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Magnum Dynalab MD209 receiver
|The stereo receiver used to be one of the biggest product categories in audio electronics. Through most of the 1970s and well into the 1980s, the combination of tuner and amplifier in the same box ...read more -
Magnum Dynalab 'Signature' tuner upgrades
|This is a little odd as far as reviews go, because it’s a review of an upgrade of products, rather than the products themselves. However, as we’ve already given a lot of column inches over ...read more -
Magnum Dynalab MD807T
|The biggest problem with some products these days is placing them into the right category. The Magnum Dynalab MD807T is a perfect example of this. It’s a DAB/FM tuner that’s also a valve 24/192 upsampling ...read more -
CES: Naim UnitiQute Wi-Fi Enabled Integrated Amp/Tuner/UPnP Streamer/DAC
|After AVguide attended CEDIA Expo 2009, one of the products that most captured our imaginations was the Naim Audio Uniti—a category-defying component that combined the functions of a high-end CD player, integrated amplifier, tuner, Wi-Fi-enabled ...read more -
NEWS: CEDIA Discoveries—Rotel’s RDG-1520 Digital Internet Tuner
|Now more than ever, high-end audio manufacturers are finding ways to create multi-function components that can do jobs that might once have required two or even three separate products. A classic case in point would ...read more -
NEWS: CEDIA Discoveries—Naim’s Versatile Uniti All-In-One Music Player
|At CEDIA Expo 2009 the British firm Naim Audio showed one of the most versatile, multi-purpose, high-end audio components we have seen in a long time: the new Naim Uniti ($3750). What exactly is the ...read more -
Electrocompaniet Introduces the ECR 1—A High-Performance, Do-All Tuner
|The Norwegian high-end audio firm Electrocompaniet has just announced its stunningly versatile ECR 1 tuner, which—in fully optioned form—can handle FM, RDS, HD, and Internet radio broadcasts, and can also serve as a standalone, high-performance ...read more -
Antique Collector Installment 2: Scott Tuners
|Antique Collector Installment 2 By Steven Stone Scott Tuners Scotts' first FM tuner, the 310A was introduced in December 1954. It was boxy, 4 1/2 " by 13" by 10 1/4" housed in a metal ...read more -
Pioneer Elite SX-AC-J Stereo Receiver & PD-D6-J SACD/CD Player
|Although the CEDIA (Custom Electronics Design and Installation Association) Expo has emerged as one of the world’s leading home theater shows, some of the coolest products I saw at CEDIA 2007 were actually targeted specifically ...read more -
Arcam Solo stereo receiver/CD-player
|Audiophiles are generally skeptical of multifunction high-end audio components that promise “convenience,” and who can blame them? Haven’t we all, at one point or another, had hopes raised and then dashed by products that promised ...read more