What if your next CD player wasn’t something you wanted to hide inside a cabinet? That seems to be the question behind the Syitren RM1, a compact new CD player that puts its internal mechanism on full display inside a transparent case. Instead of looking like another piece of black or silver hi-fi equipment, the…
A number of years ago, a good friend of mine built what most people would consider a dream home in Napa, California. Every detail had been carefully planned, from the architecture to the finishes, and the result was genuinely spectacular. He had done exceptionally well working for a professional audio company whose products had transformed…
The Bowers & Wilkins 600 Series has been a staple in the audio world for over 25 years. To mark this milestone, B&W released the 606 S2 Anniversary Edition. On paper, the updates might seem modest, leaving some of us wondering if a few cosmetic tweaks and internal adjustments are enough to warrant a new…
These top-quality floorstanding speakers will instantly supercharge your hi-fi system and deliver room-filling sound. With larger cabinets than standard bookshelf speakers, floorstanders naturally produce a larger scale of sound, better dynamics, and deeper bass. That said, having a bigger cabinet doesn’t always guarantee better sound. You still need to choose wisely to ensure you get…
Surely, many music lovers, when connecting to an amplifier of a speaker system (AC), have come across the fact that the speakers are equipped with not two but four terminals, for the pairwise connection of which gold-plated jumpers are used. This design feature makes it possible to use, in addition to the usual, additional options for connecting…