Audio Digest # 4: All About Sound, Music, and Audio

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Portable audio

1) New from Sony: NW-ZX100 player

Overview from Steve Guttenberg, known to readers of our blog on a number of posts ( 1 , 2 , 3 )

2) iPhone or Hi-Fi player: Choose for you

An interview with an expert from Audimania about who needs Hi-Fi players now

3) Custom Sirens series of Astell & Kern headphones

The announcement of the updated series: version II of the headphones Angie, Layla, Roxanne, as well as the absolute novelty - Rosie

4) DAVE - the most perfect DAC

New Chord Electronics Achievement: Advanced DAC with Chord Electronics FPGA Technology

5) New Stax SR-L300 headphones

The junior model fell into the “affordable High End” category and is offered by the company complete with the SRM-252s amplifier.

6) Review of FiiO X1, X3 II, X5 II: points over i

Due to which, a lower price (compared to competitors) has been achieved, while the quality of reproduction is at the level of more expensive brands.

7) Fugoo Tough Portable Speaker

A brief overview of an interesting model that can be safely attributed to the type of wearable speakers

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Bit of vinyl

1) From vinyl to digital and back

Another blog post on Steve Guttenberg’s Audiophiliac blog with reflections on

2) Rega introduced a brand new Planar 3 player.

Rega engineers have worked for two years and plan to present Planar 3 at the upcoming Sound and Vision exhibition in Bristol

3) Vinyl: New is well forgotten old

The big post on a subject with comments of experts in our blog on Geektimes

4) The washing machine for vinyl Pro-Ject VC S

Overview of the gadget for cleaning vinyl records from dirt with a unique design

5) Pro-Ject Xtension 9 Evolution Vinyl Player Test

Great overview of one of the most balanced models from the world of vinyl (both in sound and in appearance)

6) The Long Revolution T + A: all the features of the new R-series

Another detailed analysis of the new R-2000 series, which was presented at the High End Show 2015 in Munich

7) Talking about vinyl

The release of the Sound podcast, in which we discuss vinyl and everything related to this topic.

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miscellanea

1) Does SmartTV spy on you

We deal with the collection of data on user behavior

2) Hi, sound bar

Steve Guttenberg presents one of the most interesting types of speaker systems.

3) Prospects for television equipment at CES 2016

What did they talk about at the biggest consumer electronics show in Las Vegas

4) Report from CES 2016

Great overview highlighting the special features of the last exhibition of 2016

5) Integrated amplifier T + A PA 1000 E

400 neutral watts per channel in a pair to the MP 1000 E universal player

6) New flagship Denon on the way to Russia

Denon X-Series Leader with Monoblock Amplifier and Dolby Atmos

7) Denon reference level stereo components

The company's latest offers are the Denon DCD-2500NE SACD Player and the Denon PMA-2500NE integrated amplifier.

PS Other audio materials, reviews and useful tips are in our blog “ Hi-Fi World ”.