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Daily Audio News — June 17, 2026

Highlights: JBL Live 780NC; The Sonos app is getting a major refresh this week – here's what's new; Vienna Sound Fest 2026 Report; Fancy watching the World Cup on a 300-inch screen? Amazon has slashed £618 off this 4K projector in an early Prime Day deal; Beyerdynamic's durable wired in-ears are built for cost-savvy stadium rockers

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High End Vienna 2026 Report Part Eight – Hall X5

Topic: Other

JON CHECKS OUT THE NEXT BIG HALL X5 AT HIGH END VIENNA 2026 HiFi PiG’S Jon takes a snoofle around Hall X5 at the Austria Center Vienna. Discover what he found in the next instalment of our High End Vienna 2026 Report. If you want to check out our previous reports from High End Vienna […]

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Electromod Host UK HeadFi Debuts At NWAS 2026

Topic: Headphones

ELECTROMOD HOSTS GRELL OAE2 UK DEBUT HEADLINES NORTH WEST AUDIO SHOW 2026 Headphone specialist Electromod will use North West Audio Show 2026 to introduce several products making their UK show debuts, led by the first public UK appearance of the Grell OAE2 headphones. Visitors to Cranage 2026 will also be able to hear new products […]

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Headphones

JBL Live 780NC

JBL’s mid-price wireless headphones have a colourful design, lots of features and massive battery life. Can they win us over in the sound department, too?

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Other

The Sonos app is getting a major refresh this week – here's what's new

The new features should make it easier to use.

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Fancy watching the World Cup on a 300-inch screen? Amazon has slashed £618 off this 4K projector in an early Prime Day deal

A new lowest price for this home-cinema-in-a-box

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Beyerdynamic's durable wired in-ears are built for cost-savvy stadium rockers

Beyerdynamic unveils the DT 30 IE wired earbuds

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From the first TV broadcast to 4K HDR: the World Cup moments that changed how we watch football

A very AV-focused history of the FIFA World Cup

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Vienna Sound Fest 2026 Report

THE SPANISH TEAM BEHIND MADRID’S ART & SOUND FEST BROUGHT THE SHOW TO AUSTRIA FOR THE VIENNA SOUND FEST 2026 HiFi PiG’s Jon was also tasked with exploring the various off-site shows, which took place independently of the High End Vienna show at the Austria Centre. Here he takes you around the extremely High-End Vienna […]

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Lowther Voigt 4ft Horn System At NWAS 2026

LOWTHER TO DEMONSTRATE VOIGT 4FT HORN SYSTEM AT NORTH WEST AUDIO SHOW 2026 Visitors to the North West Audio Show 2026 will have the opportunity to hear a system built around one of the most significant designs in Lowther’s history, the Voigt 4ft Horn. Lowther will be exhibiting in the Wright Room on the lower […]

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Streaming

One of the world's biggest streaming platforms is getting a new owner, with this multi-billion-dollar deal

A media titan is buying a streaming giant

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Speakers

Rogers PM510 S3 arrives as a £17,999 flagship ‘monitor’

Rogers is chasing the high end again with a large standmount loudspeaker. The PM510 S3 is the British company’s new flagship loudspeaker, a name first seen in the 1980s and one that traces its lineage back further still to the BBC LS5/8 Grade One studio monitor. Rogers is billing this […]

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Etude Tri-Linear Array ETLA Loudspeaker

ETUDE TRI-LINEAR ARRAY ETLA LOUDSPEAKER INTRODUCES HIGH-SENSITIVITY FLOORSTANDING DESIGN The latest loudspeaker from British HiFi brand CML Music is the Etude Tri-Linear Array (ETLA), a compact floorstanding design created by Dr Christopher Mark Liauw. The Etude Tri-Linear Array ETLA Loudspeaker is due to have its world premiere at NWAS 2026 at Cranage Hall. Developed as […]

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