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  FOUR-DRIVER FLOORSTANDER BOLSTERS FRANCO SERBLIN SPEAKER STABLE
• Head-fi with style
  AMPS FROM DOWN UNDER ARRIVE IN THE UK
• Silver disc flagship
  CD/SACD TRANSPORT ADDS PHYSICAL MEDIA TO DCS’S VARÈSE SHOW-STOPPER
• Quad integrated
  AMP HEADLINES BRAND’S NEW PLATINA RANGE
• Last spin for ’1200G
  GRAND CLASS DECK UPGRADED, BOWS OUT
• Heavyweight amp reborn
  GRYPHON ANNOUNCES LIMITED TAKE ON FLAGSHIP INTEGRATED
• Slim and sonic
  SIMAUDIO MOON 371 COVERS ALL SOURCES
• Sibling streamer unveiled
  PLATINA RANGE FROM QUAD EXPANDS WITH NETWORK PLAYER
• Gyro deck reimagined
  COMPREHENSIVE UPGRADE FOR A CLASSIC TURNTABLE DESIGN
• Float like a butterfly…
  INNOVATIVE AIR-BEARING TONEARM TO MATCH TECHDAS DECKS
• Celebratory turntable
  RELVEO DECK, WITH OUTBOARD PSU, HERALDS AVID MILESTONE
• Digital music exposed
  EXPOSURE INTRODUCES OUTBOARD DAC/DIGITAL PREAMP
• Upcoming Events
  INTERNATIONAL DATES FOR YOUR HI-FI DIARY
• Baby, it’s cold outside
  When the weather outside is frightful, Steve Sutherland has something delightful – twenty unusual winter wonders that’ll tide you over until Boxing Day and beyond
• Discs of discovery
  Various artists sets keep the variety levels high and boredom at bay, while being the perfect way to discover new artists and genres. Ken Kessler spins 20 of the latest
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• JBL Summit Ama
  JBL’s iconic Project Everest and K2 are joined by three new ‘Summits’ – the Makalu, Pumori and Ama
• Sphinx Audio Element 3
  Eye-catching, certainly, but what’s going on within is even more unusual. We unravel the riddle of the Sphinx…
• Pro-Ject Signature 12.2
  The Vienna-based hub for all things vinyl, and more besides, now has a new champion deck complete with a two-motor drive system and 12in ‘three-point’ bearing tonearm
• Pathos Acoustics InPoL Legacy
  The Italian manufacturer has adopted a no-compromise philosophy for its flagship ‘InPoL’ amplifier – the result is a 140kg, all-analogue integrated blending tubes and transistors
• HiFi Rose RS451
  Korea’s HiFi Rose continues to move apace as its second-gen streamer/DAC platform is trickled down within just six months to a more affordable but still fully-fledged solution
• Audio Research LS-2/S-200
  A new owner, new engineers and the most significant release of ‘high performance, high value’ amplifiers in the brand’s 55-year history. We test the mid-series pre/power
• Eversolo Play
  A compact amplifier that’s ready to integrate with every conceivable streaming platform and playback service – does Eversolo’s aptly named Play redefine the budget ‘all-in-one’?
• Takumi TT level 2.1DC
  Electronic speed control, decoupled DC motor, all-acrylic plinth and platter, and custom titanium-tubed tonearm. Takumi is out of the blocks and racing into the lead…
• Hegel H150 ‘The Prodigy’
  Succeeding the H120 as Hegel’s second-tier amplifier, ‘The Prodigy’ also includes the brand’s latest streaming platform and is the first to include support for external drives
• Métronome DSS 2/DSC mini
  Swelling the ranks of the hi-fi world’s bijou separates, Métronome launches a compact version of its ‘Digital Sharing Converter’ with partnering streamer and CD transport
• MoFi SourcePoint V10 ME
  The American manufacturer’s flagship floorstander adds two dedicated woofers, and ABRs, to its concentric driver array. Is this the bang-for-your-buck loudspeaker to beat?
• Exposure 5510
  Leading the charge in Exposure’s flagship 5510 series is a new integrated amplifier that leverages technology from the 3510 monoblock. But what’s this… an OLED display?
• Acoustic Energy AE1 40th
  Some 40 years after its debut standmount was conceived – but before the brand was officially launched – Acoustic Energy has reimagined an ’80s icon and produced a classic
• Kensington Audio C-600
  From the Talk Electronics clan comes a range of MCs named after ‘one of London’s most iconic musical districts’. Fortunately, they cost less than a foothold in the Royal Borough!
• Musical Fidelity M8x DAC
  The pinnacle of Musical Fidelity’s solid-state range – the M8 series – now has a top-flight DAC in the driving seat, complete with volume control and headphone amplifier
• Rotel DX-5
  Is the compact hi-fi form-factor witnessing a resurgence? Rotel certainly thinks so as its DX-5 ‘personal audio amplifier’ looks likely to be the first in a wave of bijou separates
• Kimber Kable Carbon
  The design is instantly recognisable, but there’s new thinking buried within the familiar braid of Kimber’s Carbon interconnect.
• Gerald Finzi Dies Natalis
  Cantata and song-cycle, idyll and lament, scored for tenor and/or soprano… Peter Quantrill explores the tensions in the English composer’s pivotal work on record
• Roxy Music Avalon
  This 1982 LP found the three-piece band – aided by a parade of session hands – constructing ten tracks of inventive and emotive ‘avant rock’ that took them to the top of the UK charts. But it also marked the end of their decade-long recording career…
• Sir Roger Norrington Laughing cavalier of the baton
  Peter Quantrill celebrates the work of a conductor whose crusade on behalf of ‘pure tone’ divided opinion but also changed the way we listen to music
• Def Leppard Pyromania
  Built upon the fire and fury of punk and metal, but infused with undeniable pop harmonies and meticulous production values, this game-changing 1983 LP from the Sheffield-based five-piece band set them well and truly on the road to global stardom
• Man on a mission
  Barry Fox went from making music with Bill Ashton to watching him establish the National Youth Jazz Orchestra. Fifty years later, he worries Ashton’s ‘experience matters’ ethos has been lost
• Flawed by design
  No matter how meticulously engineered, any product is likely to suffer a failure at some point. Which is why Barry Willis believes designers should pay more attention to ease-of-repair
• Just for the record
  Barry Fox is ‘pleasantly astonished’ by an affordable, fuss-free black box that allows him to convert analogue music into digital streams for playback and archiving
• Shine a light
  Setup of some loudspeakers requires a tape measure, but in the case of Quad’s ESLs, Jim Lesurf recommends wearing a torch on your head. Here he explains the method in his madness
• Anecdotal evidence
  While audio engineers strive to improve sound quality through objective test and measurement, there’s work to be done into what gives music its ‘goosebump’ factor, says Barry Willis
• Space, the final frontier
  The audiophile collector’s core conundrum is an eternal one – how to house all that physical media in our domiciles without breaking the bank? Mike Mettler has a few ideas
• Keep taking the tablet
  Jim Lesurf on his love of Linux, the early days of Acorn Computers, adapting to the taps and swipes of tablet use and why he laments the demise of the old-fashioned user manual
• Thinking small
  When some hi-fi amplifiers and loudspeakers bring to mind that old Douglas Adams quote about the size of space, it’s good to see more bijou options breaking cover, reckons Mark Craven
• Horses for courses
  Having surveyed the variety of products, big and small, at the recent UK Hi-Fi Show Live at Ascot, Mark Craven is pleased to see that audio brands aren’t all trying to back the same winner
• Current affairs
  Changes in AC mains quality can play havoc with your listening enjoyment, says Steve Harris, which is why audiophile power conditioners and regenerators have become big business
• Made to match
  Steve Harris remembers when copywriters believed a hi-fi system came second only to a house in ‘a man’s life’, and Japanese manufacturers sold towering stacks to cover every audio base
• Marantz CD-94/CDA-94
  Launched in 1986, this flagship CD player and partnering outboard DAC were in the vanguard of the ‘high-end’ two-box disc-playing brigade. But how will they fare today?
• Yamaha CX-10000
  Yamaha celebrated its 100-year anniversary in style with a special series of ‘Limited Centennial Edition’ separates of which the CX-10000 control amp was especially prized
• Wadia 6 CD player
  Is this the end of the two-box era? Ken Kessler auditions an integrated CD player promising superior sonics to go with its stunning build
• Yamaha CDX-10000
  Launched to celebrate the Japanese manufacturer’s 100th anniversary, this feature-laden CD player earns the praise of Martin Colloms
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• OFF THE LEASH! KEN KESSLER TELLS IT LIKE IT IS…
  Ken Kessler explains that he marches out of step with today’s burgeoning streaming generation
• OFF THE LEASH! KEN KESSLER TELLS IT LIKE IT IS…
  Ken Kessler looks at the hi-fi pricing prevalent in the 1980s – should we update our thinking?