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Looking for a replacement for your worn out iPod? Fed up of low-res lossy audio on the move? The FiiO X5 Mk3 could be just the ticket!

FiiO has recently upgraded their popular X5 portable music player to Mk3 specification. Let's take a look at those changes and the specifications of this great value music player.

Hi-Res High-Life

If you're looking to upgrade from a basic, lossless, non-audiophile grade player or smartphone, the FiiO X5 Mk3 is a great candidate. Coming in at a very reasonable £389,

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

So, streaming. You're probably aware of it by now. To say that it has taken the hi-fi world by storm in recent years would be a significant under statement. It's convenient, it's cool - and thanks to recent advances in technology, the sound quality has improved exponentially. There really isn't much of an excuse not to jump aboard the stream train - unless money and space are contributing factors. A dedicated streaming unit takes up space and can be a little pricey. But let's back up a bit, on the

Times are a'changin' in the world of hi-fi. More and more we're seeing hi-fi brands take a very slight side step into the lifestyle market, bringing their core values of high fidelity sound and impeccable craftsmanship with them, to side straddle the two fields and produce something which can be loved by both markets.  And when the results look this good - we can't complain.

Yamaha have entered the realms of the wireless music system, unveiling the  utterly unique Restio ISX-803 to the world.

Have you been living in a cave for the last seven years? Well if you have, we suggest you familiarise yourself with the world as it is today, because some serious improvements have been made in the technology department. Perhaps one the most significant advances is the rise of the smart phone. It took a while for the main competitors to emerge, but it happened. iPhone vs. Android – which way do you bend? Well, for now, those of us with Android loyalties are putting down are placards and turning our

If you keep up to date with the latest advances in hi-fi technology, it’s highly likely you’ve come across the term AptX. But what is AptX? Essentially, it’s the latest step in the field of Bluetooth streaming. Bluetooth, despite being a revolution in itself, has a nasty habit of compressing audio sent over it, discarding data deemed 'unecessary'. But, as any audiophile will tell you, there is no such thing as 'unecessary' information when it comes to hi-fidelity. Due to this loss, there was a degarding