Nano HiFi

Ultra high fidelity audio in a sleek portable system

Getting the highest quality audio at home used to mean having stacks of receivers, speakers the size of bookshelves and endless wires cluttering up your space. While some of the latest large-scale home audio packages are nothing short of remarkable, the general move in the industry is toward more compact systems. While some speakers sacrifice sound quality in the name of a more compact design, …

Sonos Play:1

The compact, powerful, new entry-level wireless HiFi speaker

Continuing to redefine their own notion of entry-level, Sonos has launched the PLAY:1, a $200 full sounding and compact wireless speaker that can stand alone or find its fit in a multi-speaker, multi-room set-up. Longtime fans of Sonos, who power our daily home and in-office tunes, we are again entirely satisfied—making a big sound come out of a small box at an affordable price is …

Bang & Olufsen’s Beolab 14

A beautifully designed HiFi audio kit that integrates into a multi-brand home entertainment setup

by Jorge Abellas Bang & Olufsen (B&O) has always produced exquisitely designed sound-systems not intended for use in a multi-brand entertainment setup. A few months back, the brand made a very deliberate effort to expand their market with the release of the Beolab 14 speaker system—which not only seamlessly integrates with the Beovision line of televisions, but also works with a wide variety of standard …