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Focal Clear headphones add an exciting new "mid-level" addition to Focal's range of high-end headphones, sitting between the Elear and Utopia.

French manufacturer Focal is a celebrated manufacturer of high quality, high-end loudspeakers and headphones. Offering professional studio monitors for the recording industry, high-end car audio, and Audiophile Hi-Fi loudspeakers & headphones; Focal offer a high-end audio solution for most situations.

Now, Focal offer the latest addition to their high-end

Sennheiser HD660s headphones bring a highly anticipated update to Sennheiser's famous HD650 line of open-back reference headphones.

Away from the limelight of the flagship "Orpheus", and the astonishing HD800, the Sennheiser HD650 range has been the "workhorse" reference headphone line for almost 15 years; itself an evolution of the trailblazing HD580 and HD600 headphones.

Finally, the long anticipated HD660s headphones are about to land; let's take a look at the headlines...

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Tannoy Super Tweeters reviewed and tested; are Super Tweeters a valuable addition to your high-end system, or are they overhyped "snake oil"?

Ensconced within the welcoming walls of Audio Affair's dedicated listening room, the opportunity presented itself to try a back to back comparison of Tannoy's excellent Arden Legacy speakers (read the review here) with Tannoy's aesthetically arresting Super Tweeters.

With a measured sense of scepticism and trepidation, I hooked up the Super Tweeters and

The remarkable Devialet Phantom loudspeaker, reviewed: Pitting the popular Phantom Silver against the Phantom Gold and experiencing the Devialet Difference.

Ah yes, it's Review Time! It's always a treat taking a pilgrimage to Audio Affair's beautiful showroom; situated in the heart of Birmingham's super-hip "Custard Factory", and bristling with tantalising tech and drool-worthy audio equipment.

Today's Audio Affair Blog is a special review of the incredible Devialet Phantom wireless speakers.

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The Anthem MRX720 AV Reciever represents a superb price/performance ratio sweet spot in Anthem's range of true Audiophile AV Receivers.

Canadian amplification specialists, Anthem, specialise in providing AV receivers with the kind of build and sound quality one would normally expect of a high-end Stereo amplifier. No more is it necessary to ponder the quandary of multichannel surround "wow factor" versus audio purity; Anthem AV receivers deliver on both fronts.

The Anthem MRX 720 is today's Audio

Grado GS1000e, GS2000e and PS1000e headphones offer the discerning audiophile a prestige choice in high-end headphone listening.

Grado: a name in audio which goes back some 70 years. Founded in 1950 by Joseph Grado, a watchmaker at Tiffany, the family quest to produce some of the world's greatest high-end transducers continues unabated to this day. Just like the very first phono cartridge (built on the kitchen table by Joseph Grado in 1950) all Grado Headphones and Cartridges are hand-built by the

Epson EH-LS100 laser projector ends forever the dilemma of awkward projector placement with an ultra-short throw projection which gives a big picture in a small space.

For watching films, and your favourite TV series', nothing beats the experience of sitting down and watching them on a big screen, courtesy of a home projector. There has always been one major problem, however; big screens have meant big projectors and lots of space required.

Now, all of that is set to change with the revolutionary,

HiFi Man Susvara represents the new flagship Planar headphones from HiFI Man, which promises a degree of hitherto unheard headphone fidelity.

HiFi Man's planar headphones have quickly gained a strong and devoted following in audiophile circles; placing any bias in clear judgement in advance, your author will happily state that HiFi Man planar headphones represent the best his ears have ever heard (and I've heard a lot of headphones).

It is with genuine excitement then, that we look at the HiFi Man

Sennheiser IE80S Earphones improve and evolve an in-ear masterpiece with beautiful modern design and outstanding audiophile sound quality.

Sennheiser's previous iteration of IE80 in-ear Earphones became a hugely popular model, which garnered high praise for their open, detailed sound and quality fit and finish. Perhaps the only reservations reviewers could lay against the IE80 were their somewhat *ahem* "challenging" aesthetics.

The latest version of the Sennheiser IE80s Earphones, however, uphold

TEAC Bluetooth Digital Turntables offer the convenience of modern digital connectivity, along with superb vinyl playback and quality audio for analogue enthusiasts.

"What! Bluetooth and digital streaming! On an analogue turntable! Heresy!" - whilst such digital features may not appeal to the analogue die-hards amongst the audiophile community, they'd be overlooking some superbly designed turntables by a legendary name in Hi-Fi and analogue technology, TEAC.

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