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Bluesound Multi-Room speakers, streaming and storage devices, offer true Hi-Res, Hi-Fi streaming over your home Wi-Fi network.

Boy, are we excited about this Blog! Bluesound is a brand we're really proud to have under the Audio Affair banner. It's rare in this industry to find a product which offers something truly unique; if you're interested in Hi-Fi quality streaming throughout your home, in any digital format you can think of, then Bluesound is a brand you need to pay close attention to.

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Swedish active speaker experts Audio Pro introduce the Audio Pro C5 & C10, adding multi-room wireless capabilities to their Addon T3 & T5 speakers.

For over three decades, Audio Pro has tirelessly worked at refining and enhancing the capabilities of active loudspeakers; bringing advancements in sound, compactness and home integration.

Taking their award winning T3 & T5 speaker systems as a basis and adding multi-room wireless functionality gives us the Audio Pro C5 & C10

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Swedish Hi-Fi design house Primare introduce a new trio of components featuring Primare Prisma streaming functionality.

Newly released, the I15 and I35 integrated amplifiers are joined by the CD35 CD Player; collectively they represent Primare's new trio of components which feature their proprietary Primare Prisma streaming connectivity solution.

Let's take a look at Prisma's functionality, as well as the exciting new units which take advantage of the powerful functionality Prisma offers....

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The new Sennheiser HDV820 combined headphone amp and DAC consolidates the previous HDVD800 & HDVA600 into one, winning model.

In the world of headphones, Sennheiser stands as a brand which is rather uniquely admired by Audiophiles, Audio Professionals and Fashionistas alike. The company's relentless, Teutonic quest for audio fidelity over more than five decades, has cemented the brand as a powerful player in the world of headphones.

In today's Audio Affair Blog, we look at the Sennheiser HDV820

The range of Linn Music Systems represents Linn's finest Hi-Fi technology wrapped into clean, convenient, no-hassle packages for the modern home.

Linn is a company which has been defining the textbook definition of 'High-End Hi-Fi' for decades; a brand uttered in the same breath as luxury brands such as Porsche and Rolex and possessing similar aspirations of design excellence and 'power brand' status.

Unlike the worlds of luxury cars and wristwatches, however, High-End Hi-Fi often demands the user

Beginners Guide to NAS Storage and Home Networking: Firstly, let’s get to grips with the terms. NAS stands for ‘Network Attached Storage’. This is the term for the drive device that allows you to externally store high-resolution music at a quality that exceeds CDs. You can rip your CD collection onto a NAS drive too so it also a brilliant space-saving solution.

What does a NAS drive offer the audiophile? Standard NAS drives are quite cheaply available but are not specifically targeted at the audiophile

Welcome to how to stream music: a beginner's guide.

Always wanted to explore streaming but don't know where to start? In this blog, we will explore what streaming is, how it can enhance your hi-fi experience and the products the team at Audio Affair recommend to make your streaming system sing.

What is streaming?

A Streamer can be described in complex terms as a network renderer. In simple terms, this basically means the ability to access and play music via a network connection, without the need

Audiolab M-DAC Mini blurs the lines between portable, pocket DACs and bulky, mains powered Hi-Fi DACs, with great performance and convenience.

Audiolab's range of M-DAC stand-alone DAC's has garnered interest, praise and awards from audio journalists and enthusiasts the world over. Launched in 2011, the original M-DAC spawned a family of DAC's including the flagship M-DAC+ and the combined DAC/amplifier M-one

Now, Audiolab adds a powerful pipsqueak to the range, in the form of the M-DAC Mini; a

The Oppo UDP203 BluRay Player offers outstanding 4k video playback and perfect sound at a truly attainable price point.

We're big fans of Oppo here at The Audio Affair Blog; possessing an uncanny knack for bringing outstanding audio and visual performance to a price point one might not think possible. Oppo certainly offers great 'bang for the buck'.

Released at the beginning of this year, the Oppo UDP203 immediately garnered praise and awards from the press, claiming a coveted '5 Star' review

The Anthem MRX-1120 AV Receiver couples true, Audiophile focussed sound quality with 11.2 Surround Sound, and Anthem Room Correction.

There's often an unspoken perception amongst the Audiophile fraternity, that all-in-one AV Receivers can't possibly deliver the kind of sound quality demanded by discerning Hi-Fi enthusiasts. All those cheesy DSP presets, flashing lights and nonsensical acronyms, they're just...well, it's not proper Hi-Fi, is it?

Canadian manufacturer Anthem, sincerely beg to disagree;