoke and made to order horn speakers must be among the highest of the high. These are the Living Voice Vox Olympians.

But what makes that mad yet oddly

Even the most wet-behind-the-ears music lover can tell you: headphones plugged directly into a smart phone or portable music player simply won't cut the mustard in the sound department. And now the technology exists which means no one should ever have to do that again! The time has never been better for hi-fi lovers to grab their cans off their stand, and put them through their paces in the real world. The same rules apply in the portable-amp realm as they do in the stationary, the higher end the

There's something undeniably beautiful and alluring about a valve amplifier. Be that a valve pre, power, integrated or head, there's no mistaking that warm, lush sound accompanied by the warm, lush glow of the valves. We've been having a bit of a headphone-amp season here at AA HQ, the release of some incredible portable amps (and some separates, of course) has really piqued our interest in this - the most audiophile-esque of pursuits. And now we have something on offer that could potentially give

We love high end headphones, and at £349 the latest PM3 from Oppo are right up our street. With sturdy build and quality materials, the PM3 are impressive before you've even plugged them in. The ear pads offer effective isolation from the outside world, and the 3.5mm jack to jack cable is replaceable should you snag it on the tube in the morning...!

View on our website here: https://bit.ly/OppoPM3

Reproducing studio quality sound with sweet upper tones and deep bass, the Oppo PM-3 is a revolutionary