Music made easy

All-in-one music systems should deliver beautiful music with the minimum of effort. Our following pages bring together the latest and the greatest: from dinky digital radios to desk-dominating musical furniture. To kick off, though, we should first examine the full case for — but also against — all-in-one systems.

hi-fi all-in-ones Integrated music systems, all-in-ones, call them what you will: their main merit is convenience. They are the ultimate convenience product: a one-box music system. Indeed towards the end of this group we see one-box systems that can do the job for music and TV entertainment together. A one-box audio system can be very small. We decided to put in a couple of units at the beginning which are primarily just radios, because they fit the general breed; also some of the higher-level all-in-ones deliberately mimic the aesthetic of radiograms of old, perhaps to persuade purchasers that these are acceptable pieces of furniture for the home. Of course, things have very much been a-changing over recent years. While some keep radio (as a still vibrant and wide-ranging music source),…

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Sound + Image (Digital) - 1 Issue, August - September 2024

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