Coincident Speaker Tech Dynamo 34SE Tube Headphone and Loudspeaker Amplifier

Likely one of the best kept secrets in all of audio: Coincident amplifiers. This is the Dynamo mk1 8 watt/chan EL34 with upgrade to JJ Tubes. I use…

Picture Frame Speaker Systems

The F1 Speaker by Concrete Audio are made from concrete or wood and look more like art mounted on a wall than a speaker system. The speakers are…

iHome Bedside Stereo Speaker System for Amazon Echo Dot review:

The Good iHome’s attractive dock for the Amazon Echo Dot offers improved sound quality, two USB charging ports and a clock face, all of which make the Echo…

Ace of Bass: Bowers & Wilkins Sound System @ Primavera

Watching your favourite DJ at a festival can be frustrating experience. Packed into the middle of a tent, a combination of bad acoustics and a PA designed to…

Apple Announces New Siri-Based Speaker System HomePod

The HomePod will go on sale later this year and costs $349. This year it gave us the HomePod, a $350 scratching post – sorry, a speaker with…

5 Most Reliable PA Speakers With The Longest Warranty

If you’re in a travelling musical group, whether a duo or full band, run your own venue or bar with live music or look after the sound in…

WORMHOLE’S WORLD: Lapping up orbs of audio cream

LAST week I was pleased as punch to receive (not personally) an update from our favourite out-of-retirement front man – Mr James Jeremiah Murphy – the new LCD…

Yamaha YAS-207 World’s First Soundbar with DTS Virtual:X

As in years past, some of the announcements and tech demos at CES in January are becoming available as consumer products in June or July. Case in point:…

Stereo Tube Amplifier Kit

Vacuum tube based amplifiers have been making a significant comeback over the past 10 years or so, they were ubiquitous before the invention of the transistor – which…

President Trump Touched an Orb and Illuminated the Internet

The leaders and the First Lady placed their palms on the volleyball-sized glass orb in the dark room to “activate” the center, and illuminate the scene. Two speakers…