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NEWS
We reveal the latest products and upcoming events
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New Nu-Vistas
RANGE-TOPPING PAIRING FROM MUSICAL FIDELITY WITH NUVISTOR VALVES AND OUTBOARD PSUs
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Magico S3 reborn
CABINET, DRIVERS AND MORE UPGRADED
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Mini adventures
The Fall to Fugazi, Beastie Boys to Billy Bragg… the mini-album has been used to kickstart careers or capitalise on the promise of projects to come. Johnny Sharp brings you his pick
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Wilson Audio Alexia V
It’s V for Victory as Wilson’s Alexia loudspeaker is more than simply ‘tickled-up’ with a host of detailed revisions
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Double big Mac
MONOBLOCK BLENDS VALVE AND SOLID-STATE
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Animal instinct
THREE-STRONG LOUDSPEAKER RANGE FROM TOTEM ACOUSTIC
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iFi Audio makes the Link
DIMINUTIVE DAC/AMP TARGETS DEVICES WHERE 3.5MM IS MIA
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S marks the spot for Rotel
JAPANESE MARQUE LAUNCHES FIRST EVER ‘ALL-IN-ONE’ AMP
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SME Model 12 MK2
SME’s flagship Model 60 turntable was more than an aspirational torch-bearer for the UK brand – it set the tone for revisions that will trickle down through the entire range
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HiFi Rose RS520
Combining the network streaming capability of the RS150 flagship with the GAN-FET Class D amplification of the RS180, the RS520 aims to be the ‘all-in-one’ for everyone
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Under the covers…
Johnny Sharp on the creation of the sleeve artwork for Tapestry by Carole King
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New Nu-Vistas
RANGE-TOPPING PAIRING FROM MUSICAL FIDELITY WITH NUVISTOR VALVES AND OUTBOARD PSUs
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The hi-fi news & Record Review Reader Pledge
Hi-Fi News’ readers can take full confidence in the fact that every product featured on our front cover, throughout the magazine and on our website has been comprehensively reviewed (auditioned, photographed and lab tested) at our facility
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Icon Audio ST40 MkIV 6L6
Designer David Shaw has stripped the best-selling Stereo 40 tube amp back to its basics and replaced its KT88s with 6L6/KT66s for a less ‘power hungry’ musical experience
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Magico S3 reborn
CABINET, DRIVERS AND MORE UPGRADED
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Western Electric Type 91E
If you’re a fan of the legendary 300B triode, who better to produce an application for that valve? Western Electric’s 91E integrated amplifier may be your dream come true
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Double big Mac
MONOBLOCK BLENDS VALVE AND SOLID-STATE
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Triangle Magellan Cello 40th Anniversary
Anniversary celebrations continue with this four-strong Magellan series and trickle-down from the ‘Grand Concert’
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Audiovector R 8 Arreté
For over 40 years and two generations, this family-run speaker specialist has epitomised the best of Danish design
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Animal instinct
THREE-STRONG LOUDSPEAKER RANGE FROM TOTEM ACOUSTIC
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iFi Audio makes the Link
DIMINUTIVE DAC/AMP TARGETS DEVICES WHERE 3.5MM IS MIA
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S marks the spot for Rotel
JAPANESE MARQUE LAUNCHES FIRST EVER ‘ALL-IN-ONE’ AMP
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Musical Fidelity M6x 250.7
The Austrian brand’s first multichannel power amp is designed not just for home theatre systems but also to service bi- or even tri-amped stereo set-ups. Is this a trend?
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Lyra Kleos SL
Coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the company’s founding, Lyra introduces a refinement to the popular Kleos moving-coil cartridge – the SL with, yes, lower output
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Upcoming Events
IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR HI-FI DIARY
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ELAC Miracord 80
ELAC revived the Miracord name for its 90th anniversary with a brand-new turntable – a celebratory model now trickled-down into the new Miracord 80, complete with MM
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Nagaoka MP-500
The flagship of Nagaoka’s ‘Moving Permalloy’ range can trace its lineage back to ADC’s 10E pick-up from 1964. Has this top-of-the-range cartridge stood the test of time?
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Kroma Atelier Stella Xtreme
These ‘artisanal’ speakers hail from Spain and combine Purifi and Mundorf driver tech with Krion cabinets
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Simaudio MOON 250i
Traditional, all-analogue amplifiers have an advantage over their digitally-packed contemporaries as there’s simply less to go ‘out of date’! That’s the theory…
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Under the covers…
Johnny Sharp on the creation of the sleeve artwork for Tapestry by Carole King
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HiFi Rose RS250A
Korea’s Citech group continues apace with yet another ‘full colour widescreen’ offering from its HiFi Rose brand – this time with an updated network-attached media hub
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Constellation Centaur II Stereo
Available in both monoblock and stereo chassis, the Centaur II has been a mainstay of the Constellation range for over six years. It’s clearly not broken, so why change it?
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Apogee BOOM
This 2+2 hardware/software audio interface was crafted with budding musicians, video producers and live streamers in mind. So, is there anything here for the audiophile?
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T+A MP 200
The final, or should that be first, component in T+A’s 200 series quartet is a CD-playing, network-attached media transport that boasts a proprietary ‘SYS-Link’ connection
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Alta Audio Alec
Do your speakers make the earth move? If not then Alta Audio may have the answer with its XTL bass loading…
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Pablo Casals Cellist, conductor, Catalan
To focus on a few celebrated solo recordings is to miss the bigger picture of a complete musician, says Peter Quantrill, paying tribute to a cellist who played for Queen Victoria
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The Beatles Revolver (180g)
Featuring sitar, violins, backwards recordings and some sage words from Peter Fonda, this 1966 album found the Fab Four firing on all cylinders, says Steve Sutherland
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Hi-Fi News’ readers can take full confidence in the fact that every product featured on our front cover, throughout the magazine and on our website has been comprehensively reviewed (auditioned, photographed and lab tested) at our facility
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The B-52’s
When five young friends from Athens, Georgia began jamming on borrowed instruments and writing songs about lobsters and mystical planets, they didn’t imagine it would lead to an album deal with Warner Brothers and global fame… or the attention of John Lennon
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Shostakovich String Quartet No 3
An overlooked masterpiece of the mid-20th-century – but how Soviet, or even Russian, should the Third Quartet sound? Peter Quantrill listens back to its history on record
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Western Electric Type 91E
If you’re a fan of the legendary 300B triode, who better to produce an application for that valve? Western Electric’s 91E integrated amplifier may be your dream come true
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Guns N’ Roses Use Your Illusion I & II
Four years after their electrifying debut, Axl, Slash and co returned with not one, but two double albums – and it was all downhill from there, says Steve Sutherland
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Dean St Studios
In London’s Soho lies a studio that has rocked to Thin Lizzy, rolled with Robert Plant and now has big plans to bring immersive audio to music fans. Steve Sutherland explains
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Tears For Fears Songs…
For the follow-up to their debut record The Hurting, the philosophically inclined pop duo built a 24-track studio and battled their label’s desire for a commercial synth sound. The eight-track album that resulted put them in a prime position to rule the world…
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Audiovector R 8 Arreté
For over 40 years and two generations, this family-run speaker specialist has epitomised the best of Danish design
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Audio and audibility
If you’re staging a musical ‘in the round’, where cast members often sing with their backs to the audience, why not employ radio mics? asks Barry Fox. If you don’t, prepare for the complaints
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B-52’s: end of the road
Barry Willis wishes he was ‘headin’ down the Atlanta highway’ one final time with his post-punk heroes – but at least he saw them play live countless times, and got the (signed) t-shirt
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For the record
Stratford is now known as the home of the 2012 London Olympics, but for Jim Lesurf it was where he fell in love with music and began building his vinyl collection, month by month
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Studio One Jamaica
Founded in 1954, this facility would become one of the music world’s most renowned studios, giving birth to ska, rocksteady and reggae. Steve Sutherland has the story
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Lyra Kleos SL
Coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the company’s founding, Lyra introduces a refinement to the popular Kleos moving-coil cartridge – the SL with, yes, lower output
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Getting the tingle
It’s easy to get lost in quality considerations when building or listening to a hi-fi system. You’ve got it right when you have an emotional reaction to the music, says Andrew Everard
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Young at heart
The presentation might remind of light entertainment reality TV, but the BBC Young Musician competition remains a must-watch for classical music aficionados, says Peter Quantrill
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ELAC Miracord 80
ELAC revived the Miracord name for its 90th anniversary with a brand-new turntable – a celebratory model now trickled-down into the new Miracord 80, complete with MM
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Philips CD380 CD player
This late ’80s player may have been built to a price using a DAC suited to portables, but it promised few compromises when it came to sheer sound. How will it shape-up today?
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Jadis JPS8 and JA50
These purist valve amps from France are still something special, reckons Ken Kessler, but first it’s time to put your expectations to one side…
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De-damaging vinyl
A new accessory from Pro-Ject promises to buff up the performance of your vinyl system by tackling clicks and noise. Barry Fox wonders if this is what LP fetishists really want
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Kroma Atelier Stella Xtreme
These ‘artisanal’ speakers hail from Spain and combine Purifi and Mundorf driver tech with Krion cabinets
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The significance of ritual
Why do some audiophiles have a preference for physical formats over streaming? Because there’s a ritual involved that a couple of clicks on a computer mouse can’t replicate, says Barry Willis
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Precious metal
We shouldn’t expect every piece of music to make our systems really sing, says Mark Craven, but he reserves the right to be annoyed when even megastars can make a mess of a mix
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HiFi Rose RS250A
Korea’s Citech group continues apace with yet another ‘full colour widescreen’ offering from its HiFi Rose brand – this time with an updated network-attached media hub
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OFF THE LEASH! KEN KESSLER TELLS IT LIKE IT IS…
Ken Kessler on the perils of any reviewer thinking he’s found the ultimate piece of hi-fi equipment
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Take the Fifth
Considering the vast library already available, Peter Quantrill is of the belief that any new recording of a classical work needs a reason to exist – just maybe not if it involves a kazoo…
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And all that jazz
Can a live music streaming platform, launched as a pandemic panacea and then expanded to appeal to jazz-lovers, stay relevant now that venues have reopened, wonders Steve Harris
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BAFFLED BY REGA BIAS
HOW CAN ‘AUTOMATIC’ RB220 BE IMPROVED?
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Constellation Centaur II Stereo
Available in both monoblock and stereo chassis, the Centaur II has been a mainstay of the Constellation range for over six years. It’s clearly not broken, so why change it?
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Open your ears!
WHY DO PEOPLE APPRECIATE HIGH-RES TVS BUT NOT AUDIO?
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Am I still an audiophile?
SIMPLICITY, SELF-INDULGENCE AND THE SOLACE ENTRY-LEVEL EQUIPMENT CAN BRING
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Driver education
LOWTHER LOUDSPEAKERS AND A REMINDER TO RUN THEM IN
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T+A MP 200
The final, or should that be first, component in T+A’s 200 series quartet is a CD-playing, network-attached media transport that boasts a proprietary ‘SYS-Link’ connection
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Mission impossible?
READER SEEKS BEST AMP AND PLAYER FOR LATEST 770 LOUDSPEAKERS
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Radio interference
LOST BBC STATIONS AND THE SHORTCOMINGS OF SMART DEVICES
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Bryan Mark III Model 500/700
From a UK manufacturer quick to take advantage of the arrival of high-power transistors comes a ’60s pre/power amp combo as curious as it is rare. How does it sound today?
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Alta Audio Alec
Do your speakers make the earth move? If not then Alta Audio may have the answer with its XTL bass loading…
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Samuel Johnson Audio
The arrival of a new British hi-fi brand is a major event. Ivor Humphreys hears Samuel Johnson’s 50W-rated pca100/ppa100 pre/power amplifiers
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Shostakovich String Quartet No 3
An overlooked masterpiece of the mid-20th-century – but how Soviet, or even Russian, should the Third Quartet sound? Peter Quantrill listens back to its history on record
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Great savings
when you subscribe to Hi-Fi News today
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Guns N’ Roses Use Your Illusion I & II
Four years after their electrifying debut, Axl, Slash and co returned with not one, but two double albums – and it was all downhill from there, says Steve Sutherland
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Tears For Fears Songs…
For the follow-up to their debut record The Hurting, the philosophically inclined pop duo built a 24-track studio and battled their label’s desire for a commercial synth sound. The eight-track album that resulted put them in a prime position to rule the world…
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OFF THE LEASH! KEN KESSLER TELLS IT LIKE IT IS…
If you are a serious audio reviewer, you’ll need to mix and match items fairly, says Ken Kessler
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Studio One Jamaica
Founded in 1954, this facility would become one of the music world’s most renowned studios, giving birth to ska, rocksteady and reggae. Steve Sutherland has the story
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De-damaging vinyl
A new accessory from Pro-Ject promises to buff up the performance of your vinyl system by tackling clicks and noise. Barry Fox wonders if this is what LP fetishists really want
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The significance of ritual
Why do some audiophiles have a preference for physical formats over streaming? Because there’s a ritual involved that a couple of clicks on a computer mouse can’t replicate, says Barry Willis
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Precious metal
We shouldn’t expect every piece of music to make our systems really sing, says Mark Craven, but he reserves the right to be annoyed when even megastars can make a mess of a mix
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Take the Fifth
Considering the vast library already available, Peter Quantrill is of the belief that any new recording of a classical work needs a reason to exist – just maybe not if it involves a kazoo…
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And all that jazz
Can a live music streaming platform, launched as a pandemic panacea and then expanded to appeal to jazz-lovers, stay relevant now that venues have reopened, wonders Steve Harris
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BAFFLED BY REGA BIAS
HOW CAN ‘AUTOMATIC’ RB220 BE IMPROVED?
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Open your ears!
WHY DO PEOPLE APPRECIATE HIGH-RES TVS BUT NOT AUDIO?
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Am I still an audiophile?
SIMPLICITY, SELF-INDULGENCE AND THE SOLACE ENTRY-LEVEL EQUIPMENT CAN BRING
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Driver education
LOWTHER LOUDSPEAKERS AND A REMINDER TO RUN THEM IN
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Mission impossible?
READER SEEKS BEST AMP AND PLAYER FOR LATEST 770 LOUDSPEAKERS
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Radio interference
LOST BBC STATIONS AND THE SHORTCOMINGS OF SMART DEVICES
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Bryan Mark III Model 500/700
From a UK manufacturer quick to take advantage of the arrival of high-power transistors comes a ’60s pre/power amp combo as curious as it is rare. How does it sound today?
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Samuel Johnson Audio
The arrival of a new British hi-fi brand is a major event. Ivor Humphreys hears Samuel Johnson’s 50W-rated pca100/ppa100 pre/power amplifiers
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OFF THE LEASH! KEN KESSLER TELLS IT LIKE IT IS…
If you are a serious audio reviewer, you’ll need to mix and match items fairly, says Ken Kessler
