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  News

  Audio Research Corp. Reference 80S Stereo Power Amplifier

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  Hi-Fi+ Staff

  | Jan 22, 2021

  From the Absolute Sounds/Audio Research press release: The Reference 80S stereo amplifier continues Audio Research’s latest design effort in creating a vacuum-tube amplifier that not only redefines ultimate music reproduction, but does it in an ...

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  Equipment+

  True Colours Industries Cobra II and II SE interconnect cables

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  Alan Sircom

  | Jan 20, 2021

  It’s been a while since we last looked at a True Colours Industries (TCI) product (Issue 49 in fact), and getting to grips with the latest versions of the Cobra interconnect (the original of which ...

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  Equipment+

  Focal Stellia circumaural closed-back headphones

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  Steven Stone

  | Jan 20, 2021

  Only a scant few years ago Focal was exclusively a loudspeaker and raw driver manufacturer, but they have ex­panded to embrace the headphone market with a passion. Sitting at the apex of their current model ...

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  Equipment+

  Wilson Audio TuneTots with TuneTot stands

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  Lee Scoggins

  | Jan 20, 2021

  “I love the way you love me, I love the way you comb your hair…” Keb Mo, a wonderful blues singer whose career I have followed closely, sings into my small listening room. His voice ...

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  Equipment+

  Triangle Borea BR08 floorstanding loudspeaker

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  Alan Sircom

  | Jan 20, 2021

  A few issues ago (Issue 180), we looked at the new high-value two-way floorstander from Triangle, the Borea BR03. Now it’s the turn of its bigger brother, the Borea BR08. If the BR03 represented great ...

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  Blog

  Emma Swift: Blonde On The Tracks

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  Sean Hannam

  | Jan 12, 2021

  Australian-born country singer-songwriter Emma Swift’s Blonde On The Tracks is a collection of covers of some of her favourite Bob Dylan songs and it’s perfectly timed. Bob is back with his best album in years, ...

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  Equipment+

  Cardas Audio Clear Reflection power cord

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  Alan Sircom

  | Jan 12, 2021

  The Clear Reflection range is completed (probably… there’s always dedicated phono and digital links to contend with) with the new power cord in the line. Clear Reflection is the upper-middle of the Cardas range, sitting ...

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  Equipment+

  Audiovector R3 Signature floorstanding loudspeakers

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  Alan Sircom

  | Jan 12, 2021

  Audiovector’s R series loud­speakers represent the company’s core. Yes, there is the more affordable QR series and in-wall models, and technically the Big Three – the R11, R8, and R6 floorstanders – all stand apart ...

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  Blog

  Staying in is the new going out

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  Alan Sircom

  | Jan 06, 2021

  One of the first statistics published in January, the country’s main music industry body – the British Phonographic Industry – is keen to tell the world just how many records, CDs, downloads, streamed songs and ...

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  Equipment+

  Arcam SA30 Network streaming system

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  Simon Lucas

  | Jan 06, 2021

  Some audio equipment functions absolutely perfectly, sounds amazing, and represents excellent value for money – which makes reviewing it pretty straightforward. Some audio equipment functions only spasmodically, sounds rough, and represents questionable value for money ...

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