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  Blog

  First Listen: NuForce Primo 8 phase-coherent, quad-driver earphone

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  Chris Martens

  | Apr 16, 2014

  NuForce is, as many of you know, a fascinating Americo-Asian audio equipment manufacturer perhaps best known as a pioneer in Class D amplifier design. But those who know NuForce well recognise that there are several ...

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  News

  The Absolute Sound's Illustrated History of High End Audio

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  Hi-Fi+ Staff

  | Apr 16, 2014

  FINALLY! THE DEFINITIVE BEHIND-THE-SCENES HISTORY OF THE HIGH-END AUDIO INDUSTRY! We take you on an exclusive tour of the birth of the high end’s most iconic loudspeaker companies and their products. Packed with fascinating detail—including ...

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  Blog

  Where should your loyalty lie?

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  Alan Sircom

  | Apr 16, 2014

  One of the more interesting conversations I had at the Acoustica show last week involved talking about loyalty to members of the general public. Here were people who had been shopping at the same store ...

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  Equipment+

  Rega RP8

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  Jason Kennedy

  | Apr 16, 2014

  This turntable has taken way too long. I visited Rega in 2012 and saw what was to become (in fact, make that has yet to become) the Naiad, the carbon fibre chassis turntable that Rega ...

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  Blog

  Interview – Paul Rodgers

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  Jason Kennedy

  | Apr 16, 2014

  Last year former Free and Bad Company front man Paul Rodgers went to a classic soul studio in Memphis and hooked up with the ‘house band’ to record the songs of his youth. That studio ...

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  Equipment+

  Magnum Dynalab MD807T

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  Alan Sircom

  | Apr 14, 2014

  The biggest problem with some products these days is placing them into the right category. The Magnum Dynalab MD807T is a perfect example of this. It’s a DAB/FM tuner that’s also a valve 24/192 upsampling ...

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  Equipment+

  ADL X1 Portable DAC and Headphone Amplifier

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  Steven Stone

  | Apr 14, 2014

  Someday in the future we will be able to carry round and play our entire musical collection, on a device smaller than credit card. And while the hardware isn’t that miniaturised yet, the £395 ADL ...

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  Show report

  Acoustica Hi-Fi Show 2014

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  Alan Sircom

  | Apr 13, 2014

  The world of audio seems to be turning full circle. In the 1980s, a lot of new audio was presented at small, dealer-based shows dotted around the country. Then came the rise, and subsequent fall, ...

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  Blog

  First Listen: Oppo PM-1 planar magnetic headphones

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  Chris Martens

  | Apr 11, 2014

  Back before the turn of the year, I received a message from Jason Liao, Oppo Digital’s Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Product Development, asking if I would like to sample a very early ...

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  Equipment+

  Meridian Director DAC

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  Alan Sircom

  | Apr 03, 2014

  Meridian Audio is a complex brand. The firm is at once a high-end audio company, a luxury label, and a champion of new audio technology, so it has feet in many camps. Recently, though, Meridian ...

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