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Music news: BBC launches new Music app
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Feb 24, 2016  |  0 comments
The BBC has today unveiled a new music app that pulls together music clips from across the network's TV shows and radio stations into one central searchable location. The new app, which is available on Android and iOS-enabled smartphones and tablets consists of live performances, DJ and presenter curated playlists and interviews with musicians. Users will also be able to search for and play all tracks broadcast on BBC Radio over the past week and add favourites to their own playlist. It's also claimed that the app will learn the personal preferences of users and then deliver a choice of tunes that have been individually tailored to the user's taste.
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Music News: Bob Dylan announces new studio album
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Apr 12, 2016  |  0 comments
Columbia Records has confirmed that a new studio album from Bob Dylan, his 37th studio LP,will be released on 20 May. Featuring 12 classic American tunes written by some of music’s most acclaimed and influential songwriters, Fallen Angels showcases Dylan’s unique and much-lauded talents as a vocalist, arranger and bandleader. The Jack Frost-produced album marks the first new music from the artist since 2015'sShadows In The Night. One of the album’s recordings, “Melancholy Mood” is available now on iTunes as an Instant Gratification track, and will also be released as part of a four-track 7in EP on 16 April for Record Store Day.
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Music news: Half-speed mastering series launches with classic albums
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Feb 12, 2016  |  0 comments
Universal Music Catalogue and Abbey Road Studios have come together to launch the new Half Speed Mastering Series. Six iconic albums have been exclusively slected to kick start start the series with the likes of The Rolling Stones, The Police and John Martyn included in the line up. The limited edition range, which has been pressed on 180g vinyl, comes in deluxe packaging including a certificate of authenticity from Abbey Road (where the mastering has taken place), with all releases an exact replica of the original pressings' artwork. Cut by Miles Showell (pictured below), one of the world’s leading exponents of half-speed cutting, the new releases are descibed as being among the finest vinyl pressings that these albums have ever received.
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Music news: Phil Collins to release remastered version of classic albums
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Mar 15, 2016  |  0 comments
Phil Collins will be releasingextended and remastered editions of his classic albumsNo Jacket RequiredandTestifyon 15April as part of the Take A Look At Me Now campaign, which already seen re-releases of Collins other solo albumsFace Value(1981),Hello, I Must Be Going!(1982),Both Sides(1993) andDance Into The Light(1996). Entirely curated and compiled byCollinshimself, the idea of theconcept is to examine how his songs have evolved over time, with the majority of the additional content throughout the series focused on live versions of the tracks. By contrasting the original studio versions of the material with later performances, the series demonstrates howhis songs take on a life of their own once they’re freed from the confines of the studio. Originally released in1985, No Jacket Required was PhilCollins’third album andtopped the charts in theUK,USand went on to win threeGrammyAwards(forBestAlbum, Best Pop Vocal Performance, MaleandProducer of the YearforCollinsand co-producerHughPadgham).
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Music News: The Music Exchange announces store closure
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Feb 05, 2016  |  0 comments
Sad news reaches us this morning with the announcement that the excellent The Music Exchange in Nottingham is being forced to cease trading. The city's finest independent record store opened in 2009 and initially sold second-hand CDs, DVDs and vinyl that was donated by members of the public. Then in 2012, the store moved premises to its Stoney Street home where it not only carried new vinyl, but also supported the local music scene – stocking and supporting the music of local artists. Significantly, the store isalso run as a social enterprise operating like a business, but reinvesting any profits to support vulnerable and unemployed people by providing training, volunteering, work placement and employment opportunities within the local community.
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Musical Fidelity announces the return of the A1 integrated amplifier
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Sep 22, 2023  |  0 comments
Updated Eighties integrated
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Musical Fidelity introduces LS3/5A and LS5/9 standmount speakers
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Jun 28, 2023  |  0 comments
Two new speakers from MF
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Musical Fidelity introduces M8xi
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Mar 31, 2020  |  0 comments
New integrated boasts built-in DAC, preamp and two monoblock power amps
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Musical Fidelity introduces Nu-Vista range
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Mar 03, 2023  |  0 comments
New high-end amps worth saving your pocket money for
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Musical Fidelity Merlin 1
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Apr 09, 2015  |  0 comments
DETAILS PRODUCT Musical Fidelity Merlin 1 ORIGIN UK/China/Czech Republic TYPE Mini separates system WEIGHT Turntable: 6kg Amplifier: 1. 9kg Speakers: 2. 5kg DIMENSIONS (WxHxD) Turntable: 482 x 100 x 342mm Amplifier: 220 x 55 x 240mm Speakers: 130 x 220 x 200mm FEATURES ● Quoted power output: 2x 50W into 4ohms ● aptX Bluetooth input ● 3. 5mm jack and MM phono inputs ● USB and optical digital inputs ● Headphone amplifier DISTRIBUTOR Musical Fidelity TELEPHONE 0208 900286 WEBSITE musicalfidelity.
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Musical Fidelity MX-DAC
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Aug 25, 2015  |  0 comments
PRODUCT:Musical FidelityMX-DAC ORIGIN:EU TYPE:32-bit/192kHz PCM& DSD-capable DAC WEIGHT:1. 9kg DIMENSIONS(WxHxD):220 x 53 x 215mm FEATURES 2x coaxial; 2xoptical; 1x USBdigital inputsRCA phono,balanced XLRaudio outputs 2-position digitalfilter setting DISTRIBUTOR Musical Fidelity Ltd TELEPHONE 0208 9002866 WEBSITE musicalfidelity. com Read full reveiw in issue 401 . .
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Musical Fidelity tells the story of the Encore 225 streaming music system
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Jun 13, 2016  |  0 comments
Former HFC editor and current reviewer, David Price, recently met up with Musical Fidelity's ownerAntony Michaelson for a chat about the Musical Fidelity Encore 225 streaming music system. Here's what happened. . .
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MusicLife app updated
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Dec 14, 2015  |  0 comments
Developed in-house at Arcam, the recently updated MusicLife app has been designed to be easier to use, faster and more stable than similar streaming apps. In addition to standard UPnP functions, MusicLife plays media from servers to anyBluetooth device, enabling streaming to almost anything that's paired with an Arcam miniBlink or rBlink Bluetooth DAC. Features include the ability to stream from your server or computerto connected Arcam hi-fi or home cinema component, from an iPhone / iPad to connected Arcam hi-fi or home cinema component, from your server or computer to an iPhone / iPad, from your server or computerto any Bluetooth device or from an iPhone / iPadto any Bluetooth device. Complete control of the Media Player in an Arcam network-based music systems, includes advanced features such as playback of content stored on iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch, library searching, sorting and shuffle & repeat playback.
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Mytek unveils new headphone amplifier
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Mar 03, 2021  |  0 comments
Introducing the Liberty THX AAA HPA
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NAD adds Masters M10 streaming amp
Hi-Fi Choice  |  Feb 28, 2019  |  0 comments
Integrated BluOS streaming amp dresses to impress
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