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Hi-Fi+ Awards: Analogue Audio
|Turntable VPI Prime Signature With the Prime series, VPI has really hit something of a modern-day sweet-spot for turntable users. The products have that right combination of authoritative sound quality coupled with great modern style, ...read more -
Aurorasound VIDA phono stage
|It’s not just the distance or the cultural differences that gives Japanese audio hardware its exotic appeal. It’s a combination of that nation’s hard-earned reputation for attention to detail with the general impression that they ...read more -
WIN! A fantastic Gold Note PH-10 phono stage worth £1,350!!!
|Hi-Fi+ has teamed up with the smart guys at Gold Note to bring an exciting competition with the chance to win a PH‑10 Phono Stage. This was enthusiastically reviewed by Nicholas Ripley in issue 153 ...read more -
Gold Note PH-10 phono stage
|Gold Note’s extensive range of products are less well known than they deserve to be. After you read this review of the Gold Note PH-10 phono stage – and especially when you read the price ...read more -
Rocky Mountain Audio Fest (Part One of Two)
|Hi-Fi+ dispatched a team of reviewers to Denver to cover this year’s Rocky Mountain Audio Fest. The show, bigger than ever, falls into two distinct camps; the original audio show and CanJam – the headphone ...read more -
Arcam rPhono phono stage
|Arcam’s rSeries of components genuinely extend the functionality of both Arcam’s product line, and electronics in general. Few companies (only Musical Fidelity and PS Audio spring to mind) produce a similarly extensive line of truly ...read more -
Trilogy Audio Systems 906 phono stage
|We loved the Trilogy Audio Systems 907 phono stage when we tested it in issue 85. But it is a bit ‘spendy’. So when we saw the 931 headphone amp (a stripped down version of ...read more -
Vertere Acoustics MG-1 turntable, SG-1 arm, and PHONO-1 phono stage
|Even by the standards of the average workaholic, Touraj Moghaddam of Vertere Acoustics has had a busy few years. First came the cables, then that tonearm (the one that costs as much as a new ...read more -
Hi-Fi+ Awards 2016: Analogue Audio
|Turntable of the Year Origin Live Sovereign The Origin Live Sovereign is a belt-driven turntable design featuring a high tolerance bearing, and a non-suspended chassis sitting on three adjustable towers. The platter is a composite ...read more -
Rothwell announce release of advanced discrete transistor moving coil phonostage.
|Lancashire based audio specialists Rothwell Audio Products Ltd have announced the release of their Signature Two discrete transistor moving coil phonostage, and within the phonostage itself, there are neither transformers nor op-amps resulting in a ...read more -
Cyrus Audio Phono Reference phono stage and PSX-R2 power supply
|Cyrus Audio – home of the ‘singing shoebox’ – is synonymous with good quality audio at a fair price. Occasionally though, it knocks one of its products completely out of the park. That’s what happened ...read more -
DS Audio DS-W1 Optical cartridge and equaliser
|Despite the total dominance of electro-magnetic pick-up technology – be it fixed or moving-coil in nature – there has always been a steady stream of alternative offerings or variations on the theme when it comes ...read more -
Roksan Pug arm and VSC phono stage/PSU
|The Roksan Xerxes is a known quantity, in part because it’s been around since the 1980s. It might have undergone several changes over the years, and in fact bears scant resemblance to the original deck, ...read more -
Audio Research Reference Phono 3 phono stage
|Launched at the tail end of last year, the Reference Phono 3 phono stage by Audio Research marks a significant change in the company, and it’s not just cosmetic. The new Audio Research reflects the ...read more -
Rothwell Signature One phono stage
|Andrew Rothwell has been quietly beavering away in the business for decades, but he has maintained a low profile in keeping with many of the smaller British brands. I call it ‘stealth marketing’ and frankly ...read more