Paul Miller talks to founder and head of Monster Cable, Noel Lee, with a discussion of the company's readiness for an HDMI-cabled future
Saturday 12 January 2008
By Andrew Harrison
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Introduction to this months issue
This month, Hi-Fi News cover features the new Siltech Pantheon loudspeakers, a 1.6m temple to high-end sound with an electrostatic tweeter panel. Turntable fans can read all about Thorens transparent-plinthed TD 2030, plus moving-magnet cartridges from Goldring and Ortofon, while home cinema followers will jump to exclusive verdicts on the latest 60in Pioneer plasma screen and NAD AV receiver. And don‚ miss the group test of five integrated amplifiers, and reviews of Sonus faber speakers, Astin Trew upsamplng CD player, TacT room correction processor and the PS Audio Power Plant
Astin Trew AT3500
This upsampling CD player with valve output stage could be an affordable champion
TacT Audio RCS 2.2 XP
TacT‚ revised room EQ processor adds dynamic level-dependent correction, and needs no PC
Siltech Pantheon
The Dutch cable brand has created a mighty two-box loudspeaker, named after the temple of the gods
Thorens TD 2030
Thorens‚ transparent-plinthed turntable
Pioneer PDP-LX608D
Pioneer‚ latest 60in Full HD plasma screen
NAD T765
This seven-channel 100W AV receiver may lack some features, but will it win out in simple performance?
Group Test: Amplifiers
Arcam A32, Creek Destiny, Primare I30, Roksan Caspian M Series-1 and Unison Research Unico II
Sonus faber Cremona M
A new verison of the Italian brand‚ Cremona loudspeaker
PS Audio Power Plant
More than a mere mains filter unit, PS Audio‚ Premier is a complete mains regenerator
Goldring 2300 and Ortofon 2M Blue
Two new moving-magnet cartridges priced at a reasonable £100 and £135
Super Systems
Exposure electronics are blended with Neat Acoustics standmount speakers in this bi-amp system
Features
Tokyo Show Report
Robert Kelly reports back from The International Audio Show in Japan
Futuretech
Barry Fox looks at trends in the world of hi-fi and AV, this month focusing on a new labelling protocol for HDMI
Hi-fi @ Home
Born in Finland, raised in Sweden, living in the UK‚ one audiophiles home is a haven for great music, with a cinema room too
Audio Exposed
Hearing Explained Pt 2: Dr Doug Mahar and Barry Willis continue a discussion about the workings of the ear, including spatial awareness
Inside Story: Vinyl tech
Jim Lesurf returns to the subject of vinyl technology, this month determining the practical recording levels achievable on, real world LPs
Movers & Shakers: Noel Lee
Paul Miller talks to founder and head of Monster Cable, Noel Lee, with a discussion of the company's readiness for an HDMI-cabled future
Classic Kit
He may have developed the first British recording system in 1926, but Paul Voigt is best known for his work with horn loudspeakers. John Howes has the story on this British pioneer
Next Month: March issue
Yamaha S2000 CD player and amplifier
Retro-styling over a new amp circuit design, with a matching stereo SACD/CD player
Sonus faber Auditor Elipsa
Compact speakers for use as surround-sound rears, or front speakers in a small system
Linn LP12 SE
Latest and greatest version of the classic Linn Sondek
Group Test: Turntables
Four affordable turntable packages are tested and evaluated
Harman Kardon Cinespecial 29
A stylish DVD-A player and seven-channel AV receiver come packaged as a shiny black combo
Belles P28A and 150A
Pre-amp and 125W stereo power amplifier from the US
Dali Helicon 400 MK2
Revised version of a four-driver floorstander with ribbon tweeter from Dali in Denmark
Sony BDP-S300
Blu-ray disc player arrives below the £400 barrier
Transfiguration Phoenix
New mid-range cartridge from renowned Japanese moving-coil specialist
Super System: Talk Electronics and ATC
Talk's Thunder, Tornado and Hurricane kick up a storm with ATC SCM40 loudspeakers
Features
CES Show Report
Six pages of the latest technology and hardware from Las Vegas CES 2008
50 Years of Stereo
To mark the 50th anniversary of commercially available stereo, Barry Fox looks behind its birth to the early days of two-channel audio
Vinyl Revival?
Michael Fremer investigates the LP in modern times, including the enduring appeal of the LP in the 21st century
Movers & Shakers: Paul McGowan
PS Audio's founder and owner talks to Steve Harris about the company's quest for good mains power
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