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£549
STREAMER
Audiolab has an impressive track record with regard to wallet-friendly hi-fi designed to give musical satisfaction for a sensible price. The Audiolab 7000N Play sits relatively low down on the network-streamer price scale, no bad thing considering how impressed we were with the refinement and insight of Audiolab’s entry-level 6000N Play. That budget streamer gained a What Hi-Fi? Award a few years ago, so we are hopeful a similar trick can be repeated with the slightly more costly 7000N Play.
There’s certainly tough competition at this level, courtesy of the Award-winning Bluesound Node (2021) and the recently introduced Cambridge Audio MXN10, both of which feature in this group test.
Not a risk-taker
If you are choosing the 7000N Play music streamer over the 6000N,a step up on that used in the 6000N. You also now get AirPlay 2, an updated version of the Play-Fi streaming module, and enhanced power-supply circuitry.
