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The Devialet Phantom, a bold vision of the future?

It's rare to come across truly revolutionary designs in the world of audio. When a new approach to hi-fi comes along, such as the Devialet Phantom, it pays to take a closer look. For this Blog review, we'll be taking a look at the 'entry level', 750w Devialet Phantom. Make no mistake though, with a price tag of £1390 there's nothing remotely entry level about the quality and design of this wireless speaker. Sitting above it in the Phantom range are

Ruark prove small is beautiful with the MR1 Mk2 Active Speakers

Whilst we may all dream of and idolize full-size 'big-box' Hi-Fi, domestic realities can often demand something rather more modest. Thankfully, small size doesn't have to mean small on features or small on sound quality, as Ruark prove with the Ruark MR1 Mk2 Active Speakers.

Smaller in size than a traditional 'bookshelf' speaker - Ruark refer to the MR1 Mk2 Speakers as Desktop Speakers. Available in what Ruark refer to as soft grey

Core Blimey - Have naim produced the ultimate music server?

For most hi-fi listeners, digital audio will form the backbone of their home hi-fi setup. No longer is the Compact Disc the sole digital source for home listening; many listeners wish to integrate internet streaming, internet radio, Bluetooth devices, and digital files alongside traditional physical media.

Naim’s ‘uniti’ series of products, follow naim’s mantra of “Simpler hi-fi sounds better”. Effectively a 21^st century answer to the

The importance of high quality Digital to Analogue conversion cannot be stated enough. Take a look in any professional recording studio, and you’ll see a rack of D/A converters worth the same as a terrace house. It doesn’t matter whether your digital source begins as a 24 bit 192khZ PCM file, an MP3 or even a good old Compact Disc - at some point down the line those ones and zeros have to be converted to an analogue waveform. The ability of your DAC to do this successfully - and musically, is a defining

Heading to the Bristol Sound And Vision Hi-Fi show of 2017 was an exciting prospect knowing I would be able to see some of the latest and greatest of the hi-fi in the world and I was not left disappointed. Busier than last year and with a slew of new two channel products, it was an enjoyable way to spend a day and an exciting snippet of the products to come over 2017, many of which we've started to add into our new hi-fi section.

As always, the show organisers had gone the extra mile and this showed

One of the most hotly anticipated new AV products of 2016 is here. In fact, it landed just a few weeks before the year ended, so for all intents and purposes it's a brand new gift for the new year, and a true first for this particular brand.

Introducing our January 2017 Product of the Month:

The Oppo UDP-203 UHD 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray Player is the very first 4k Ultra HD disc player from AV maestros Oppo, and it has come at just the right time following the discontinuation of the (now much lamented)

We increasingly carry music around with us. Music follows us wherever we go and wherever it doesn't follow it's increasingly easy for us to bring it along. Although, saying that, the vast majority of music is still consumed whilst sat at a desk, working. I know that's typically the case here at Audio Affair HQ! There are problems inherent with listening in the office, mind you. Unless you're happy to have a full hi-fi separates system (or a very effective and expensive one-box solution) in your office

The update to Oppo's beautifully designed and hugely popular (not to mention successful) original Oppo portable headphone ampliifer has arrived, and it's come with a handful of new features which really set it apart from the original, in a very good way.

Introducing...

The Oppo HA 2SE Headphone Amplifier, a portable headphone amplifier and High-resolution USB DAC for Apple/Android/PC/Mac. It sits above the acclaimed Oppo HA 2 as an upgraded version of the model. It is only the second of the