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Meet Your Maker: Hi-Fi+ Visits Naim Audio
|Based on anecdotal reports from my British colleagues, my impression is that few high-end audio brands in the UK (and by extension Europe) have as deep and committed a following as does the Salisbury, Wiltshire, ...read more -
Meet Your Maker: Hi-Fi+ Visits Cambridge Audio
|During a recent trip to the U.K., I took the opportunity to visit a handful of British audio manufacturers whose products have always fascinated me and one of them is Cambridge Audio, the subject of ...read more -
Meet Your Maker: Hi-Fi+ Visits Rega Research
|(Words: Chris Martens; Images: Alan Sircom) Directly after the Munich High-End show, Hi-Fi+ Editor Alan Sircom and I had an opportunity to visit the Rega Research factory on the outskirts of Southend-on-Sea, in Essex, UK. ...read more -
Final Audio Design Adagio III and FI-BA-SS Earphones (Hi-Fi+)
|Final Audio Design is a Japanese firm that has been creating high-end audio products since 1974, and has—for the past two decades—been actively working to produce and perfect very high-performance earphones. For this review, we ...read more -
Munich 2013 - Analogue Audio, Part 2 (Hi-Fi+)
|This is Part 2 of a two-part Hi-Fi+ report on new Analogue Audio components seen at the Munich High-End Show 2013. For the sake of simplicity, we present products in alphabetical order, organized by the ...read more -
Munich 2013 - Analogue Audio, Part 1 (Hi-Fi+)
|While many would say that ours is the age of high resolution digital audio the Munich High-End Show 2013 gave ample evidence that analogue audio and vinyl playback are not only alive and well, but ...read more -
Munich 2013 - Earphones & Headphones, Part 2 (Hi-Fi+)
|This is Part 2 of the two-part Hi-Fi+ report on Earphones, Headphones and related products seen at Munich High End 2013. For the sake of simplicity, we present products in alphabetical order, organized by the ...read more -
Munich 2013 - Earphones & Headphones, Part 1 (Hi-Fi+)
|At Munich High-End 2013, as across much of the high-end audio universe, earphones, headphones, and personal audio components claimed an increasingly large share of attention. In Europe, it would seem, high quality earphones and headphones ...read more -
Choral Evensong at Salisbury Cathedral
|The city of Salisbury is located about an hour and a half west of London and at its centre can be found the famous Salisbury Cathedral, which dates from the medieval period. During a recent ...read more -
Audeze LCD3 Headphone (Hi-Fi+)
|The LCD3 is – quite simply – Audeze’s attempt to build a headphone that offers (according to the company), “the highest level of audio quality, unsurpassed bass extension, exceptional treble and the best mid-range you ...read more -
Definitive Technology StudioMonitor SM 45 Loudspeakers (Hi-Fi+)
|Many audio enthusiasts associate the name Definitive Technology with so called “home theatre speakers,” but the fact is that the company also has roots that go deep in the area of affordable, high-performance monitors. Over ...read more -
PSB Imagine T2 5.1-channel Surround Sound System (Hi-Fi+)
|The Canadian firm PSB Speakers is known for building loudspeakers that give exceptional value for money, but even within a value-oriented brand certain models set themselves apart from their stable mates. In the PSB range, ...read more -
Meet Your Maker: Hi-Fi+ Visits Magnepan
|Here in the United States (my home country) the White Bear Lake, Minnesota-based loudspeaker manufacturer Magnepan enjoys a singular distinction; many members of the high-end audio press consider all three of the firm’s top models—comprising ...read more -
Meet Your Maker: Hi-Fi+ Visits Audio Research Corporation
|Reviews of products from the US-based firm Audio Research Corporation have frequently graced the pages of Hi-Fi+, so that I was pleased to have the opportunity to visit the ARC factory in Plymouth, Minnesota (a ...read more -
Logitech/Ultimate Ears UE 900 Earphones (Hi-Fi+)
|Ultimate Ears has made many fine universal-fit earphones over the years, but the firm is perhaps even better known for its custom-fit in-ear monitors, which are used by working musicians and other music lovers around ...read more