Modern equipment

Modern hi-fi equipment usually includes signal sources such as CD players and Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) tuners, an amplifier, and loudspeakers. Some modern hi-fi equipment can be digitally connected using fiber optic and TOSLINK cables and can have universal serial bus (USB) ports and wireless fidelity (WiFi) support.

 

One modern component that is making fast gains in acceptance is the music server consisting of one or more computer hard drives that hold music in the form of computer files such as FLACs. When the said music is stored in an Audio file format that is lossless (such as FLAC or Monkey Audio), the opposite of lossy file formats such as MP3s, the computer playback of recorded audio can indeed serve as an audiophile-quality source for a hi-fi system.

 

If the hi-fi system includes components such as a projector, television, satellite decoder, DVD player, surround sound amplification and multi-channel loudspeakers, then it is often called home cinema or a home theatre system.

 

Other websites on the subject of new technologies and inventions:

-          www.i-wifi.eu and www.wifi-city.eu

-          www.eco-diesel.eu

-          www.i-station.eu