ANALYSIS: OUTDOOR LIVING Home Entertainment
Selling the spring lifestyle
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Outdoor entertainment is more than just a seasonal speaker story. Steve May slaps on the sunscreen and reports on the the rise of the portable CE ecosystem.
DAC functionality, Bluetooth and powerful headphone amplification, creating a hybrid device that feels equally at home on a patio lounger or packed into a weekend travel bag. The design and concept may seem delightfully retro, but there’s some serious audio
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interesting categories for electrical retail. Products that can move from the kitchen counter to the garden table take priority, as shoppers look to provide the kids with holiday diversions, and themselves with wire free entertainment.
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Bluetooth speakers are suddenly an essential purchase when you’re planning a barbecue,
s spring settles in and consumers begin reclaiming their gardens, patios and balconies, outdoor entertainment once again blooms as one of the more commercially
waterproof party speakers entice with poolside appeal, and even TV streaming becomes something that can move between rooms, gardens and vehicles. And there’s plenty on offer to inspire buyers.
Old school outdoors One particularly interesting new portable offering comes from FiiO, which demonstrates that outdoor audio does not have to begin and end with streaming.
Its new DM15 R2R portable CD player combines old school disc playback with USB
Fiio DM15 R2R CD player
tech beneath the bonnet. One key technical hook is its fully differential 24-bit R2R DAC architecture, built from 192 precision thin-film resistors. The benefit is sonic warmth, and detail retrieval, certain to appeal to Hi-Fi enthusiasts with existing CD collections. The tempered-glass lid, which displays CD artwork, helps reinforce its premium build credentials, while substantial amplification power, 1150mW per channel through balanced outputs, will comfortably drive demanding headphones. It’s a credible upsell rather than a simple nostalgia purchase.
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