Rebecca Roberts

Feb 8, 2024 | whathifi.com | Rebecca Roberts

Neon, colour-changing record player, anyone? Brian Eno is launching another vinyl-spinning feast that is as much for the eyes as it is for the ears, following on from his original ‘Turntable’ released in 2021. The fittingly named ‘Turntable II’ is, like its predecessor, built around a frosted-cast acrylic and LED light design, with the platter and base able to change colour, and also this time 'independently and seamlessly' phase through combinations of ‘generative colourscapes’.

Feb 5, 2024 | whathifi.com | Rebecca Roberts

We’ve all been there – faced with shelves and shelves of various branded yoghurt, page after page of food menus, and seemingly never-ending rows of Netflix titles, wishing there were fewer options to choose between. When it comes to streaming services, the paradox of choice has never been so prevalent: every entertainment giant has seemingly thrown its hat into the ring, from Amazon, Apple and Google to Disney, Warner Bros.

Feb 1, 2024 | whathifi.com | Rebecca Roberts

Cambridge Audio has whipped the tablecloth off its latest and highly anticipated mid-range music streamer. The new Cambridge Audio CXN100 (£899/$1099) replaces the acclaimed CXN V2 model which not long ago picked up its sixth consecutive What Hi-Fi? Award in and became the first streamer to enter the What Hi-Fi? Hall of Fame, so you could say the successor has rather large shoes to fill – Shaquille O’Neil-wearing size 22s perhaps, to put the network player's achievements into perspective.

Jan 31, 2024 | whathifi.com | Rebecca Roberts

To the misfortune of misshaped vegetables and runts of puppy litters, Ruark Audio founder Alan O’Rourke is probably right in saying that we buy with our eyes and that isn't going to change anytime soon. Anyone who has laid eyes on a Ruark Audio music system would very reasonably describe it as they would Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia: an utterly eye-catching work of art.

Jan 29, 2024 | whathifi.com | Rebecca Roberts

Linn has announced a new flagship mono power amplifier that it says can ‘drive any given speaker optimally… under any conditions’. The Klimax Solo 800 is the Scottish company’s first large, passively cooled mono model, taking the reigns as the amplifier range-topper from the much more compact Klimax Solo 500 which has been in Linn’s lineup since the late 90s.