In der aktuellen Ausgabe von Hifi News (UK)

• ARC amp unleashed
  REF 330M RAMPS UP THE TUBE POWER!
• ’Tosh box of tricks
  ‘JUST ADD SPEAKERS’ AMP WELCOMES ALL
• See-thru sonics
  NEW M SERIES DECK FROM MUSICAL FIDELITY
• How low can you go?
  PORTED OR SEALED, THESE SVS SUBS ARE READY TO RUMBLE
• DS Audio’s touch of glass
  NEW EQUALISER BLENDS TUBE TECH WITH OPTICAL CARTRIDGES
• PMC looks to the future
  PROPHECY SERIES ANNOUNCED
• Upcoming Events
  INTERNATIONAL DATES FOR YOUR HI-FI DIARY
• One-channel wonders
  From Sinatra to Buffalo Springfield, Otis Redding to Tangerine Zoo… Ken Kessler brings you 20 monophonic masterpieces that prove stereo is not always the superior choice
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• Estelon XB Diamond Mk II
  All six of Estelon’s ‘Classic Collection’ loudspeakers have been given a Mk II makeover, including the beautiful XB Diamond
• EMM Labs DA2i
  EMM Labs’ head honcho, Ed Meitner, played a pivotal role in the early days of SACD and that single-bit technology still informs the current, network-attached flagship DAC
• Thiele TT01/TA01
  The man behind more than a few iconic and longstanding turntable designs – including Thorens – has distilled that lifetime’s experience into his own brand. Welcome, Thiele…
• T+A Solitaire S 530
  Germany’s T+A has long been a champion of ‘line source’ floorstanders and its S 530 is the entry model to the concept
• Musical Fidelity M8x Vinyl
  The M series now has a new flagship – a fully discrete, fully balanced phono preamplifier with loading and gain options to accommodate a huge range of MM/MC pick-ups
• Skyanalog G-1 MKII
  Skyanalog’s mid-range G series is refreshed with MKII models boasting lower downforces and impedance, with little impact to output or tracking. We test the entry model…
• PS Audio Stellar Strata MK2
  Based on the same ICEpower Class D amplifier module as the Stellar Strata, the ‘MK2’ trades streaming functions for an MM/MC phono stage. But power is increased…
• KEF Q11 Meta
  Now in its ninth iteration over nearly 35 years in production, the Q series gets a ‘MAT makeover’ headed by the Q11 tower
• Charles Ives American visionary
  Modernist, patriot, man of faith, insurance broker: a new box illuminates one of classical music’s most singular voices, and his recording legacy, explored by Peter Quantrill
• John Cale Fear
  The Velvet Underground founder’s fourth solo LP is the perfect distillation of his genre-crossing genius, says Steve Sutherland, as he faces up to the 180g reissue
• Genesis Selling England…
  Released in 1973, this very-much-progressive album from Genesis – with two tracks clocking in over the ten-minute mark – was intended to ‘protect and preserve’ English culture in rock music. Yet it also exposed the band to a wider audience
• Stankonia Studios
  Once used by R.E.M and Bobby Brown, this Atlanta studio took on a whole new vibe when it was snapped up and rebuilt by local heroes Outkast, says Steve Sutherland
• Horses for courses?
  Are only certain musical genres and acoustics ‘worthy’ of recording at high sample rates, or is it more a case of cost and practicality? Barry Fox is in favour of capturing every overtone
• A night at the opera
  Front-of-centre drama, battles behind the scenes… Barry Willis attends the opening of Verdi’s Un Ballo in San Francisco, but for him it’s the acoustics that truly bring down the house
• Compression conundrum
  After concluding that a well-designed digital FM tuner can surpass the best analogue super tuners of old, Jim Lesurf wonders if software can be used to revive the lost dynamics of music on radio
• Never too old
  The longevity of conductors can be misleading, says Peter Quantrill, when the sentiment of the occasion obscures the vitality of the music-making. Yet with age can come great wisdom…
• Flat out fantastic
  Steve Harris looks at the legacy of NXT’s flatpanel speaker, which once promised to revolutionise audio replay. Did you realise the technology is now more widely available than ever before?
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• DIY nostalgia
  MEMORIES OF HI-FI AS A ‘CONSTRUCTIONAL’ PASTIME
• Seeking sonic improvement
  WITH £2500 TO SPEND, COULD A DEDICATED PHONO PREAMP BOOST MY SYSTEM SOUND?
• Bitrates at rock bottom
  READER SEEKS OUT NEW ‘MOVIES FM’ RADIO STATION, BUT UNIMPRESSED BY DAB DELIVERY
• I love my secondhand rig
  BUDGET BLISS FROM AN ‘OBSCURE’ AMP, MODDED 1980S REGA DECK AND QUAD FLOORSTANDERS
• New boss not quite the same as the old boss
  DIFFERENT NAME REQUIRED FOR QUAD’S RESURRECTED PRE/POWER, AND A MISSED TRICK DURING THE LISTENING PROCESS?
• Compact Disc still satisfies
  SILVER DISCS VERSUS DIGITAL TRICKS… THE BATTLE FOR OUR MUSIC
• Fisher AD-812 CD player
  Following its inaugural AD 800 CD player, based on a first-generation Sanyo chassis, the AD-812 slips into the mainstream with a stripped-out 16-bit/x2 player. How does it fare?
• Nightingale Point 5
  British company steps up with a three-way reflex-loaded loudspeaker with a twist, but will its sound have Trevor Attewell head over heels in love?
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• OFF THE LEASH! KEN KESSLER TELLS IT LIKE IT IS…
  Ken Kessler anticipates an increase in the release of specifically ‘audiophile’ vinyl recordings