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Ruark R1S builds on the ever popular Ruark R1 adding WiFi audio streaming and Bluetooth. Giving you a traditional, quality small footprint radio with the mod cons as well.

Many people still listen to radio as their main source of entertainment during the day! The radio is not dead as many may believe. Ruark has recognised this and continues to manufacture radio for the market.

The R1S has an optional remote for $35.

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Rotel amplifiers have a number of absolute positives:

They are so well made, everything is done in house and they are built for the duty cycle of a Steinway but priced like an I Phone. These are not throwaway devices. Even forty plus year old Rotel amplifiers that people bring in to us for service are easily repaired.

The construction is robust and the facilities are always Hi Fi appropriate. Other brands come and go with fashionista frippery but Rotel feature like pre outs, good phono stages, high quality terminals, toroidal power supplies hand wound with a particular copper, all contribute to usability and musicality.

The S14 Streamer Amplifier is a just add speakers product and it is really simple and easy to set up. Where previous rotel ventures into internet products have been slightly cryptic this is just a plug and play distance from the music.

I paired with really inappropriate $20K plus Sonus faber Olympica Nova 3 loudspeakers to test it that are usually loaded with the likes of 1000watt Michi monoblocks and this thing just ... sailed through ...

What struck even on the first trial was that I was able to keep turning it up ... this slim box carries a lot of real drive and it is a testament to Rotel design that such a compact slightly innocuous chassis can turn the wick up so far on difficult speakers staying clean and focused. 

There is that characteristic Rotel tonality where there is a forwardness to the upper mid that can benefit certain loudspeakers and put the singers in the room with you.

 

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For $799 this is excellent value. In fact there is not another heart and soul amplifier that combines such convenient and contemporary features at such a sensible price.

Encel, a Melbourne company, have toiled for months and months to perfect the design and construction of this unit on which they have collaborated with  one of the worlds greatest amplifier manufacturers, Rotel.

You will buy this amp and simply be happy! The only hard part will be deciding which gen z colour option to go with.

Available in charcoal or white, the Brains amplifier has a moving magnet phono stage for connecting a turntable, optical and coaxial options for digital sources such as a CD player or TV, and an aptX HD Bluetooth receiver to enable streaming from mobile devices. A pair of line-level auxiliary inputs also allows for the connection of analogue components, while a dedicated 3.5mm headphone output is included for listening in private.

Encel have a pair of loudspeakers to match. They have also closely collaborated on these with an established major speaker manufacturer. They are surprisingly good and again are available in an unusual range of colours .... for $1300 odd you can exploit the audio synergy of the two together to make for a reallly cohesive stereo system. With good kit like this that you can hook up to a record player, via bluetooth, or even a television, you really should never buy a soundbar or plastic wireless loudspeakers.

Encel Gelati loudspeakers

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Sony WH-1000XM5 are the newer version of the WH-1000XM4.

A slightly sleeker design and some differences in the comfort settings and adjustment capabilities on this, the M5 version. The M5 also has a longer battery life and a more sophisticated noise canceling system as well as a better microphone for on the go calls.

 

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Not a traditional speaker. Something a little bit different. It is an active speaker with an amplifier on board and it is easy to pair with other Loewe speakers to turn into a multi-room system. 

This is a little speaker and if you're after a big sound it is worthwhile to go up in the range to something like mr3 or the mr5.

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This new Creek 4040 is an absolute cutie of small form factor high fidelity amplification in homage to the original 4040 that was ... forty years ago ...

The original model 4040 amp was so sonically polite and self effacing that it was very hard to sell in comparative demos but loved forever by those who took it home. Having played it now this a really serious contender for a jolly brilliant amplifier with bells and whistles of something much more expensive ... for some reason a Renault Alpine or Crighton CR700 come to mind ... something small that is much higher performance than its size suggests.

 Stereonet on the Creek 4040 

 Creek 4040 official website 

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The "Aston martin table top radio" has all grown up now that the Ruark R410 is here. This is a lovely piece of kit that smoothly plays all the needed music formats in broadcast and streaming in delightful retro-is-modern form.

Seriously it is surprising how lustrous the finish on this .... radiogram ... is. The real wood veneer feels like expensive designer furniture rather than a mere piece of consumer electronics. And the sound performance makes it a real contender in the market that has hitherto been ruled by the Devialet Phantom and the Naim Muso, you can turn this device up all the way on its tactile knurled metal volume control and it just rocks on.

The streaming reception and connectivity options are exceptional ... the damn thing has optical and HDMI inputs as well as a phono stage ... it seems to be able to play just about everything the old world of analogue and the new world of digital require.

 Ruark R410 official website 

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A limited edition streamer from streaming heavyweights, Bluesound.

Celebrating 10 years making streaming products, Bluesound has released the Node X that has some major upgrades on the standard Node (N130).

• Higher quality Hi-Fi Sabre DAC instead of the standard Burr-Brown DAC
• Better Headphone amplifier with a full-size 1/4 inch jack output.
• Super smart silver finish

And then the inclusions that the Node (N130) has as well:

• HDMI eARC
• Top panel controls with Presets
• Both receiver and transmitter of Bluetooth apt X HD. That is you can send its signal to a set of wireless headphones or it can accept a bluetooth signal from any personal device.

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The perfect Soundbar and Subwoofer combination for a Loewe Television but it can be easily used on any other Television using the HDMI connection.

Enhance the sound and experience of your Television with a simple, neat solution.

This won't sound as good as a Surround Sound Amplifier with speakers but it's a good option if simplicity and aethestics is more important than musical performance.

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With slightly more power than the standard Powernode, you'll have more control over your speakers for a better sound.

Also in the case that you have lightly harder to drive speakers, this will give you the extra headroom to drive them nicely.

Bluesound have been making streaming equipment now for 10 years and their products sound clean and musical without having to pay through the nose. 

Their app and software is very easy to use and they are being used more and more in serious HiFi components. Cyrus and Roksan are two of the handful of HiFi brands that are now part of the Bluesound ecosystem. 

This means it's now easier to build a whole home system with Bluesound products dotted throughout the house and all controllable via the one user friendly app.

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A very good value little streamer that sounds much better than its price tag. Detailed and musical. Convenient and intuitive. Everything you want in a streamer. 

These are quickly becoming our go-to streamers. And we recently did an A to B with the Sonos streamer...there is a reason these are very popular.

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Featuring a new bias assembly, re-designed stiffer vertical bearing housing, integrated
arm clip and an improved spring housing with easier to read numbers. Other improvements include a Rega made, low capacitance phono cable terminated with high quality 'Neutrik' plugs, improved lower friction, precision horizontal and vertical bearings and a re-designed 100g mild steel balance weight.

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The stylish, compact and versatile Monitor Audio Vecta V240 speaker cleverly combines architectural aesthetics with innovation and the high quality professional audio performance that the company is renowned for. 

Thanks to Monitor Audio’s heritage in high end audio, the Vecta V240 indoor and outdoor speaker has been engineered to the highest possible standard, and will deliver top quality performance for a true audio experience.

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Embodying our knowledge of the past with our vision of the future, R5 is the perfect ‘all-in-one’ system for music and design enthusiasts alike.

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The Mu-so Qb features Naim’s unique music-streaming platform, developed by 25 engineers over 3 years to offer the very best performance whether playing your own digital music collection, a world of Internet radio, or music streaming services such as TIDAL and Spotify. This acclaimed innovation is only found in Naim music-streaming products, including its Uniti range and dedicated network players, all the way up to the £20,000 flagship ND 555.

Mu-so Qb gains the new 2nd Generation illuminated volume dial, complete with a full control array and a proximity sensor: it lights up in welcome as your hand approaches it. Easily access key playback controls your favourite playlists and radio stations, Spotify resume, multiroom functionality and more from this tactile new interface. Mu-so Qb 2nd Generation can also be controlled via the updated Naim app and – by popular customer demand – a new remote control handset.

Naim products bought from us, a genuine approved Naim dealer, include the full 2 year warranty.

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Uniti Atom is a beautiful, compact multi-source music player that will seduce you with its amazing sound quality and outstanding feature-set.

It has become the undisputed king of compact one piece streaming high fidelity amplifiers and now has a remarquable record of use in the field with zero issues hrdware or software for reliability.

Naim products bought from us, a genuine approved Naim dealer, include the full 2 year warranty.

"What Hi Fi?" loves it ....

What Hi-Fi? on the Naim Atom .

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This is Phantom II, a new breed of wireless speaker. By stretching size and performance beyond reasonable limits, Devialet engineers have brought to life the only ultra-compact home sound system capable of delivering high fidelity and physical impact, whatever volume you listen at. Insanely powerful. Defiantly small. You won’t know what hit you.

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This is the mother of all Surround Sound Pre-amps. It has an unprecedented 13.2 Channel Processing capability, of course all of the latest immersive audio formats like DTS:X, Dolby Atmos and Auro-3D, enough EQing and room adjustments to make your system sound perfect in ANY situation and soooo many other goodies it's hard to list them all. BUT above all it sounds BRILLIANT. And that's to do with the impeccable internal fitout. This whole unit is powered by its own Toroidal transformer. It's made in Marantz's premium Japan factory (the only other Marantz AV unit made there is the SR8012) and you can tell by the finished quality of the build. This is our go-to unit for High-End Home Cinema installations and we find they do particularly well with Krix MX series speakers! Learn More