Blogs
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Best of the Best - Vertex AQ
|I guess Hi-Fi+ first appeared in early 1999. That’s about as far back as I can date any material that I wrote, and I seem to recall contributing to the first (and subsequent) issues. Some ...read more -
Notes on Naim's New Naits
|Several members of the UK hi-fi press were invited down to Naim Audio’s Salisbury office Tuesday in advance of the launch of the three revised Nait amplifiers today. We were given an extensive (if periodically ...read more -
Best of The Best - Vivid Audio Loudspeakers
|Looking back at the mountain of products that I’ve reviewed since Hi-Fi Plus was launched does not make it easy to pick one that could be said to have had the greatest impact on the ...read more -
First Look – Arcam FMJ A19 integrated amplifier
|The concept of ‘high-end audio’ isn’t always fixated on high performance at a high price. Sometimes that ‘high’ part stands for high performance at any price. And one of the brands regularly praised for delivering ...read more -
Audio Lounge
|There aren’t many new hi-fi stores opening anywhere in the world right now, so when something new and genuinely ambitious opens up practically on your doorstep, it’s hard to resist. Audio Lounge is London’s newest ...read more -
First Look: PSB M4U 1 Headphones (Hi-Fi+)
|Not long ago, I reviewed (in Hi-Fi+ Issue 94) PSB’s M4U 2 active noise-cancelling headphone ($399.99)—the firm’s first-ever headphone product. Candidly, I was very impressed by the M4U 2, not only because of the absolute ...read more -
View From The Other Side: Discovering Fidelity
|Chances are good that if you’re a regular reader here, you and I don’t think about audio the same way. For the years stretching from my very first cassette deck (a Sony unit with an ...read more -
T.H.E Show, Newport Beach, 2013: Photoblog - Electronics & Digital Source Components
|AVM displaying their wares and making a great noise! This is the second of two photoblogs from T.H.E. Show Newport Beach 2013. It focuses on electronics and digital source components from the well known to ...read more -
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 -
T.H.E Show, Newport Beach 2013: Photoblog - Turntables & Speakers
|The official ribbon cutting ceremony. T.H.E Show Newport Beach 2013 was a fantastic all round experience. The show organiser, Richard Beers, recognises that home entertainment is a lifestyle, not solely limited to hi-fi, and to ...read more -
Interview: Val Kolton of V-MODA
|There’s a major misunderstanding in the world of good headphones. Many think that good-looking headphones all sound bad and the genre began when Dre met the Head Monster. In fact, although there have been fashionable ...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 -
Munich High-End 2013 - Everything Else!
|Over the years, Munich has become the most important audio event on the hi-fi calendar in the West, arguably even surpassing CES as the prime place to show off the latest audio devices. And this ...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