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SilverStone SX1000 SFX-L Power Supply Review

Our Verdict The SilverStone SX1000 is the strongest small-form factor PSU available in the market today. It offers high efficiency and good performance, keeping its noise output low under normal operating conditions. For + Full power at 47 degrees Celsius + Extremely high power density + High build quality + Efficient platform + Highly efficient… Read more

Pokémon Go creator Niantic is making a Transformers game

Niantic is expanding from cute critters to giant robots. Today, the game developer announced its next project: a location-based augmented reality game called Transformers: Heavy Metal. The game is expected to launch globally this year, with a soft launch in select countries “soon.” Niantic says that it has partnered with Seattle-based studio Very Very Spaceship,… Read more

Rotel RC-1590MKII and RC-1572MKII preamps benefit from raft of upgrades

Home News (Image credit: Rotel) Following the recent announcement of its second-generation 14 and 15 Series amplifiers, Rotel has now taken two of its preamplifiers into their next generation. The new RC-1590MKII (pictured top) and RC-1572MKII (below) replace the original, 2015- and 2017-released models, elevating the designs with performance upgrades that include “over 75 critical”… Read more

Chord Ultima 5

Our Verdict If you’re after the last word in clarity and insight in a high-end power amplifier, we can’t think of a better choice than the Ultima 5 For Class-leading clarity Agile and articulate presentation Relatively compact design Against Not as muscular sounding as some rivals Mention Chord Electronics and there’s a strong probability that… Read more

Hasbro’s new $700 Optimus Prime toy can finally transform all on its own

Transformers are some of the most iconic toys around — an action figure and a car! All in one! A true bargain! But as modern Transformers toys have gotten more complex, they have also become an absolutely huge pain to actually transform from car to robot and back again, often requiring multiple shame-filled trips back… Read more

Audiozen’s Alchemy Embrace: a hybrid amp with ‘hug intensity’ control

Home News (Image credit: Audiozen) The end of lockdown may be just around the corner, but if you’re craving some contact, Audiozen has you covered with its latest product: the Alchemy Embrace, an amp designed to hug you. Kind of. Based at the foot of Mount Etna in Sicily, the boutique brand has been making… Read more

12 of the best Cambridge Audio products of all time

Home Features (Image credit: Cambridge) In the early 1960s, before it became known as ‘Silicon Fen’, the small university city of Cambridge, long a magnet for scientists and engineers, started to attract a new breed of technologically minded entrepreneurs. It was in this stimulating environment, with networks of like-minded people, that a group of young… Read more

How Pacific Rim’s sci-fi world was transformed into a Netflix anime

Yuki Moriyama still remembers the first time he saw Pacific Rim. He was a bit of a latecomer, and he ended up catching it in theaters with some friends who had already seen the movie multiple times. It wasn’t long before Moriyama — an art director at animation studio Polygon Pictures — was hooked as… Read more

McIntosh MHA200 valve headphone amp designed for “virtually any headphones”

Home News (Image credit: McIntosh) McIntosh has expanded its immense, product-spanning catalogue with the all-new MHA200 vacuum tube headphone amplifier, which promises to get the utmost out of virtually any pair of headphones. The MHA200 – compact for McIntosh amplifier standards (at 15.6 cm wide and 23.2 cm deep), although no less ‘McIntosh’ aesthetically –… Read more

Rotel Michi S5 / P5

Our Verdict With the superb construction, elegant design and perfectly natural sound of the Michi P5 and S5 combo from Rotel, the only question left to ask is ‘how much?’ The pair offer awesomely low noise with huge output and do so in a gorgeous package. For Superb sound Prestige appearance Great built-in DAC Against… Read more

Paramount Plus, ViacomCBS’s new rebranded version of CBS All Access, launches on March 4th

ViacomCBS is set to relaunch its CBS All Access service as Paramount Plus on March 4th, with a special event to introduce the new streamer on February 24th, the company announced today. The service will also launch in Latin America on March 4th, followed by the Nordics on March 25th and Australia in mid-2021. The… Read more

Review: Goldmund Telos 590 NextGen II Integrated Amplifier / DAC

Thanks to the recent introduction of the high performing and a lot less expensive Goldmund Telos 7 integrated amplifier and the further developments of the Swiss, it is now even possible to use the Telos 590 NextGen even further. In this review we will go into that in more detail, because the ‘590 MkII ‘is… Read more

Asus unveiled its upcoming Intel Z590 motherboard lineup

The price range of Asus’ motherboard range starts with Prime Z 590 M-Plus from less than two hundred all the way to ROG Maximus XIII Extreme Glacial 1500 euros Intel’s CES 2021 virtual trade show gave the first tastings of the upcoming Rocket Lake processors, which are expected to go on sale in March. However,… Read more

Cyrus XR series brings updated aesthetic and premium performance

Home News (Image credit: Cyrus) Cyrus has unveiled an all-new range of premium hi-fi components, designed from the ground up and priced between £1995 (AU$3999) and £3995 (AU$7499). The British audio brand’s “latest and greatest series of products”, the six-strong Cyrus XR series comprises two digital-friendly integrated amplifiers (the i7-XR and i9-XR), a preamp (Pre-XR),… Read more

The Apple HomePod mini starts working with some 18W chargers with the update to iOS 14.3

by Jordi Bercial Yesterday at 20: 16 … Apple has released an update to iOS version 14. 3 for your HomePod and HomePod mini , and it seems that, since the update, some HomePod mini are able to work from a charger of 18 W, something that up now it was not possible and had… Read more