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Since Sennheiser launched the HD800 in 2009, it has become a top pick for many headphone users world wide and is now known as one of the top benchmarks in the open-back headphone category. In February this year, Sennhesier decided to up the game from the HD800 to the HD800 S, while physically they both look very similar and have an almost identical design; optimizations have made the HD800S a superior headphone.

Like the HD800, the HD800 S are precision built in Germany with only the finest materials

Following the departure of the old Chord cable range which included Crimson, Cobra, Chameleon, Cadenza, Chorus and Anthem (phew!) Chord have slimmed down and re-focused their range of cables. First to arrive were the higher end Shawline and Epic interconnects, which effectively replaced the Chorus/Anthem, but unlike their predecessors also have same-name matching speaker cables available (which the Chorus and Anthem didn't) allowing you to fully match the cables throughout your system from a single

As proud Linn dealers, we are proud of everything they do to accommodate the listener, regardless of the space the listener occupies. Linn's philosophy is to deliver pure sounding music in a simple yet wholly accessible way. The higher up the food chain you go, the closer to that reality you get. The Akurate Exakt Akudorik system (with speakers) is a full and active high-fidelity system, is the embodiment of that philosophy, and now we have it available on demo.

Now, it's worth pointing out that

In the pursuit of portable (truly portable) high-fidelity there have been a few hiccups along the way. If you've ever destroyed a pair of headphones in a moment of carelessness jumping from one piece of equipment to another in the gym or perhaps out of a train, you'll know this well. And, you'll also know that the vast majority of incidents related to portable hi-fi devices have something to do with the wires running between.

Wires aren't meant to move very much. Even the most robust of them are

The wireless Bluetooth speaker is something of a must have gadget across the broad scope of "the music fan", from the hard core hi-fi separatists to the laid back casual listener: it's something that pretty much everyone needs in their life. Well providing they like music.

As is often the case with such "must have" devices, pretty much every non-specialist (or pure speaker-specialist) brand, of varying budget levels, has thrown their hat in the ring. While plenty of choice and tonnes of variety

Sometimes it pays to ask for something. In fact, if you don't ask you almost certainly won't get. We pride ourselves on listening to our customers and clients (yes, that's you!) and when a particular request comes up we will do whatever we can to meet their needs. Which leads me nicely onto the focus of this particular piece...

The rather eye-catching Fostex TH610 Headphones have been something of a hot topic in amongst our customers of late, with regular requests for "more Fostex" becoming

Fans of luxury, high-end headphones may be familiar with the brand Ultrasone, and perhaps even familiar with their famous first step into the luxury/high end market: the Edition 7. If you are familiar with one, or even both, of those things than you'll be happy to know there is now an equally high-end and highly refined tribute to them.

Those of you who enjoy the rare and limited will be even happier to know that this particular model is strictly limited edition. How limited? Just 777 units. That

The Reference range from KEF needs no introduction since its launch over 40 years ago. Over the years, KEF has made many major advancements which have improved the standard of the Reference range to create the ultimate high-end acoustical loudspeaker which today is seen as one of the very greatest accurate loudspeaker range there is out currently. In order to achieve such a high quality, the Reference range along with the Blade series and Muon is hand made in KEFs own headquarters by skilled engineers

Many of those who enjoy their music, typically enjoy their gaming too, on some level. Perhaps it's the technology, perhaps it's the visuals... and maybe it's the music? Whatever the reason, if you can find a way to combine hi-fi with gaming, you can guarantee it will be popular with everyone. It makes sense if you think about it, especially considering the effort most game developers put into the soundtracks these days - many of them are more immersive than film scores!

Ploughing your game through

If you were into hi-fi (or at least aware of it) back in the day when reel-to-reel was considered the way forward - then you may be familiar with the brand Revox... or ReVox as it used to be known. This was a brand best known for producing some of the most highly regarded reel-to-reel players in the industry, the likes of which are still highly sought after in certain circles today.

The reel-to-reel itself is unlikely to make a full commercial comeback anytime soon (although, stranger things have