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Introducing the DAC-V1 and NAP 100

Uncategorised By Jan 08, 2013

Getting brilliant sound quality from a computer just got easier. Naim launches its first USB DAC together with a matching compact power amplifier Naim today launched its first DAC (Digital to Analogue Converter) with an asynchronous USB input. The DAC-V1 is designed for the customer who uses a computer as their main source of music; they often choose to spurn…

Odeon: fanatical about film maybe, but not quality

Uncategorised By Oct 31, 2012

Skyfall: great film spoilt by a cinema that talks the talk but obviously doesn’t understand or care about reproduction quality.

Screen 4, the IMAX screen in the Odeon Wimbledon on Monday evening was a pretty sorry excuse for a quality cinema experience. I suggest you avoid making my mistake and pay less ( we paid for the, admittedly more comfy but still not enough legroom premium seats) to see Skyfall locally.

Focal UK relaunches in Salisbury

Uncategorised By Oct 22, 2012

Focal UK moved from its traditional Coventry base to relocate in Salisbury during October 2012.  The new team and new site will be able to deliver a far greater service to their retailer partners. After six years based in Coventry, Focal UK has moved its offices, service department and whole operation to Salisbury.  Mark Tucker Focal UK’s (relatively) new General…

It might be larger, thinner and lighter but it’s also dead

Uncategorised By Oct 08, 2012

I placed an order with Apple for extra Lightning cables and adapters well before my iPhone 5 arrived and I still do not have a confirmed shipping date other than October.

I left home this morning grabbing the lightning cable, stuffing it into my bag as there is no way the phone will last for two days. Tonight sitting in my hotel room I found the cable I had packed; a traditional iPhone cable, the one that had been in use charging my iPad.

So hello useless iPhone 5. It will be on its last few percent of battery tomorrow morning and I will be without a phone for most of the day.

How could Apple with its new CEO a manufacturing man get its supply chain so badly wrong? And if it knew the delays were going to be this bad, why did it consider its bottom line before its customers. A few weeks delay in launching the phone would have allowed a lot more stock of accessories to be manufactured.

Last time I upgrade until I know everything is in place.

Focal launches White Spirit One Headphones

Uncategorised By Sep 13, 2012

Top Audio and Video Show Milan September 13-16 2012. The White Spirit One headphones will be on display and demonstration at this show and available immediately at a Suggested Retail Price of £199. “The white Spirit One Headphones went from something we had thought about to something we needed to action immediately after the launch of the Spirit One headphones…

Naim launches UnitiLite: a slimline all-in-one system

Uncategorised By Sep 12, 2012

Milan Top Audio Show September 13, 2012. Naim today announced the new UnitiLite all-in-one player. The UnitiLite is a slimline version of Naim’s original award-winning NaimUniti all-in-one player and is the latest addition to Naim’s Uniti range of all-in-one audio products. UnitiLite comprises a CD player, MP3/iPod and USB memory stick playback, a digital-to-analogue converter, high-resolution 32bit/192kHz network streaming and…