Receivers

Music lovers who want to stream tunes from their smartphone to the home hi-fi or from the hi-fi to Bluetooth headphones might be disappointed. McIntosh Labs engineered the MB20 Bluetooth Transceiver to enable any hi-fi setup to do just that.

Though the UK's Cambridge Audio always has its ears tuned on top quality audio, as with the recently-announced Alva TT, the company is also mindful that budget music lovers appreciate good sound too. And so it is with the new AX series of a wallet-friendly hi-fi gear.

Concentrating solar power (CSP) plants can be a key part of a renewable energy strategy, but progress is often focused on larger facilities. Now, engineers from Sandia National Laboratories are improving the efficiency of smaller plants, designing a new receiver that can absorb much more sunlight.

New receivers on the ALMA radio telescope in Chile have been designed to help scientists search the cosmos for water - an essential ingredient in the search for possible carbon-based extraterrestrial life

The Auris bluMe packs a powerful DAC, high-gain antenna and Bluetooth 4.1 with Low Latency aptX support to deliver high-quality audio streaming to home stereos and receivers. The bluMe is currently funding on Kickstarter.

Pioneer has just released its second generation of Networked Entertainment eXperience (NEX) receivers. The previous models were among the first to feature Apple CarPlay, and the new ones improve the features offered in the older models while also adding support for Android Auto.

Pioneer has announced two new members of its Elite Series of AV receivers, which are said to be the most powerful home theater amplifiers the company has ever produced.

Parrot's Asteroid car stereo brings some impressive new features on top of the Android OS.

Logitech is about to release the first product in a range that will allow multiple wireless peripheral devices to connect to one receiver

On show at CES 09 this year was Cambridge Audio’s latest offering to the Blu-Ray player market, the Azur 640BD. As this was Cambridge’s first Blu-Ray offering they’ve released a Version 2 update of their Azur 640R AV Receiver that partners nicely with their new player.

Hama's i-gotU GPS receivers display your holiday route on a computer and catalogue any photos taken on the way.

August 28, 2008 Sony is showing an extraordinarily slim new 40-inch Bravia HD LCD TV at IFA this week that measures a barely believable 9.9mm at its slimmest section. The compelling elegance of this wafer-thin display is hugely enhanced by a super-fast wireless connection so there are no signal cab