sound quality

Lindy mains conditioner: Cleans filthy power

Crave An audiophile will tell you that plugging highly sensitive amplifiers into noisy power networks will seriously damage the quality of the audio you listen to. It may sound completely fabricated, but there is a legitimate problem this power strip...

Tags: electronics, power, problem, equipment

3 December 2008, 11:22

The CNET UK Blu-ray player speed challenge

Crave A great player, with some of the best picture and sound quality we've seen. One cold and wet British summer, a Home Cinema reviewer was growing old waiting for a Blu-ray player to play his copy of Zombie Strippers -- for review purposes only, of...

Tags: pioneer, tray, blu, disc

27 November 2008, 11:51

China's problem is dirty coal, not dirty plants

Crave The emissions are definitely higher than they could be, the report found, but the culprit is usually low-quality coal rather than low-tech plants. This may not sound like a big deal, but even large international organizations often, or even...

24 November 2008, 10:51

Photos: Ears-on with the wireless Sleek Audio SA6 earphones

Crave This is in stark contrast to, say, the Etymotic ety8 'phones, which while offering gorgeous audio, still only deliver compressed sound quality over the damned Bluetooth. They're extremely comfortable sound-isolating earphones, with a notable...

20 November 2008, 11:53

Aston Martin DBS: Bangin' with Olufsen

Crave Mounting is of very high quality -- we heard no rattle as heavy bass made the whole car feel as if it was moving. Even wilder, the system is tuned for dual imaging, meaning that there are two sweet spots, letting driver and passenger enjoy equally...

Tags: car, kit, driver, played

20 November 2008, 10:32

Crave predicts the future: Flip Mino goes HD

Crave Our main concern with the previous Flips was the sound quality, and the company claims to have addressed this with premier AAC audio. As we predicted just last month, Flip Video has taken the high-definition plunge.

Tags: flip video, high definition, definition, hd

12 November 2008, 10:43

Toshiba Regza 42ZV555D: 'World's first' upscaling TV

Crave The logic behind using such a powerful processor is that by increasing the power available for upscaling, the quality improves. To be fair, that doesn't roll off the tongue as easily, nor does it sound impressive.

Tags: toshiba, cell, processor, definition

11 November 2008, 11:59

Toshiba XD-E500: Now with free Lovefilm subscription

Crave Although we applaud Toshiba's efforts to improve the quality of DVDs with its upscaling players, we couldn't help but think the XD-E500, which we reviewed in September, was a little too expensive at £120 and didn't do enough with the picture...

Tags: toshiba, dvds, movies, post office

10 November 2008, 11:22

Denon DVD-3800BD: Wallet-busting Blu-ray

Crave Let's find out what you get for your titanic wodge of moolah.Spending that much more on a Blu-ray player means you get more features, better connectivity and (hopefully) a much higher-quality picture.

Tags: silver, eye, blu, ray

3 November 2008, 11:12

Welcome to the CNET UK Editors' Choice awards October 2008

Crave Most important to us in an MP3 player is sound quality, and not only does the A828 create some of the best-sounding music in a portable device, Sony didn't ruin this as most companies do -- including Apple -- by bundling terrible earphones in the...

Tags: editors, sound quality, ground, freeview

31 October 2008, 16:52

Ears-on with the Shure SE102 earphones

Crave They seem to have a particular talent with vocals (for this price point at least), with a shimmering high end that gives sound an open, transparent quality, which many earphones at this price lack. But now it's gone one step further with the entry...

Tags: shure, entry, earphones, sennheiser

29 October 2008, 10:45

Archos 5 vs Cowon A3: PMP prizefight

Crave Ignoring screen quality, as they truly blow us away almost equally on that score, we'll firstly look at video format support. This leads us to believe that if you want out-of-the-box support for great-quality video and no messing around with...

Tags: archos, capacity, dock, surround

27 October 2008, 12:15

Opinion: Why Freeview is better than freesat

Crave So why, you might ask, why does digital TV look like something YouTube would be ashamed of when we were promised crystal clear picture and sound quality? While watching some freesat recently, we noticed that the quality was terrible.

Tags: air, rate, channels, frame

17 October 2008, 11:30

Hands-on with the Philips SA5285: New dog, same tricks

Crave There's also a stronger emphasis on sound quality than the average MP3 player, apparently, by means of Philips' 'FullSound' audio-enhancement technology and some fairly decent sound-isolating earphones in the box.

Tags: philips, talk, sound quality, bbc

15 October 2008, 12:02

Photos: Hands-on with the Samsung YP-Q1 Diamond

Crave So far we're happy with sound quality as well. It's easy to use, offers great sound quality and support for lossless audio, provides mobile access to the BBC's awesome catch-up service and all on a large, bright screen.

13 October 2008, 12:57