Yamaha’s ‘Frame’ is well-named visually if not practically — the only thing ‘framed’ here is the odd central display dominated by the weird vertical time read-out. You can, however, like a frame, hang it on the wall, as it’s only 6.5cm deep, while it’s 30cm square (almost exactly the height of of your Sound+Image magazine), with a very nice cloth grille around the central display and concealed twin 3cm soft-dome tweeters and a pair of 8cm woofers. So proper stereo from the ISX-80, if minimally separated.
Since it’s a wireless unit, you don’t need to run signal connections, though it will, of course, need a mains socket for its removable power cable. That connects to the left side, where there is also an auxiliary minijack input, and if you plan…
