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Focal Chorus 705 Speakers - Fantastic French Value For MoneyThe Focal Chorus 705 is the entry-level speaker for a seven strong Chorus range extending up to the Chorus 726 floorstanding speakers.The Chorus range is only one of five ranges of speakers from Focal which go all the way up to the Grand Utopia that sell for $250,000 and is often quoted as one of the greatest speakers of all time.The Chorus is a 2 way design made from very high quality materials.The bass driver is made from Polygla …

The Sweet Sound Of A Valve AmplifierValve amplifiers,like record players are coming back into fashion and with their wonderful warm and rich sound and great looks it is easy to see and hear why.Valves......these ancient sealed glass technologies were used to power amps and more back in the 1950's and 1960's and then largely fell out of fashion again during the past 20 years or so.Such is the current demand that new valves are actually being manufactured again while discovered caches of original …

Pioneer SX-20 Receiver - Audio PowerhouseThe Pioneer SX-20 stereo receiver certainly packs a lot in for it's modest value for money price.Starting with it's high power output of 100 watts per channel into 8 ohms there's plenty of drive capability to suit most speakers.It has Direct Energy Design;the highly developed compact circuit with short signal paths and the best possible protection from disruptive sound effects is designed for speedy response behaviour (to make the sound more dynamic) …

Active Speakers - An Affordable Way To Start Enjoying RecordsHaving decided that you want to start enjoying the rich and atmospheric sound of playing LP records,the next step is how do you play music if you have not got a music system.Only very cheap and nasty turntables come with an inbuilt amp and speakers,but destroy the musical quality of vinyl and even destroy the records themselves by tracking the the stylus at very high tracking weight which damages the record grooves.The traditional way …

Bluesound And MQA - The Future Of Digital AudioBluesound,the manufacturer of high quality streaming devices,designed by the same engineers that designed NAD amplifiers,recently announced that it is now in partnership with MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) to offer studio quality sound exactly as the artist intended.Using pioneering scientific research into how people hear,MQA technology captures the full magic of the original studio performance.MQA is a revolutionary end-to-end technology …