Page 2 - Monthly Archives: March 2015

As with anything and everything in the vast and sprawling hi-fi Kingdom, there comes a time when one will ask... which headphone amplifier should I pair my headphones with? It's a very good question and, as with everything else hi-fi, to a certain extent it does boil down to personal choice. But there are a few key things that should help you along the road to head-fi heaven.

But firstly...

Why Do I Need One?

Need is a strong word - the vast majority of headphones will work with any headphone socket

What do we want? Multiroom! When do we want it? Now! Luckily for us, the folks over at Geneva have been paying attention. And they have responded - with a series of multiroom products that - in true Geneva-style - look completely out of this world. Introducing... the Aerosphere!

That's right, there's a new system in town. And it makes playing music across the multi-verse (well, the multi-room!) an absolute breeze. It comes in the three gorgeous colours you can see above, and in two different sizes:

At Audio Affair we're surrounded by top quality audio equipment, so here's a bit of a photo tour of the kind of things that are available to listen to in the Audio Affair shop and showroom...

Looking for your first proper hi-fi system, want to play some vinyl, but not sure where to start?

Think a seperates system with good quality speakers is too expensive? Think again!

Package Includes:

- One pair of Tannoy DC4T Floorstanding Speakers

- One Tibo AMP410 Integrated Amplifier

- One ProJect Essential Turntable

- One ProJect Phono Box E

- One set QED RCA Interconnects

- 2 x 3 Metre Lengths of QED 72 Strand Speaker Cable

Retail price over £1100 // Our price £599

Everything you need to get

Looking for your first proper hi-fi system but not sure where to start?

Think a seperates system with good quality speakers is too expensive? Think again!

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Package Includes:

- One pair of Tannoy DC4T Floorstanding Speakers

- One Tibo AMP410 Integrated Amplifier

- 2 x 3 Metre Lengths of QED 72 Strand Speaker Cable

Retail price over £799 // Our price £299

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If you're just starting out in the

The Tannoy Revoltion DC4T offers excellent sound, fantastic build quality and a price that can't be beaten.

It's a compact floor-standing speaker, built to the highest standards by Tannoy. Not only that, but we've got an incredible deal Audio Affair Exclusive and are able to offer these £649 speakers at the price of £199.

The speakers come with magnetic removable grilles, which means there's no unsightly brackets popping out of the speaker itself... The grilles effortlessly find their place and

Partington Partington Partington! We can't get enough of these marvelous speaker stands. There's nothing quite as satisfying as a hi-fi brand which has one keen focus - and one acute speciality, and you don't get many quite as keen and focused as they. They were initially forged in Britain, and that is where they remain to this very day. It all began with the Partington's Family Business of playground equipment, and a chance encounter with a hi-fi guy who just happened to have the right connections

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? (3.3.15)

One of the best things about working for this company is having lots of cool hi-fi gear to play with - and it changes all the time! So we thought we'd do the occasional run down of the type of things we have ready for us (and the public, of course!) to play with on the shop floor. The picture

You would think it's a question that your average audiophile would know the answer to - but you'd be surprised at how often that question arises on the day-t0-day, even with our most regular of regular customers. What the bloody hell is a DAC? Frankly, if you're not already a streaming aficionado, or know a great deal about digital music, you probably hadn't given much thought to the matter. But despite DACs being present ever since the digital revolution began - and was intrinsic to its longevity.

We've already talked - at great length - about the science and reasoning behind speakers stands and speaker stand spikes ('support solutions' in their own words) and how they offer benefits in stability, purging and isolation. So we shan't go on too much about that. Instead, we're going to introduce you to one of the leading names in the spikes business: Track Audio.

Track Audio are a UK-based company and the purveyors precision-made and gloriously crafted speaker stands, isolation feet,