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Thursday 24 January 2008
By Adam Smith
Hi-Fi World Mar 2008 Issue now on sale
Exciting Features include:
LOUDSPEAKERS
REVOLVER MUSIC 5
Noel Keywood checks out these slinky new floorstanders.
STANDMOUNTER SHOOTOUT
Adam Smith listens to three mid-price standmounters
from Aurousal, KEF and Wharfedale.
B&W 686
Haden Boardman is impressed by B&W's new budget boxes.
VELODYNE MICROVEE
Velodyne's tiny new subwoofer gets a blast from Adam Smith.
DIGITAL
ACCUSTIC ARTS CD CRIVE 1 MK2 & TUBE DAC 2
David Price is wowed by this high-end German CD transport and DAC.
RAYSONIC CD128
This stylish silver spinner is auditioned by David Price.
MP3 PLAYER GROUP TEST
David Price hears players from SanDisk, Creative, Samsung, Apple and Sony.
AMPLIFICATION
DENON AVR 4308
David Allcock tunes in to this brand new Internet enabled A/V receiver.
MYSTERE ia11
Noel Keywood puts this affordable new valve amplifier through its paces.
SYSTEMS
BUDGET SYSTEMS
David Price, Adam Smith and Channa Vithana pitch three sub-£800 systems against one another.
RADIO
TUNER GROUP TEST
Steve Green listens to three DAB/FM/AM tuners from NAD, Onkyo and Yamaha.
SOUNDBITES
Quick reviews of MIT's AVT series interconnects and loudspeaker cables and Audio Pro's Porto portable MP3 dock/FM radio
HISTORICALLY SPEAKING
Adam Smith looks at some of the milestones in the
development of the modern loudspeaker.
ALMOST BLUE
Patrick Cleasby on the latest developments in the high definition format war...
WORLD CLASSICS
Our favourite designs that have stood the test of time.
OLDE WORLDE - FLUID MOTION
Tony Bolton celebrates Transcriptors' Hydraulic Reference - a film star turntable!
AUDIOPHILE CD
Paul Rigby rounds up the latest CD releases from Tractor, Group Soall,
Beatniks, The Galaxies, Holderlin and Shapes & Sounds Vol.2: BBC
Archives 1967-1971.
CLASSIC CUTS
Paul Rigby remembers Nick Drake's 'Fruit Tree' boxed set.
And more...
NEXT MONTH:
Open the pages of April’s Hi-Fi
World and you’ll find a veritable shower of great new equipment to read
about. If you’re thinking about spring cleaning your system, then we
have products of every type and price to consider – from Linn’s super
new high end Akurate DS network music player to Tonearm Audio’s Model
9, a wooden pickup selling for under £200! There’s everything from the
brand new MF Audio Reference, possibly the world’s best preamp, to
Leak’s classic Stereo 60 amplifier. Here’s just some of what we hope to
bring you in next month’s bumper issue
Icon Audio MB90 Monoblock Power Amplifiers
Feature: Digital Audio Past, Present & Future
Graham Slee Voyager Headphone Amplifier
Moon I-3 vs. Mystere IA21 Integrateds
MF Audio Reference Passive Preamplifier
Linn Akurate DS Network Music Player
Olde Worlde: Leak Stereo 60 Amplifier
Audio Technica AT-H1000 Headphones
Ortofon MC Winfeld Cartridge
Cambridge Audio 340R AV Receiver
Tonearm Audio Model 9 Tonearm
Q Acoustics 1020i Loudspeakers
Quad 11L Active Loudspeakers
Whest Audio Two Phonostage
B&w Zeppelin iPod Dock
Trends Audio UD-10 Dac
PMC OB1i Loudspeakers
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