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Transfiguration Phoenix S MC cartridge
|When a hi-fi company, or any company for that matter, doesn’t have a website today, you can draw one of two conclusions: it hasn’t got around to making a website, or it doesn’t need a ...read more -
Kuzma Stabi M, 4 POINT, and CAR-50 vinyl front-end
|There was a time when radio stations actually played records. Yep – the flat(ish) black things with musical squiggles pressed into their surfaces. To do that, they needed record players: not just any record players, ...read more -
CES: Highlights from Venetian Floor 30 – Electronics, Source Components, and Servers/Streamers
|Most CES high-end audio exhibits are clustered in the aforementioned upper floors of the Venetian Hotel, although by tradition some high-end headphone manufacturers continue to exhibit in the LVCC’s South Hall. Added to this, there ...read more -
Koetsu Blue Onyx
|In an age of hype, where everyone ceaselessly self-promotes to gain attention and market share, Koetsu represents an oasis of calm. Founder Yosiaki Sugano (1907 – 2002) was a man of many parts - artist, ...read more -
T.H.E Show, Newport Beach, 2014 Turntables
|It’s always a pleasure to see so many turntables on display at a show. The dark days of a dozen years ago when vinyl sales were flat and everyone was considering their ‘final vinyl’ option ...read more -
Clearaudio Goldfinger Statement
|Thee stylus tip might not be the only part of a hi-fi system that wears out, but it is definitely the most obvious and often the most expensive. After all, dragging a rock down a ...read more -
Show Report: AXPONA 2014 - Analogue Audio
|Normally Hi-Fi+ show reports are presented in prose form with illustrations, but for this section we will take more of an image-intensive ‘Postcards from…’ approach. Thus, this is not an exhaustive report, but rather presents ...read more -
Kuzma CAR-20
|The analogue market might be small, but it’s certainly lively. Along with a rush of new adopters, discovering the joys of vinyl replay (and doubtless the frustrations too), the pool of existing users seems to ...read more -
Clearaudio Da Vinci V2 Moving-Coil Cartridge
|I recently reviewed Clearaudio’s Goldfinger Statement flagship cartridge, a device constructed from just the kind of exotic materials you’d expect and with a price tag to match. Flashy, bordering on the gaudy, it is Clearaudio’s ...read more -
CES 2014: Analogue
|Given all the fuss about the ever-increasing interest in all things vinyl, you might have expected CES to be packed full of turntables. This wasn’t quite the case. Where two or three years ago, manufacturers ...read more -
Origin Live Aladdin Cartridge (Hi-Fi+)
|Origin Live is perhaps best known as a maker of tonearms. Those who know more about the brand know it produces a good range of turntables too. What’s perhaps less well known is it also ...read more -
Roksan Xerxes.20Plus Turntable System
|Although our reviews are existential in nature (“I feel…” rather than “it does…”), we do try to take the personal element out of the story behind the product, but this time, it’s difficult. You see, ...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 -
Scheu Analog Slate, Tacco II, and MC Scheu S Turntable System (Hi-Fi+)
|Even without looking at the name, you know this is German through and through. Just the first look at the turntable convinces you that you are in the presence of Big German Audio of the ...read more