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May 31
- Android inventor Andy Rubin launches new Essential phone and smart assistant
May 30
- MQA: How to turn your listening room into the world’s greatest recording studio
May 26
- ATC to launch wall-mounted versions of its classic loudspeakers
- BBC Store to close in November
- MQA: How to get outstanding sound when you’re out and about – or in the office
May 25
- Onkyo launches new THX home cinema system
- Loewe adds 77in model to its Bild 7 OLED TV range
May 24
- Dali announces move into hi-res multi-room arena
- Bang & Olufsen uses wireless speaker to create its own… beer
- Love Hulten delivers Astovox, packing modern components into retro package
- Munich High End Show 2017 in pictures
- Samsung Galaxy S8 iris scanner already hacked
May 23
- How to bring MQA into your musical life
- Amazon to add individually priced TV channels to its Video platform
- Mixxtape Kickstarter reminds us people still inexplicably want cassettes
- Samsung to launch 'stretchable' display at SID 2017
May 22
- Coming soon: the ‘gramophone’ Bluetooth speaker that’s made of vinyl
- Musicians aren't paid enough in streaming royalties, says Spotify exec
May 19
- Munich High End Show 2017 - news, highlights, best new products
- Qobuz Sublime+ will offer hi-res streaming on smartphones, tablets and PCs
- PMC and AVM bring entry-level range to the UK
- Fyne Audio launches at Munich High End Show 2017
- Focal launches Scala and Maestro Utopia III Evo speakers
- Vevo redesigns its interface for Apple TV
- Finkteam launches WM4 speakers at the Munich High-End Show
- Burmester celebrates 40th anniversary by launching its first turntable
May 18
- Audeze's LCD-i4 £2400 headphones have drivers 'the width of a blood cell'
- Vivaldi One by dCS - yours for £66,000 (including 24-karat gold plate)
- MQA: How origami delivers the true sound of the studio
- Wharfedale launches Diamond 11 Series at the Munich High End Show
- Monitor Audio unveils all-new sixth generation Silver series
- PMC Cor is company's first non-pro integrated amp
- Technics announces SC-C70 all-in-one stereo system
- Onkyo unveils new A-9150 stereo amplifier
- Dynaudio launches The Special Forty stereo speakers
- Pioneer reveals N-70AE and N-50AE network players
- New KEF Q Series speakers aim to be better than ever
- McIntosh announces MA8900 amp and MCD350 CD player
May 17
- The Vinyl Festival is happening
- Amazon brings Alexa to new Fire 7 and HD 8 tablets
- Sennheiser reveals special edition Pink Floyd headphones
- Primare launches I15, I35 amps and CD35 player
- BT to show Champions League, Europa League finals free in 4K on YouTube
- Thorens launches 900-series turntables
May 16
- Bragi Dash Pro: wireless 'ear computers' custom fitted to your ear canal
- New Astell & Kern hi-res player has big price and daft name
- Magico M6 floorstanding speakers cost £200,000 a pair
- Audiolab shrinks its M-DAC to Mini size
- MQA confirms Sony Music and Merlin as hi-res audio partners
- Netflix blocks its service on certain Android phones
- Forget buttons: HTC's new U11 smartphone is squeezy
May 15
- RHA announces two new wireless headphones
- MP3 is dead, as creators end licensing programme
May 12
- Spinbox is a turntable you build yourself
- Users of BBC iPlayer will require a login from 2017
- Timestep launches heavily modified Technics SL-1210GR
- New Como Audio Amico portable wi-fi radio from Tivoli Audio founder
May 11
- Lots of new Electrocompaniet kit expected in Munich
- Denon launches AVR-X540BT budget AV receiver
- Leema Acoustics reboots Pulse amplifier for Munich High End Show
May 10
- Beyerdynamics to launch Xelento Wireless, premium Bluetooth in-ears
- Facebook takes aim at Netflix with original TV shows
- Netflix to add HDR support for mobile viewing soon
May 9
- Sky TV is having a brief sale
- Amazon announces new Echo Show in the US
- Cambridge Audio SE1 headphones get full release after charity campaign
May 8
- Spotify Codes feature allows you to scan and share music
- Sky makes virtual reality Joshua vs Klitschko film
- Harman Kardon accidentally reveals its Cortana-powered speaker
- Power Rangers will be Lionsgate's first Dolby Vision 4K Blu-ray
May 5
- Pro-Ject releases Beatles-themed turntables for Sgt Pepper's 50th anniversary
- Audio-Technica DSR Series: the pursuit of perfect wireless audio
- Fitbit set to launch its first ever headphones
May 4
- Denon announces D-M41DAB stereo system
- Sony unveils XE70 range of 4K HDR TVs
May 3
- Record Store Day 2017 increases vinyl album sales by 200%
- Loewe bild 9 is a striking, slim OLED TV
- Elbow cassette player concept could spark tape revival
- June 2017 issue on sale now!
May 2
- Hacker releases episodes of hit Netflix series early
- Acoustic Energy resurrects AE109, launches new AE100 model
- Sennheiser launches HDV 820 headphone amp and DAC
- BBC iPlayer will feature a special binaural audio version of Doctor Who
- Apple's Siri-powered home speaker to arrive next month?
- Wilson Benesch's new Resolution loudspeakers will be shown at Munich