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| Where Exquisite Design Meets Exceptional Audio Performance? |
| Winner of the prestigious EISA European HT Innovation 2013-3014 award, the Philips Fidelio HTL9100 is a soundbar like no other. Boasting real surround sound on demand, it features two wireless speakers that can be detached from the main unit and placed around the room for a true 5.1 surround sound experience. |
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| Going Back To The Beat |
| Working out and exercising may sound like a chore to many but it actually isn’t especially when you have friends or even the right type of music to motivate you. This is why many headphone manufacturers have designed countless numbers of headphones for those who lead an active lifestyle. |
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| ProLink PLE 901 - 4G LTE Speed On Your PC Or Laptop |
| Due to its lightweight form factor (40g) and support for a wide range of mobile networks used in a number different countries (Singapore included, obviously), the PLE 901 is ideal for students, business travelers and tourists who require fast, dedicated Internet speeds on the go. |
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| Philips Fidelio S2 - S stands For Smooth |
| Since the introduction of the new iPhone 5S, gold seems to be all the rage. So it’s a good thing that the Philips Fidelio S2 earphones have gold accents to add a bit of sparkle to its black color scheme. The use of a flat tangle-free cable is also a muted, gold color on one side making sure that the Fidelio S2’s look is current and trendy. |
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| Klipsch X11i - Among The World's Smallest, Lightest In-Ear Headphones |
| Crafted from milled aluminum and available in black, the X11i is Klipsch's new flagship earphone. Like the other X-series earphone products, the X11i also uses balanced-armature type drivers to provide audio. The small stature of the BA units means that the overall size and weight of the earphone is quite small. |
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| Walker Audio Ultra Vivid CD, SACD & DVD Enhancer |
| Removing static charge from DVDs, SACDs and CDs can be quite a challenge. One approach is to use the Walker Audio Ultra Vivid CD, SACD & DVD Enhancer, available in the UK from Analogue Seduction |
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| The New Season Of Hi-Fi Shows |
| As we enter the “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness” (that’s autumn, to those who haven’t yet encountered the great John Keats), there’s one thing that you can be sure of – it’s Showtime – from the inaugural The Hi-Fi Show in the UK in October, to Rocky Mountain in the States, and even CES in Las Vegas in the new year. |
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| Longdog Audio’s VDt1 – A Minimalist High-End DAC (Part 2) |
| Feed it some hi-res music via its USB input and it really begins to shine. Art of Noise’s Moments in Love at 24/88.2 is just superb, the DAC capturing the synthesized rhythm backing beautifully, giving a very realistic sense of texture. |
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| Longdog Audio’s VDt1 – A Minimalist High-End DAC (Part 1) |
| These days, $5,626.3 gives you a choice of a good range of feature-laden DACs and digital preamps. Kitted out with fancy displays, multifarious features and often with streaming functionality too, they seem to have more inputs than you’d see in a recording studio desk. |
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| Geneva Model S Wireless DAB |
| It still sells its Model S and Model S Wireless DAB+ models, which feature motorized 30-pin Apple connector berths, but as you may guess from its name, the Sound System Model S Wireless DAB+ features wireless connectivity. |
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| Tivoli Audio: Design For Life |
| The stereo Music System+ incorporates a CD player with a slot-loading mechanism (compatible with CD-R/CD-RW discs and MP3 and WMA formats), FM/DAB/DAB+ radio tuner, and a digital clock radio with snooze and sleep timers and two independent alarms. |
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| ISOkinetik Miniplat A4 Isolation Platform |
| Most of the isolation platforms available on the market today are designed and sized for supporting turntables and other larger pieces of hi-fi or AV equipment. However, the Miniplat A4 isolation platform from Isokinetic is a competitively priced support that is more suitable for those smaller components in a hi-fi set up such as phonon stages, half-size CD players, transformers and turntable power supplies, for example. |
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| The Mini Test - How Many Ways Are There To Clean A Stylus? (Part 1) |
| One of the best ways of removing dirt from a stylus is to use something that the dust and dirt will adhere to, in preference to the stylus. This turquoise-colored putty is essentially similar to a product used by jewelers to clean watch parts and diamonds. It is completely non-corrosive and there are no fluids to damage the bond between diamond and cantilever. |
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| The Chord Collection Of Sci-Fi Hi-Fi (Part 2) |
| This is not a system that will play in the background while you attend to other tasks. It is never bright or forward, but it demands your full attention from the outset. The way it handles vocals is simply stunning. Every line is delivered with urgency – whoever the performer may be – and it is distracting in the very best possible way. |
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| The Chord Collection Of Sci-Fi Hi-Fi (Part 1) |
| This extraordinary collection of electronics – half hi-fi system, half art installation – is a Chord Electronics Choral system, but one that differs from the norm (if anything that hails from Chord can ever be described as normal), as it was built for a specific reason. This very system has been used to provide some suitable sonic for the Bugatti showroom in London. |
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| The Final Results Impressive Integrated Amplifiers Test (Part 1) |
| All six amps have some very worthwhile features, but in terms of all-round ability there are winners and losers. The Rotel RA-12 is amazingly well equipped for the asking price, which is the lowest in the group. The slightly strained performance with some material and the indifferent ergonomics do count against it somewhat. |
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| The Goodmans SCD100 Vintage Cassette (Part 2) |
| These machines work well with basic ferric tapes (TDK D, AD, BASF LH-E1 etc.) with the selector switches set to ‘norm’ and with true-chrome tapes like BASF CR-II in the ‘CrO2’ position. |
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| The Goodmans SCD100 Vintage Cassette (Part 1) |
| Depending on when you first took an interest in audio, Goodmans was either a well-respected manufacturer of loudspeakers that served the middle of the hi-fi market, or a catalogue shop brand attached to an indifferent range of lo-fimidi systems, portables and TVs. |
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| PSB Imagine T: Canadian Rockies (Part 2) |
| The Imagine creates a similar sense of space and depth on much smaller-scale music, for example, that of the acoustic roots power-trio Vivid Curve playing on their magnificent Live at Edgefield recording. |
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