Not one but two Apple iPod Touches are now close to useless as their battery life is unpredictable – certainly less than 24hours when on standby. Since updating to iOS 4.x battery life has shortened to the point of impracticality.
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Naim begins shipping FraimLite hi-fi support system
25 February 2010. Bristol. Naim today announced that deliveries would commence of FraimLite, a hi-fi support system optimised for Naim’s entry-level components. Few people would disagree with the statement that good hi-fi components perform at their best when well supported. They require a stable and level platform that isolates them mechanically. All components including power…
Neat Ultimatum XLS ships April 2011
Sound and Vision Show, Bristol. Feb 2011. Neat Acoustics announced that the second model in the Ultimatum XL range, the Ultimatum XLS, would be shipping from April 2011. The Ultimatum XLS is a stand mounting loudspeaker of compact proportions, delivering the bass weight, scale and dynamics of a significantly sized floorstander. The mid/bass drivers in…
Chord launches new VEE Plug
Inspired by the hand-turned acrylic plugs fitted to the high-end Sarum, Signature and Indigo interconnects, the new VEE Plug delivers demonstrable improvements in performance to all of the Chord interconnects now supplied as standard with the VEE plug. More information and images
Naim starts shipping FraimLite
Naim today announced that deliveries would commence of FraimLite, a hi-fi support system optimised for Naim’s entry-level components.
The simple but highly interdependent requirements of a good support system require exceptional thinking to achieve a system in balance.
New Neat Ultimatum XLS
Neat Acoustics announced that the second model in the Ultimatum XL range, the Ultimatum XLS, would be shipping from April 2011.
Chord Company Introduces the Chord VEE Plug
Inspired by the hand-turned acrylic plugs fitted to the high-end Sarum, Signature and Indigo interconnects, the new VEE Plug delivers demonstrable improvements in performance to all of the Chord interconnects now supplied as standard with the VEE plug. The new Chord VEE (Vibration Eliminating Enclosure) plug is high-pressure precision injection-moulded from ABS plastic chosen for…
BFA closes after 36 years
It is with a great deal of regret that I write to you today to inform you of the demise of the British Federation of Audio in its present form.
Beware: Ronan Keating cover of Fairytale of New York
I made the mistake of not carefully checking the contents of the many Spotify playlists I assembled into my Christmas day super playlist fest. Ronan Keating and Máire Brennan’s cover of Fairytale of New York crept in and contaminated the whole thing.
Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead
Marketing lessons from the Grateful Dead isn’t the heaviest of marketing books in either its tone or its weight. It is, however, a damn good read and one that gently imparts simple ideas. The sort of basic stuff that marketers the world over, know and love but the same ideas that we often forget in the rush of the everyday.