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  Blog

  First Look: HiFiMAN HM-901 high-resolution digital music player/DAC

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  Chris Martens

  | Mar 12, 2014

  What follows is a “First Look” blog about a very special high-performance digital audio player that has, if truth be told, gone through one of the longest gestation periods in personal audio history. The product ...

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  News

  Wilson Benesch and dCS

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  Hi-Fi+ Staff

  | Mar 07, 2014

  It’s 25 years of Wilson Benesch this year. To celebrate the company’s 25th anniversary, we have teamed up with Wilson Benesch to give away a unique pair of the company’s latest Square One loudspeakers, from ...

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  Blog

  The Chameleon test

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  Alan Sircom

  | Mar 07, 2014

  The absolute sound – the ethos, rather than our stable-mate – can be paired down to attempting to recreate the sound of live, unamplified music in a natural acoustic environment. This remains a valued goal ...

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  Equipment+

  Clearaudio Da Vinci V2 Moving-Coil Cartridge

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  Roy Gregory

  | Mar 07, 2014

  I recently reviewed Clearaudio’s Goldfinger Statement flagship cartridge, a device constructed from just the kind of exotic materials you’d expect and with a price tag to match. Flashy, bordering on the gaudy, it is Clearaudio’s ...

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  Equipment+

  JansZen zA2.1 Speaker Review

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  Steven Stone

  | Mar 07, 2014

  The JansZen zA2.1 attempts to deliver the advantages of a full-range electrostatic speaker, but in a small-footprint suitable for medium-sized rooms. Unlike planar speakers, which almost all require a large room to really work their ...

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  Equipment+

  Audio Research Reference 250 monoblock amplifiers

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  Alan Sircom

  | Mar 07, 2014

  Coming after the outstanding Reference 75 stereo amp, I have to admit some reticence in taking on the Audio Research Reference 250 monos. The quality of the Ref 75 sound runs deep, and although these ...

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  Equipment+

  PMC fact.12 loudspeakers

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  Jason Kennedy

  | Feb 27, 2014

  For the fact.12, PMC did not rely entirely on its own R&D facilities, but took advantage of one of the country’s most remarkable research institutes. The National Physical Laboratory in Teddington is probably visible from ...

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  Equipment+

  Abyss AB-1266 planar magnetic headphones

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  Chris Martens

  | Feb 27, 2014

  Several years ago Joe Skubinski, the founder of the high-end audio cable company JPS Labs, took a momentous decision. Specifically, he decided to spin off a sub-division of JPS Labs for the specific purpose of ...

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  Equipment+

  Consonance Die Walküre turntable and T988 tonearm

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  Jason Kennedy

  | Feb 27, 2014

  Consonance’s Die Walküre is the biggest record player I’ve encountered at this price point. A rounded triangle shape that, when coupled with its aluminium subchassis, will accommodate up to three tonearms. Starting at the bottom ...

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  Equipment+

  Aesthetix Janus preamplifier and Atlas power amplifier

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  Roy Gregory

  | Feb 27, 2014

  The all-tube moving-coil stage is a rare beast indeed. Whilst tube phono-stages are both common-place and popular, when it comes to low-output moving-coil cartridges, the vast majority switch to either transformers (Zanden) or J-FETs (Audio ...

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