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Daily Audio News — April 16, 2026

Highlights: Sony’s new Bluetooth turntables have an ace up their sleeve – and it’s great for vinyl newbies; Dorpo DMP-A1 Digital Music Player; Big sound, tiny price! The Tribit StormBox Micro 2 is now just $49; Denon is gunning for Sony's Award-winning AVR with its latest release; Interview: Shunyata Research’s Caelin Gabriel on HiFi Cables, Power & Audio Performance

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Technics SC-CX700 Speakers and SL-40CBT Turntable

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TECHNICS SC-CX700 SPEAKERS AND SL-40CBT DIRECT DRIVE TURNTABLE REVIEW I’m a bit of a Technics fanboy and have several of their turntables in the house, including a pair of Mk7s, a MK2, and a G, with the latter being the heart of the current reference system at Hifi PiG Towers, though we ordered the latest […]
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AXPONA 2026 Report Part One

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OSCAR AND KELLY HEAD STATESIDE FOR HiFi PIG TO REPORT FROM AXPONA 2026 Oscar and Kelly bring you their first report from the USA’s biggest annual HiFi extravaganza, AXPONA 2026. Huge thanks to Liz, Mark and the whole team for looking after our HiFi Piglets and to all the show staff, exhibitors and visitors for […]
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$12 to stream Apple Music like an audiophile (and from the couch)

Apple Music’s hi-res audio problem hasn’t gone away. Four years after the company switched on its lossless and hi-res lossless tiers, getting those data-intensive streams into a home hi-fi system without something mangling them along the way remains an exercise in careful hardware selection and/or manual configuration. But for the […]
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Sony PS-LX5BT

The Sony PS-LX5BT is an attractive proposition, boasting Bluetooth streaming, a built-in phono stage and automatic operation – all for a very reasonable outlay.
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Dorpo DMP-A1 Digital Music Player

DORPO DMP-A1 DIGITAL MUSIC PLAYER LAUNCHED WITH MULTI-FUNCTION AUDIO CAPABILITIES dorpo has announced the DMP-A1 Digital Music Player, a multi-function component combining music streaming, digital audio playback, DAC, pre-amplification and headphone amplification in a single unit. Positioned as a central hub for both desktop and full HiFi systems, the DMP-A1 is designed to work with […]
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