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This is important as you are rarely seated directly in front of your loudspeakers when listening to music. Everything else is pretty much covered, a great deal of it by the inclusion of the Denon/Marantz wireless multiroom platform HEOS. But should you ever switch out the speakers as an upgrade or for other reasons, you should remember this option and turn it off, or at least try the sound without it. This is because technology in the AV marketplace moves fast, and as a result the value of items decrease very quickly.

Play a CD through the slot-loading CD player, or tune in to your favourite station with DAB/DAB+/FM radio. Listen to your favourite CDs, stream your playlists via Spotify, Deezer Premium or Tidal, go multi-room with the HEOS Built-in technology, using Bluetooth® or your network.

The rounded edges and rustic fabric of these new DALI front grilles add a lighter and more contemporary visual look to the OBERON series. Deliveries direct from manufacturers or suppliers can take a little longer but we will keep you informed and updated. The CEOL-N11DAB still supports numerous music streaming options via WiFi, Ethernet, AirPlay 2, Bluetooth® and USB. We began our listening with internet radio, which uses the excellent TuneIn platform, which in the UK has been hobbled by record company legal action so that it can’t play anything other than UK stations, but which is, as yet, free of such interference here in Australia.But this is mini-system sound quality, and a significant uptick in sound quality will be possible if you're prepared to ditch DAB and the CD player. Additionally music can be streamed wirelessly via Bluetooth and AirPlay 2 from mobile devices, or via the front panel USB port for connecting USB memory drives. We were pleased to find that this works for free Spotify as well as subscriptions, which isn’t always the case with other streaming platforms.

We are great fans of having stereo speakers like those of the N11 combo either side of your TV, or under it, as in the image overleaf, in preference to an often intrusive soundbar in front of it.Download the HEOS app to your phone connect to the internet,and away you go it really is that easy once you have connected your speakers. The iron pole piece of the OBERON woofer magnet is crowned by a patented SMC disk - minimizing the negative effects of the iron. Or, group additional HEOS enabled devices like wireless speakers, soundbars, or AV receivers to fill the house with the same song, using your home network. We very much appreciate that HEOS is properly localised and doesn’t show services which aren’t available to Australia (as do most rivals, to the ongoing irritation of users). This guarantee applies to all Denon Products including Blu Ray Players, Book Shelf Speakers, CD Players, Headphones, Hi Fi Amplifiers and Receivers, Home Cinema Amplifiers and Systems as well as award winning Mini Systems, Sound Bars and Turntables.

The drive or stick needs to be formatted as FAT32 or NTFS, and the manual notes that album artwork exceeding 500 × 500 pixels may prevent music being played back properly. Once we have fully tested the item and confirmed the fault, we will process the refund or exchange including cost of carriage back to us (within reason). Visit our amazing showroom in Hayes, West London to view, touch and listen to our Hifi and Surround sound display’s.

So whether you are after a full surround sound system, a new TV or a pair of headphones, you can be sure you are in good hands. With HEOS Built-in, multi-room applications and access to all major streaming services are included, while support for Alexa and Google Assistant also allows voice control. As a member of Euronics, we are part of a network of 'Euronics Agents' who are all independent electrical specialists. We continued to some Tidal streaming; there’s no unfolding of MQA Masters here for high-res streaming (as rival streaming system BluOS offers), but it’s arguable whether high-res is going to improve the excellent sound we enjoyed, whether punching up some bouncy REM or delivering the drifting flow of Philip Glass’s Closing. I have a large Victorian conservatory where I want to set up a streaming system like this Denon package, and may need speakers with more oomf.