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British audio model, Pro-Ject, has unveiled two new utility units designed to resolve some widespread hi-fi issues.
Both allow customers to retrofit techniques with trendy capabilities.
British audio model, Pro-Ject, has simply unveiled a pair of units designed to simplify your hi-fi rig. The two units guarantee you may stream audio simply and make it less complicated than ever to place collectively a wi-fi speaker setup.
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It works as each a community streamer and a digital preamp, with quantity controls and inputs for any exterior sources. That permits customers to interact it as both the central management level for his or her system, or just as an add-on for his or her present system.
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There’s even an analogue enter, to permit for connection to a turntable. It’s powered by Wiim OS, and combines with the Pro-Ject Home app for control and setup.
The brand has also unveiled the Wireless Box E. That’s designed with a similar purpose of problem solving, but this time for connecting up all of the bits of your home entertainment system.
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The box allows you to wirelessly connect speakers, saving you the hassle of long, unsightly cable runs. The box is designed to integrate with the design of Pro-Ject speakers, connecting directly into the terminals at the back.
That may also make it compatible with the rear terminals of other brands, though for any which don’t quite fit, there’s an options extension cable. That’s relatively short – 0.3m long – but does slightly dismantle the wireless design.
For me, that’s the best of the two. I’ve had to settle with my own speaker setup, where they’re a little closer together than I’d like them to be in order to not have massive cable runs around the room. This would solve that quite neatly indeed.
Priced at £159 / €179 (approx. US$215 / AU$300) for the Stream Box E and £199 / €229 (approx. US$270 / AU$375) for the Wireless Box E, these both seem like reasonably priced pieces of utility kit.