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Alpine CDE-123R First Tests
Mar 15 2011 17:28 | Guru in Technology
As promised here are my initial findings after a brief USB test on one of the first UK samples of the forthcoming Alpine CDE-123R model. The Alpine CDE-123R appears to be a bit of a hidden gem. It will launch in April and will sit quietly among Alpine...
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Forever In Electric String
Nov 11 2009 11:19 | in Technology
In which Adam Rayner has his grumpy preconceptions shattered by genuinely better wires. If there's one thing I really detest in HiFi, it's the 'techno superiority complex' that inspired a brilliant sketch on the Alas Smith and Jones show some years ag...
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Alpine SPG Backstory
Jul 03 2009 16:53 | in Technology
Recently reviewed on Talk Audio magazine here, the Alpine SPG-17CS component loudspeakers turn out to have been the result of a literally epic R&D effort at Alpine in Japan. Adam Rayner caught up with Atsuhiro Takeda of Alpine to find out more. First...
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Rare Breeds
May 21 2008 09:55 | in Technology
As well as some real mainstreamers, the dudes at Axis Distribution also deal in some really lovely non-far-Eastern-built rarities. We are talking mad-end audiophilia and some of the most specialised speakers in existence anywhere. From multiple-world-w...
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Top of the Class
May 03 2008 17:01 | in Technology
Adam Rayner unscrews the inscrutable world of amps for cars and how they drive music. The very first question anyone asks about nearly anything to do with audio is “How many watts, mate?” As most people know that the really exciting sound of music...
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