audiophiles
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Hifiman HM-801 Music Player Will Satisfy The Pickiest Audiophiles
3:40PM Rosa Golijan | The Hifiman HM-801 looks like an old portable cassette player, but apparently it might just beat out most music players in sound quality. At least that’s what CNET though when they had a listen. They even found it worth $US790. More »
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Growin’ Up Speaker System Design Rooted In Trees
7:30AM Jack Loftus | “Larry, your new speakers look great, really they do. But…something’s off. I can’t put my finger on it, but they just sound, I dunno, kind of wooden. You know?” More »
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Bowers & Wilkins 800 Series Speakers Look Great, Sound Expensive
11:00AM Brian Barrett | Just because I could never afford this high-end 800 Series Diamond speaker from Bowers & Wilkins doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy looking at it, and giggling at the phrase “diamond dome tweeter”. More »
Entertainment
4:44AM Brian Barrett | I’ll say it: the S-5BD looks ferocious. It’s a Profile 2.0 Blu-ray player and a 5.1-channel audiophile grade surround sound receiver, all packed into an oooooo shiny design. More »
Denon S-5BD Blu-ray Player/Receiver: A Monster In A Box
4:44AM Brian Barrett | I’ll say it: the S-5BD looks ferocious. It’s a Profile 2.0 Blu-ray player and a 5.1-channel audiophile grade surround sound receiver, all packed into an oooooo shiny design. More »
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Olive + Thiel’s $US7900 Audio Server Is The Sheeeeeeeeit
10:15PM AddyDugdale | Olive and Thiel may sound like a TV pilot about a crimefighting duo starring Joey Tribbiani, but it’s not. The former do swank AV stuff like this, while the latter do expensive speakers and whatnots. Behold their bastard child. More »
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$US229 Vacuum Tube Amplifier Wows Audiophiles
11:00AM CNET | If you think all high-end products are stupid expensive or mammoth monstrosities, the MiniWatt vacuum tube integrated amplifier should change your mind. More »
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World’s Most ‘Perfect’ Speaker Gets Even Better
4:30AM CNET | Every year product life cycles in the consumer marketplace grow ever shorter. On the audio side, the latest and greatest receivers become yesterday’s news faster than you can say “HDMI 1.4“. More »
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JVC’s Updated Audiophile Wooden Earphones
3:20AM Kyle VanHemert | JVC has updated their original wooden headphones by slashing both price and size. The company claims the wood construction gives the earphones superior sound quality, in addition to superior style. More »
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Gifts For Audiophiles Who Swear They Can Hear The Difference
12:00PM Dan Nosowitz | True audiophiles are a rare, mysterious phenomenon. They scoff at what you and I consider top-of-the-line audio equipment and wouldn’t dream of touching an iPod. What do you buy for these strange creatures? More »
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