Make way for the future....


Cambridge Audio talks Evo: “I can accept ‘lifestyle’, but this is a proper hi-fi product” | What Hi-Fi? (whathifi.com)

My kind of product.  Slick looking, compact and functional.   Bet it sounds good!

Time to downsize?
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The BlueSound Power one 2i has been around quite a while and does much of the same thing, minus the pretty screen that you can't read from listening position and at a fraction of the price, if you're into that sort of thing. Granted, the DAC probably isn't as good the one in the Cambridge.
Might be nice in the kitchen, but I don't need a $3000 all in one to listen to while I prepare meals and clean up afterwards. For that I've got a Bluesound Pulse... not perfect, but streams independently or in perfect sync over gigabyte ethernet from a node 2i in the livingroom and is controlled by a phone app.

Hey, maps....Mho, perhaps a 'leading edge' to smaller 'quasi-hi-end' integrated for the flat screen for merely the better audio they've been told is there for their enjoyment....

...which might get attached to the multi-function DVD-CD they already have...which makes them question the speakers that they got with the home 'stereo' as well...

Ah, the dawn of a New Age Audiophila....*S*

Computers became smallerfasterquicker....why not audio?

What comes after D?  Greentooth?  DNA2?

("Direct Neural Audio....Become The Music....")

"Scaling down" can give rise to new approaches....has for me. *G* ;)
I use a one box for all solution, the Lyngdorf TDAI 3400. I find it does almost everything I need. It always allows me to feel delightfully emotionally involved with the music.
The streaming function built-in works great for Int. radio and for general listening from Qobuz or local music, but adding the Bricasti M5 connected to the USB input of the Lyngdorf brings an even greater connection to the music that I love.
so a £5000 one box solution can still be improved upon significantly  by adding a £2500 (+ £595 USB) streamer!
@mapman Good to know this category continues to grow. More options leads to better pricing and fit for each use case. I’m a believer in these integrated one-box solutions as a stepping stone to the future. When we look forward in time, and I’ve been saying this for many years, where we are headed is everything will eventually be on the speaker cabinet. I see a future where each driver has integral amplifier specifically designed to work as one in complete harmony with driver physics. DSP crossover and DACs receiving, directing and converting wireless signals of audio streams, and potentially phono with built-in wifi (for the vinyl lovers). Topologies with no cables, keeping the signal digital to within inches of the drivers eliminates the possibility of cable and connection noise and maximizes efficiency. Speakers capable of flat linear full-range response. DSP means the user can tweak and adjust output properties however they wish, in real time from myriad devices and correct (automatically) for room response. And here’s the kicker... all elements needed to make this ’future system’ exist already. There is no technical obstacle remaining to overcome. It’s only a matter of time now, time for the industry and consumers - our slow minds - to accept this eventuality. The real question is, why do we (humans) clutch old ways. Is it because of our investment in the past, tradition, conspiracy, fear, or something else?
see a future where each driver has integral amplifier specifically designed to work as one in complete harmony with driver physics. DSP crossover and DACs receiving
This already exists, it's in the speakers I use.

There are some wireless using WISA but it has a way to go.