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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

Icon Audio have informed us that due to currency changes, increases in component and material costs, price increases that they've put off for as long as possible are no longer sustainable and there will be an increase in price across the range from 1st August 2017. As an increase in costs means an increase in retail prices, many models will unfortunately rise in price from 1st August onward.

We're giving you as much advance notice as possible on this, so if you've been considering or toying with

The Unison Research Preludio valve integrated amplifier, fuses the purity of single-ended Class A amplification with modern design and integrated convenience.

Italian manufacturer Unison Research are favourites of ours, here at audio affair; one of the 'new breed' of valve-based audio manufacturers, Unison Research amplifiers fuse modern design with the traditional technology and sound of valve amplifiers.

The award-winning Preludio integrated amplifier takes the premium design elements of

The newly released Quadraspire SOUNDSTAGE is a super easy and convenient way to give your turntable the isolation from resonance it deserves.

Yes, it's OK to admit it, your turntable *might* not be positioned in the perfect spot, and it might not have the correct level of isolation from the speakers and environmental resonance you might ideally like. It's OK, you're amongst friends here, we understand.

Now, thanks to Quadraspire, there's an extremely affordable, effective solution to isolating your

The Naim NAC 552 & NAP 500 Pre and Power Amplifiers represent the elite of Naim Hi-Fi components, forming part of the flagship Naim 500 series.

Today on The Audio Affair Blog, we take a look at the Amplifier offerings from Naim's 500 series range: The NAC 552 & NAP 500. Two uncompromising designs with the goal to simply be the world's best.

Naim NAC 552 Preamplifier

The Naim NAC 552 was designed without compromise to be one of the very best preamplifiers in the world; a lofty ambition, but not one

The LS3/5A is a 'hall of fame' product which has transcended its workmanlike roots as a 'utility' loudspeaker and has become a Hi-Fi legend in its own right.

The world of technology and Hi-Fi moves at a rapid pace; this was especially so in the 'boom years' of the 1970s, and so it's strange to find a design from that era, which is still being manufactured, unchanged, today.

The LS3/5A loudspeaker is just such an item, however; born from a BBC specification for a utility speaker, its fundamental

Pro-Ject DS2 micro components prove Pro-Ject's  about more than just turntables; we take a look at the premium range of Pro-Ject's 'Box Design' range.

We know Pro-Ject for their ever popular turntable range, which has become legendary for offering a remarkable ratio of price/performance. You may not be aware, however, that Pro-Ject also makes a range of micro components under their 'Box Design' brand.

So, are the Pro-Ject DS2 micro components 'Box-ing clever' or should Pro-Ject have stuck to

The Kef Reference 5 floor standing loudspeakers uphold over four decades of Hi-Fi excellence and top the Reference Series as Kef's Flagship product.

Since 1973, Kef's Reference Series loudspeakers have set new standards in Hi-Fi loudspeaker systems and proven to be a timeless embodiment of "The perfect reproduction of recorded sound".

Kef Reference 5 - The Reference Flagship

KEF Reference: a line of speakers which have become synonymous in Hi-Fi and Audiophile circles with superb engineering, build

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