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Denon has been working on that idea for a while now, and this universal player is their apt solution. Like most of us AV heads, you too relax your brains on the thought of enjoying a movie or listening to music without having to move from the comfort, Therefore shuffling between your Blue-ray,DVD,CD players eventually gets cumbersome.

we will get to this in a bit. Video features come in the form of 1080/2.4p video output and support for upscaling. The 10-bit silicon optix realta chipset hiding on the insides should be more than capable of offering top notch picture quality and we will test that bit once we get our hands on this one.

The rear panel of an AV product, visual hell for most, seven course meal for us. The list begins with dual HDMI ports, a component, composite and a S-video out each. you can enjoy full HD (1080/24p) quality videos directly over HDMI . Then, there is the Denon link4 port for earpleasing jitter free audio, along with 7.1-channel output ports. you can even slide in your SD card to view images,audio or video files. Finally an Ethernet slot completes the list of ports that one really cares about. Expected as 1,78,600 in $3800..

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SONY’S LATEST WALKMAN sees the company entering the world of truly multifunctional portables. At its heart an MP3 player, an OLED screen complete with touch screen functionality for wireless internet browsing, plus video play back, noise-cancelling earphones and an FM radio, point towards a serious challanger for the multimedia portable crown.

New headphones a good idea

It’s fair to say we’re fairly non-plussed by the noise-cancelling aspect of the earphones, but thsi is largely as the comfortable, if deep-burrowing, earphones do a fine job of isolating outside noise already. Sonically they’re a little on the bright side and lack a bit of body, but switch to a pair of reference heardphones and this song sounds excellent.

Glass, the opening track on the new Bat For Lashes album, sounds suitably ethereal, an open delivery allowing plenty of toom for a detailed delivery. Martyn’s natural selection shows the sony capable of delivering dynamics and good bass depth without overall speed and agility suffering.

Sonically, the NWZ-X1060 is excellent – we think it will gives its direct rival the ipod touch  serious run for its money-but the size of the screen and,more pertinently,the internet browsing experience lets the side down.. Price : NA

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CYRUS AMPLIFIER UPGRADES are hard to spot. Each new generation from the 3 integrated of the early 90’s to the recently dicontinued 8vs2 has looked identical. The 8Xpd uses the same magnesium alloy die-cast casing too- though the LCD display suggests something more significant than the usual evolution has happened.

The ‘D’ in the name means the amplifier has a built in DAC. This is broadly similar to the circuitry used in the much respected CD6se CD player and somes with no fewer than five inputs: two coax,two optical and one USB.

Other changes include new preamp circuitry based on cyrus’s high end DAC Xp, a digital to

“So how does the cyrus sound? In a word, wonderfull”

analogue/preamp combo of much talent, and a more elaborate power supply arrangement to prevebt the control circuitry spoling sonic perfomance.

The usual cyrus traits are evident: the 8XPd is immensely fast and precise.

A bit of character is desirable in people, but not such a welcome trait in hi-fi. That transparency allows the recording to take centre stage, as it should. The 8’s treble, too,positively sparkles,while never erring to harshness,leanness or aggression. Partner this amp with capable and neutral speakers such as the ATC SCM 40s or spendor A6s along with say, a CD8se CD player and you’ll have an astonishingly  capable system for the money.

The on-board DAC is a good one,giving impressive results through all inputs. It makes even our aged Acer laptop sound like a reasonable hi-fi source.

Cyrus is no stranger to producing class-leading products. It is expected Rs 1,50,000

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