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Still listening to music on that tiny radio, your TV soundbar or computer speakers? Time to dramatically up your audio game with the iFi AudioTech AURORA All-In-One Music System. Tech expert and audiophile Dave Taylor of https://www.AskDaveTaylor.com/ gave the iFi Audio AURORA an audition and was blown away by the rich acoustic soundstage, the automatic profiling system to ensure it sounds great in any environment and the stunning and eye-catching style. It's not perfect, but boy does it look and sound amazing...
Check out the iFi Audio AURORA: https://bloomaudio.com/products/ifi-aurora-all-in-one-music-system-gadget-flow
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This all-in-one music system will blow you away
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Let's check it out. Dave Taylor here, and I'm checking out this
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This is the Aurora from IFI Audio, and it is the most unique and really kind
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of gorgeous piece of hardware I've looked at in a really long time
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It is an all-in-one music system, and the sound reproduction is ridiculously good
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It is so big and so loud that your neighbors will be complaining even if they're a quarter mile away
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You can turn it that loud. But what I want to do is I want to give you a quick tour
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and then I'll show you all the functionality, comes with a remote control, and then we'll do a little audio demo
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Now, obviously, the audio demo is not going to be as effective as if we were in person, but we'll have to make do
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So features a bamboo exterior and aluminum highlights. As you can see, it's a little sharp right here
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so you don't want to fall on it. But this is the kind of thing you'd see in the executive's office
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in a really like a Fortune 500 company or in an entertainment
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room for a multimillion dollar mansion. It's that level of gear. It has four 4.5-inch wideband drivers, two 1.1-inch silk dome tweeters
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two 4.5-inch passive radiators. It reproduces sound from 27 to 40,000 Hertz, way more than I can hear
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but honestly, it's such a big full sound. It's 115 decibels sound pressure level and a total harmonic distortion
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of less than 0.05%. OK, one of the things this does that's so cool
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is they have something called auto room tailoring, ART. And every time you turn it on, it bounces around some
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I think it's an ultrasonic signal, and it configures itself for that space
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Now, at 33 pounds, you're not going to be toting this from room to room
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but every time you turn it on, whether your curtains are open or closed
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or whether you just added a new sofa or whatever, this is going to customize itself to give you the best, richest, and fullest
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sound reproduction. Very nice. They also have what they call their Pure Motion Amplifier technology
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which gives you sound space, spatial output, and true bass. It is, again, humorously amazing
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I know that sounds weird, but when I've been using this, I just smile
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I mean, the whole house shakes a little bit. It's just a big, it's honestly like movie theater level sound
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In your house, from a single device with no subwoofer, no speakers anywhere else
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just this. So nice. So how do you connect to it? Well, the primary way is Bluetooth 5.0, and it supports
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and APTX Adaptive and HPTX HD and APTX Low Latency and AAC
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and high-res wireless HWA and LDAC. So basically, you name it, this is the ability to receive music from it
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And if that's not enough, let's have a quick look at the back of the unit
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You can see you can plug in RCA, 3.5 millimeter optical coaxial, USB
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Ethernet, you can even put a micro SD card in this thing. Crazy
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Now, on the front, all the little stripes here are actually illuminated
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They're little touch features, and I found that actually kind of hard to work with
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So thank goodness they have this remote, and it's a very simple design
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It reminds me of the first-generation Apple TV remote, but it gives you all the functionality you need with volume and mute and input choices
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and you can change the brightness of the display and everything. So really, that's kind of all you need
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And then over here, sort of hidden behind here is this tube
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They actually are using a tube preamp featuring, and audiophiles will know what this is, a Russian 6N3P tube
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So what does that do? It gives you a warmer, richer sound, and it's just kind of goofy fun
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This is so over-engineered. It's just great. So, also supports built-in Spotify and Tidal
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Apple AirPlay support, and remote control, obviously. So all of that is great
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Let's try it with some music. So I just happen to have my phone already paired, and if it works... ♪♪�
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So you can feel it or hear it, but I can feel this thing just vibrating
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through the floor and then back up my chair. And try a different song. ♪♪�
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These are all very ominous songs. There we go. It's just beautiful
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It's just a beautiful sound. So, obviously, with the remote, I can do things like pause
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if I can point it. I'm sort of not using it in the normal way
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because who the heck sits behind their speaker to use it, right
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Come on. There we go. So I can just do that. And now it's just..
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I just smile. This is just such a great piece of hardware
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Now, to be fair, I found that configuring things like the built-in Spotify
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and Tidal complicated. It comes...there's an app you can download. You pair it via Wi-Fi
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I found that challenging, too. But all of that goes aside, because this is all about the sound
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And I will tell you, this has a massive soundstage. This is just so clean, so precise
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It's just a beautiful listening experience. Really one of the best pieces of audio equipment I've had to listen to in years
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And I'm really kind of frustrated. I have to send it back, but they insist
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And it's expensive, so we'll make that work. But there's really, you know, once you get this thing worked out
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and once you actually figure out the music source you want, just put this somewhere in your room and turn it on and turn the volume up
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and everything else will drift away. Nothing else matters. It's just a beautiful sound reproduction experience and super fun
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So, okay, now, just quickly, 24 inches by 11 inches by 11 inches deep
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So I'm not sure if that counts the stabby thing on the top
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You don't want this with little children. If you're having it on the floor, that would be a really bad idea
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It's probably in the warranty anyway. So just a really distinctive design and a beautiful playback experience
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marred by some technological user interface hiccups. Maybe that's how it goes
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Again, you can just plug in a 3.5 millimeter or use Bluetooth
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Or honestly, you could hook that up to that, hook this up to that $5,000 television
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and get an amazing sound reproduction from your fancy new TV instead of getting a sound bar
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And then this would have the additional capabilities and feature set of being really great at general music reproduction anyway
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So there you go. So we do need to talk about the price
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It is spendy. But before we get to the price, let me ask if you can subscribe to my channel
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It's that little red button on the lower right, a click or a tap, and boom, we're done. Great
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Okay, this amazing piece of hardware is the IFI Audio Aurora all-in-one music system
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and it is $1399 at bloomaudio.com. You can get that directly through IFI Audio
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You can find it elsewhere at really high-end audiophile stores and online
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If you can afford this, get one. It is just so fun to have such an amazing piece of audio gear in your house or in your office
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And honestly, if it's in your office and everyone's left, just crank it up like mad
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and it'll be honestly better than being at the actual concert. So super fun, highly recommended, huge fan of this thing
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And with that, I'm going to go back to my music, which means I'll catch you in my next video
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