The Latest on Hi-Fi+

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  Equipment+

  Vienna Acoustics Beethoven Baby Grand Reference loudspeakers

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  Roy Gregory

  | May 04, 2021

  There is a perplexing and occasionally bizarre dichotomy that exists at the heart of audio fashion and, by extension (or perhaps as a result of) reviewing. The products that get the most attention seem to ...

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  Equipment+

  DarTZeel CTH-8550 integrated amplifier

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  Chris Thomas

  | May 04, 2021

  Every musician, regardless of their chosen instrument, is looking for their voice and not just their own sound. When I listen to a great piano player, saxophonist or violinist, I am always aware of the ...

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  Equipment+

  1MORE True Wireless ANC in-ear headphones

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  Alan Sircom

  | May 04, 2021

  The headphone world thought the sky was falling when Apple decided to can – pun intended – the headphone socket. While there were still ways to use a wired headphone, pretty much on that day, ...

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  Equipment+

  SVS SB-2000 Pro subwoofer

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  Alan Sircom

  | Apr 27, 2021

  In the past, subwoofers were broadly divided between those that made a lot of noise for cinema, and the more subtle, faster subs that added some gentle reinforcement to audio systems. And generally, the divide ...

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  Equipment+

  Primare R35 solid-state, MM/MC phono stage

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  Jason Kennedy

  | Apr 27, 2021

  Load settings on a phono stage are rather like filter settings on DACs; not everyone bothers to try them out, yet their effects can be pretty dramatic. The degree of effect is often more apparent ...

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  Equipment+

  WestminsterLab Standard cables

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  Alan Sircom

  | Apr 27, 2021

  It’s easy to fall into ‘silo thinking’ in audio; where a company that is best known in one category cannot ‘branch out’ into another. Which means when WestminsterLab, best known for its small but deceptively ...

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  Blog

  Meet Your Maker: Mads Klifoth, Audiovector

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  Alan Sircom

  | Apr 27, 2021

  Danish loudspeaker expert Audiovector is no stranger to the pages of Hi-Fi+. The company has picked up many awards for its loudspeaker designs (both in this magazine and elsewhere) and many of the reviewers have ...

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  News

  Astell&Kern A&futura SE180

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  Hi-Fi+ Staff

  | Apr 26, 2021

  From the Astell&Kern press release Astell&Kern, the global leader in premium portable high-resolution audio devices, introduces the SE180, the third model in its award-winning A&futura series and the audio specialist’s first player to feature interchangeable ...

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  Equipment+

  Fidata HFAS1-XS20U Solid‑state music server with SSD storage

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  Jason Kennedy

  | Apr 21, 2021

  It seems the Japanese are not very keen on using computers with their audio systems, but they are not averse to using what are effectively data drives to stream audio so long as it can ...

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  Equipment+

  APL DSD-SR Mk 2 digital converter

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  Alan Sircom

  | Apr 21, 2021

  There are two opposing forces in high-end audio, especially digital high-end audio. The first is the notion that the best products can only be made by large teams of engineers, each an expert in their ...

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