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The Great Exchange: do you own a Linn CD player? If so, read on for a fantastic opportunity to upgrade your system.

The demise of the CD and the rise of streaming have been on the cards for some time now and with each passing year, its certainty becomes clearer. Last year saw the sale of CDs fall by 10% while streaming saw a huge rise of 68% over the same period.

To adapt to this changing hi-fi landscape, Linn is ending service support for their CD players. This move comes eight years after Linn

Vinyl Vs CD Vs Streaming: A history of music sources is a history of ever-evolving technology and ever-lasting love of high fidelity sound. The 2010’s has seen vinyl, CDs and streaming battle it out for attention. Since the mid-twentieth century, there has been an ebb and flow of music sources, with traditionally the CD eclipsing vinyl and streaming significantly denting the CD market.

The 2010’s has seen vinyl, CDs and streaming battle it out for attention. Since the mid-twentieth century, there

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

The TEAC AI-503 combines a high-performance DAC, digital/analogue preamplifier and a built-in amplifier. Is it a 21st Century answer to the 1970s Music Centre?

If that statement sounds rather bizarre, I beg you, dear reader, to hear me out; for those younger readers, the 'Music Centre' was a uniquely 1970s concept incorporating a radio, turntable, and amplifier into one stylish unit (if you happened to like Formica wood grain that is).

In a very 21st century way, one could argue that the AI-503 does

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

Quad Valve amplification formed the foundations of Quad, one of the most historic and legendary Hi-Fi companies.

Formed by Peter Walker way back in the 1930s, Quad forged a legacy of high-performance audio equipment, which still continues to this day. Despite a move to Solid State technology in the late 1960s, the appeal of Quad's classic Valve equipment has endured.

Today on The Audio Affair Blog, we take a look at the illustrious history of Quad Valve equipment and pay homage to this legendary

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;

Respected Cambridge-based purveyors of quality audio, Arcam, enter the world of streaming networked audio with the rPlay.

It seems, rather like the proverbial buses, that one waits an age for an affordable networked streaming box to come along, and then two come at once! Just this week on The Audio Affair Blog, we've looked at Yamaha's WXAD-10 network streaming box, and today we look at The Arcam rPlay.

Many of us have spent a considerable amount of time, and money, building our 'ideal' Hi-Fi

The Yamaha WXAD-10 Wireless Streamer is a highly affordable, simple solution to adding streaming audio to virtually any Hi-Fi or audio device. Indeed, it's so simple and so accessible you may be left wondering why someone hasn't done this before.

OK - for those of you throwing rotten tomatoes at your screens, we'll acknowledge the 'Elephant in the Room' with that last statement. Google's Chromecast offers similar functionality. However, to this blogger's knowledge (and please do comment if you disagree),