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Simon Lucas

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  • Technology Journalist and Consultant, Freelance
Brighton, United Kingdom
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Covers:  Audio/video; home entertainment; consumer electronics; sound and vision
Audio/visual-related words, opinions and more words. There's no future in England's dreaming.

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Simon Lucas is a freelance technology journalist and consultant, with particular emphasis on the audio/video aspects of home entertainment. Before embracing the carefree life of the freelancer, he was editor of What Hi-Fi? magazine and website – since then, he's written for titles such as Wired, Metro, the Guardian and Stuff, among many others. Should he find himself with a spare moment, Simon likes nothing more than manfully resisting the urge to publish (and then quickly delete) tweets about …

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Linn Klimax Solo 800

Linn Klimax Solo 800

Simon Lucas reviews £75K worth of Linn monoblocks... Read his full written review here: https://www.sound-adv…

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Linn Klimax Solo 800

Linn Klimax Solo 800

Simon Lucas reviews £75K worth of Linn monoblocks... Read his full written review here: https://www.sound-adv…

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The Bold Bose SoundLink Max Is Our New Favorite Outdoor Speaker

The Bold Bose SoundLink Max Is Our New Favorite Outdoor Speaker

This thumpingly loud, sonically impressive, robustly muscular outdoor speaker is excellent, and all the bette…

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iFi GO Link Max review: a USB-C DAC that's one of the best ways to get affordable hi-res audio fr...

iFi GO Link Max review: a USB-C DAC that's one of the best ways to get affordable hi-res audio fr...

The iFi product lineup just keeps on growing - and for such a tiny product, the iFi GO Link Max makes a huge …

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Austrian Audio’s new ‘semi-open-back’ wired headphones are named like some sort of hired assassin, but I tested them and if you want layered audio, they’re 'The Arranger' for you

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So the brand has come up with a light, comfortable and slightly oddly colored pair of (semi) open-backed headphones that are easy to drive, fold smaller than the norm and are fitted with mildly exotic DLC-coated dynamic drivers that deliver a prodigious 5Hz - 30kHz frequency response. About the only misstep (apart from the finish) is the lack of a balanced cable option — or, more accurately, the lack of a no-cost balanced cable option.
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I tested Austrian Audio’s superb ‘semi-open-back’ wired headphones and not even the budget-level build quality could put me off

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I tested PSB's new stereo speaker system and the punchy sound and compact styling are a delight, but don't bother if you listen to a lot of vinyl

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The standard of build and finish is good, the looks clean and understated no matter which of the seven different finishes you choose. The iQ2 has everything you could realistically hope for in a wireless speaker system costing this sort of money.
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