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Hi Fi News

Jan 01 2022
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.

Welcome

Blu Notes • NAD LAUNCHES C 700 BLUOS STREAMING AMP WITH CLASS D UCD MODULES ON BOARD

Armed and ready • VERTERE’S NEW ARMS – ‘NOT UNI-PIVOTS’

HI-FI NEWS' NUGGETS

Finesse your AC • V5 TITAN POWER CONDITIONER FROM ISOTEK

Timber tuning • A TRIO OF WOODS FEATURE IN GRADO REFERENCE HEADPHONES

Monster Mac • WOODSTOCK POWERHOUSE REIMAGINED AS MC3500 MKII

Swedish slimline • COPLAND’S NEW ALL-TRANSISTOR ENTRY-LEVEL INTEGRATED

HI-FI NEWS? JUST ASK…

Covered in glory • Whether satisfying a contractual obligation or celebrating songs that influenced an artist in the past, a great covers album is difficult to perfect. Johnny Sharp picks out the best

Under the covers… • Johnny Sharp on the creation of the artwork for Bob Dylan’s Bringing It All Back Home

KRAMER OF THE CROP

DYLAN’S ’60S ALBUMS

The hi-fi news & 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

Wilson Audio Alexx V • Not ‘version 5’ – the ‘V’ here refers to Wilson’s cabinet material. In fact, the Alexx V is a ‘v2’ and it’s a masterpiece

SETTING THE SWEET SPOT

DARYL WILSON

MoFi UltraGold • With a range of affordable turntables and a trio of MM pick-ups already in its catalogue, the launch of a premium MC has been long-anticipated from this supremo of the vinyl LP

MOFI’S MOVING-MAGNETS

Bricasti M21 • A decade on from the brand-defining M1 DAC and Bricasti has poured all its latter day experience into a new flagship featuring bespoke DAC and clocking technologies

DIGITAL SYNTHESIS

Rotel RA-1592MKII • Launched as part of Rotel’s 60th anniversary celebrations, this is the latest version of the brand’s flagship ‘big integrated’ amp – and there’s rather more to it than meets the eye

SIXTY YEARS STRONG

JBL 4309 • JBL is promising us ‘great things from a small package’ as it continues its theme of mixing pro heritage aesthetics with modern acoustic technology. Is the 4309 a blast?

HORNS FOR ALL

PrimaLuna EVO 300 Hybrid • PrimaLuna’s tradition of user-tweakable tube amps continues, this time by ‘tweaking’ its own EVO 300 model with a solid-state output stage. Welcome, PL’s first hybrid…

HYBRID HISTORY

iFi Audio Pro iDSD Signature • Sporting a Signature nameplate, the flagship of iFi Audio’s sprawling digital product range has been fine-tuned with ‘audiophile’ components and offboard iPower Elite PSU

POCKET POWERHOUSE

Thorens TD 202 • Budget-conscious vinyl fans wishing to digitise their prized record collections will want to sample this sleek, affordable turntable solution from an illustrious German brand

PHONO ONBOARD

AudioQuest JitterBug FMJ • Revised and refined, and now clad in metal, AudioQuest’s USB noise filter is still a compelling upgrade for portable DAC users.

Joaquín Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez • War and heartbreak colour the backdrop to this ever-popular sketch of Spain, but the best recordings are rooted in...


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Frequency: Monthly Pages: 140 Publisher: AV Tech Media Ltd Edition: Jan 01 2022

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  • Release date: December 13, 2021

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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.

Welcome

Blu Notes • NAD LAUNCHES C 700 BLUOS STREAMING AMP WITH CLASS D UCD MODULES ON BOARD

Armed and ready • VERTERE’S NEW ARMS – ‘NOT UNI-PIVOTS’

HI-FI NEWS' NUGGETS

Finesse your AC • V5 TITAN POWER CONDITIONER FROM ISOTEK

Timber tuning • A TRIO OF WOODS FEATURE IN GRADO REFERENCE HEADPHONES

Monster Mac • WOODSTOCK POWERHOUSE REIMAGINED AS MC3500 MKII

Swedish slimline • COPLAND’S NEW ALL-TRANSISTOR ENTRY-LEVEL INTEGRATED

HI-FI NEWS? JUST ASK…

Covered in glory • Whether satisfying a contractual obligation or celebrating songs that influenced an artist in the past, a great covers album is difficult to perfect. Johnny Sharp picks out the best

Under the covers… • Johnny Sharp on the creation of the artwork for Bob Dylan’s Bringing It All Back Home

KRAMER OF THE CROP

DYLAN’S ’60S ALBUMS

The hi-fi news & 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

Wilson Audio Alexx V • Not ‘version 5’ – the ‘V’ here refers to Wilson’s cabinet material. In fact, the Alexx V is a ‘v2’ and it’s a masterpiece

SETTING THE SWEET SPOT

DARYL WILSON

MoFi UltraGold • With a range of affordable turntables and a trio of MM pick-ups already in its catalogue, the launch of a premium MC has been long-anticipated from this supremo of the vinyl LP

MOFI’S MOVING-MAGNETS

Bricasti M21 • A decade on from the brand-defining M1 DAC and Bricasti has poured all its latter day experience into a new flagship featuring bespoke DAC and clocking technologies

DIGITAL SYNTHESIS

Rotel RA-1592MKII • Launched as part of Rotel’s 60th anniversary celebrations, this is the latest version of the brand’s flagship ‘big integrated’ amp – and there’s rather more to it than meets the eye

SIXTY YEARS STRONG

JBL 4309 • JBL is promising us ‘great things from a small package’ as it continues its theme of mixing pro heritage aesthetics with modern acoustic technology. Is the 4309 a blast?

HORNS FOR ALL

PrimaLuna EVO 300 Hybrid • PrimaLuna’s tradition of user-tweakable tube amps continues, this time by ‘tweaking’ its own EVO 300 model with a solid-state output stage. Welcome, PL’s first hybrid…

HYBRID HISTORY

iFi Audio Pro iDSD Signature • Sporting a Signature nameplate, the flagship of iFi Audio’s sprawling digital product range has been fine-tuned with ‘audiophile’ components and offboard iPower Elite PSU

POCKET POWERHOUSE

Thorens TD 202 • Budget-conscious vinyl fans wishing to digitise their prized record collections will want to sample this sleek, affordable turntable solution from an illustrious German brand

PHONO ONBOARD

AudioQuest JitterBug FMJ • Revised and refined, and now clad in metal, AudioQuest’s USB noise filter is still a compelling upgrade for portable DAC users.

Joaquín Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez • War and heartbreak colour the backdrop to this ever-popular sketch of Spain, but the best recordings are rooted in...


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