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Hi Fi News

Aug 01 2021
Magazine

Since its launch in June 1956 - two years before the commercial realisation of stereo - Hi-Fi News & Record Review has been delivering insightful reviews of the key products and technologies that lie behind our shared hobby... the passion of listening to music on the very best equipment available to the enthusiast. Every issue, Hi-Fi News delivers uniquely in-depth reviews of high-end audio equipment, including the best in vinyl replay and iconic vintage gear from the early days of audio. It is essential reading for all music enthusiasts.

AUG/21

HI-FI NEWS’ EXPERT LINE UP: THE FINEST MINDS IN AUDIO JOURNALISM BRING THEIR EXPERIENCE TO BEAR ON ALL AREAS OF HI-FI & MUSIC

Limited Luxman • ONLY 300 SAMPLES OF THE L-595A SE INTEGRATED BUILT

Q more Acoustic • ACTIVE FLOORSTANDER WITH BMR DRIVERS

HI-FI NEWS' NUGGETS

Premium preamps • ROTEL’S UPGRADED MKII PREAMPLIFIERS

All Sabre, no rattle • VERTERE ANNOUNCES NEW HIGH-END MOVING-MAGNET

Nostalgia for the ears • GRADO LAUNCHES PRESTIGE X SERIES HEADPHONES

Bright knight rises • HYBRID TUBE/TRANSISTOR INTEGRATED FROM BAT

HI-FI NEWS? JUST ASK…

Hidden Treasures… • Do you have a Banksy in that box of unplayed records, or a supermarket disc worth hundreds? Johnny Sharp on some less likely LP/CD gems

When Covid sets the beat • How has the pandemic affected the music business? Mike Barnes finds out

REMOTE CONTROL

The hi-finews & Record Review Reader Pledge • Hi-Fi News’ readers can take full confidence in the fact that every product featured on our front cover, throughout the magazine and on our website has been comprehensively reviewed (auditioned, photographed and lab tested) at our facility

IN THIS ISSUE…

PMC fact fenestria • Launched three years ago but only now released for review, PMC’s flagship fenestria is a towering statement

GRAND DOME

OLIVER THOMAS

PMC FACT FENESTRIA

AGD Gran Vivace • Infineon Technologies’ Class D solutions have been seen before in audiophile amps, but this is the first to feature gallium nitride FETs. The ‘tubes’, however, are pure decoration!

CLASS D IN A BOTTLE

AGD GRAN VIVACE

Naim Audio Uniti Atom Headphone Edition • The evergreen Uniti Atom all-in-one platform, complete with custom streaming solution, is adapted to service the needs of the most demanding headphone users

DIGITAL DOMAIN

NAIM UNITI ATOM HEADPHONE ED

Spendor Classic 3/1 • There are three two-way standmounts in Spendor’s 1970s-inspired Classic range, and the 3/1 is the centre model. Is this entirely UK-built model the sweetspot of the series?

SPENDOR AT THE BEEB

SPENDOR CLASSIC 3/1

VAC Sigma 170i • Hot on the heels of VAC’s flagship separates stack on our March ’21 cover comes the more affordable derivative, the integrated VAC Sigma 170i – is it a true Mini-Me?

TAP TUNING

VAC SIGMA 170I

System Audio Legend 40.2 Silverback • Most compact SA floorstander is not only offered in fully active ‘Silverback’ guise, but now supports ‘RAM Tweaks’

RAM TWEAKS

SA LEGEND 40.2 SILVERBACK

Linn Majik LP12/Krane • Linn’s ‘most affordable’ route into the world of the iconic Sondek LP12 turntable is all the more convenient now its Majik deck is packaged with Clearaudio-sourced Krane arm

LP12 LINEAGE

LINN MAJIK LP12/KRANE

McIntosh MCD85 • Well, one thing’s for sure: the new SACD/CD player/DAC from McIntosh looks quite unlike any other machine of its kind. So, does the sound live up to the unique style?

FUTUREPROOF MCINTOSH

MCINTOSH MCD85

CrystalConnect van Gogh • This ‘Art Series’ is the first silver CrystalConnect offering curated by high-end...


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Frequency: Monthly Pages: 140 Publisher: AV Tech Media Ltd Edition: Aug 01 2021

OverDrive Magazine

  • Release date: June 28, 2021

Formats

OverDrive Magazine

subjects

Tech & Gaming

Languages

English

Since its launch in June 1956 - two years before the commercial realisation of stereo - Hi-Fi News & Record Review has been delivering insightful reviews of the key products and technologies that lie behind our shared hobby... the passion of listening to music on the very best equipment available to the enthusiast. Every issue, Hi-Fi News delivers uniquely in-depth reviews of high-end audio equipment, including the best in vinyl replay and iconic vintage gear from the early days of audio. It is essential reading for all music enthusiasts.

AUG/21

HI-FI NEWS’ EXPERT LINE UP: THE FINEST MINDS IN AUDIO JOURNALISM BRING THEIR EXPERIENCE TO BEAR ON ALL AREAS OF HI-FI & MUSIC

Limited Luxman • ONLY 300 SAMPLES OF THE L-595A SE INTEGRATED BUILT

Q more Acoustic • ACTIVE FLOORSTANDER WITH BMR DRIVERS

HI-FI NEWS' NUGGETS

Premium preamps • ROTEL’S UPGRADED MKII PREAMPLIFIERS

All Sabre, no rattle • VERTERE ANNOUNCES NEW HIGH-END MOVING-MAGNET

Nostalgia for the ears • GRADO LAUNCHES PRESTIGE X SERIES HEADPHONES

Bright knight rises • HYBRID TUBE/TRANSISTOR INTEGRATED FROM BAT

HI-FI NEWS? JUST ASK…

Hidden Treasures… • Do you have a Banksy in that box of unplayed records, or a supermarket disc worth hundreds? Johnny Sharp on some less likely LP/CD gems

When Covid sets the beat • How has the pandemic affected the music business? Mike Barnes finds out

REMOTE CONTROL

The hi-finews & Record Review Reader Pledge • Hi-Fi News’ readers can take full confidence in the fact that every product featured on our front cover, throughout the magazine and on our website has been comprehensively reviewed (auditioned, photographed and lab tested) at our facility

IN THIS ISSUE…

PMC fact fenestria • Launched three years ago but only now released for review, PMC’s flagship fenestria is a towering statement

GRAND DOME

OLIVER THOMAS

PMC FACT FENESTRIA

AGD Gran Vivace • Infineon Technologies’ Class D solutions have been seen before in audiophile amps, but this is the first to feature gallium nitride FETs. The ‘tubes’, however, are pure decoration!

CLASS D IN A BOTTLE

AGD GRAN VIVACE

Naim Audio Uniti Atom Headphone Edition • The evergreen Uniti Atom all-in-one platform, complete with custom streaming solution, is adapted to service the needs of the most demanding headphone users

DIGITAL DOMAIN

NAIM UNITI ATOM HEADPHONE ED

Spendor Classic 3/1 • There are three two-way standmounts in Spendor’s 1970s-inspired Classic range, and the 3/1 is the centre model. Is this entirely UK-built model the sweetspot of the series?

SPENDOR AT THE BEEB

SPENDOR CLASSIC 3/1

VAC Sigma 170i • Hot on the heels of VAC’s flagship separates stack on our March ’21 cover comes the more affordable derivative, the integrated VAC Sigma 170i – is it a true Mini-Me?

TAP TUNING

VAC SIGMA 170I

System Audio Legend 40.2 Silverback • Most compact SA floorstander is not only offered in fully active ‘Silverback’ guise, but now supports ‘RAM Tweaks’

RAM TWEAKS

SA LEGEND 40.2 SILVERBACK

Linn Majik LP12/Krane • Linn’s ‘most affordable’ route into the world of the iconic Sondek LP12 turntable is all the more convenient now its Majik deck is packaged with Clearaudio-sourced Krane arm

LP12 LINEAGE

LINN MAJIK LP12/KRANE

McIntosh MCD85 • Well, one thing’s for sure: the new SACD/CD player/DAC from McIntosh looks quite unlike any other machine of its kind. So, does the sound live up to the unique style?

FUTUREPROOF MCINTOSH

MCINTOSH MCD85

CrystalConnect van Gogh • This ‘Art Series’ is the first silver CrystalConnect offering curated by high-end...


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