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Digital Radio Explored…

Digital radio formats are rapidly becoming more and more popular. It could be because of the fact that there have been rumours about the traditional FM analogue bandwidth being phased out for other purposes. Although we will miss FM, digital alternatives offer a greater choice of topics and musical genres through both DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) and internet radio. Also, a good quality DAB and internet radio provider with limited compression can rival the analogue bandwidths on smaller systems where specific details may not be as precise as that of a larger, audiophile built system.  We will look in this article as to what digital radio alternatives have to offer, as well as getting the best out of the main digital alternatives.

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Getting the best out of
Analogue Tuners…

We all love the radio. It is a great, effective format that can do so many things. News, entertainment, music and topical programmes all have their home upon the waves of the radio. However, radio, as a format, has dramatically changed over the last decade. DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) became a new sensation which offered more choice from independent stations and the mainstream broadcasters of whom could now be heard in hiss-free digital quality. However, even more of advancement in radio is the recent technology which allows for internet radio to be listened to on Hi-Fi and even portable players, just like the iPod for example.

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Phono Cartridges

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Great sound, bar none…

Surround sound has become one of the best experiences for home entertainment since its mainstream availability in the early 1990s.As years progressed the systems available became both more affordable and much more technologically advanced with surround sound encoding from the likes of DTS and Dolby; all with their large array of formats and various codec specifications. Some of the earliest surround formats were placed onto some VHS tapes with ‘Dolby Surround’. Naturally DVD carried the most surround formats due to it being able to carry various surround modes and audio. These days Blu-ray can carry a lot of surround sound options because of the huge data capacity that a Blu-ray can contain – it’s all uncompressed data which means maximum quality is available instead of it being lost.

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Blu-ray Players…

How to Choose

“How to Choose “is our latest blog series at Hifi Gear. We hope to help you make the right decisions  when purchasing Hi-Fi and Home Cinema products. There are so many choices of components available, all seemingly containing great reviews, it is often hard to determine whether or not your existing components may mix with the newer additions, or if your brand new set-up is really suited to your needs and ideal requirements. We hope to help you with these blog entries by looking and delving deeper into what every component does, as well as being able to determine a suitable choice for you.<!-

It’s Christmas!

At Hifi Gear we just love Christmas. In fact, we love it so much that we’ve decided to get some offer up and running for you, even though it is late November. Yes, we admit, it’s a bit early for some to mention Christmas – but we are very excited!

To show our excitement we have decided to give away an £80 loyalty voucher for those whom purchase the fantastic Yamaha YSP-2200. We have this on our website to buy at an unbelievable £789.00, complete with free UK delivery as standard on all of our items to purchase. However, the £80 loyalty voucher is our way of saying thank-you to customers of new and old. When you purchase the YSP-2200, you’ll be safe in the knowledge that your next purchase from Hifi Gear will be reduced by £80 on presentation of your Hifi Gear loyalty discount code.

Speaker Cables…

How to Choose

Speaker cables are the single most important connection between speakers and amplifier. Without them there will be no audible sound created. However, although the principal of connecting speaker to amplifier is simple, it can be one of the most important and influential connections made within the entire system. All of the fantastic audio signals created by your components and then amplified by the amplifier can all be dramatically lost once the signals leave the amplifier and travel to the speakers.  This is because cheaper cables allows for signals to diminish as the conductor material is not of a higher standard and can lose transmission qualities as a result. This is why high-performance audio deserves high-performance speaker cables too. It will maintain integrity and even influence a desired sound realisation.

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DAC

(Digital-Analogue-Converters)

How to Choose

Digital to Analogue Converters have been a slight grey area for those whom wish to be budding Hi-Fi fanatics. For those that are deeply into Hi-Fi a DAC can be an essential piece of equipment in today’s modern set-ups. With music fans storing music on computers for convenience and easy accessibility, quality has sadly become a less <

Subwoofers…

How to Choose

How to Choose is our latest blog series at Hifi Gear. We wish to help both seasoned enthusiasts and newcomers to the world of Hi-Fi and Home Cinema make the best purchase decisions they can. <!