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410 Reviews   •  English   •   Music (Hi-Fi)
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COMMENT
4 INCOMING!
Your views on all things audio
8 BRISTOL SOUND & VISION 2018
The UK’s longest-running audio event
98 MEET YOUR MAKER
Karl-Heinz Fink

EQUIPMENT+
14 CHORD ELECTRONICS DAVE/SPM 1050 MkII
DAC/preamp and stereo power amplifier
20 DAN D’AGOSTINO MASTER AUDIO SYSTEMS PROGRESSION PREAMPLIFIER/STEREO
preamp/stereo power amplifier
29 EXPOSURE XM5
integrated amplifier
35 BEL CANTO BLACK EX
integrated amplifier
43 SUGDEN SAPPHIRE DAP-800/FBA-800
DAC/preamp and stereo power amp
53 AAVIK U-150 UNITY
integrated amplifier
61 MOBILE FIDELITY STUDIOPHONO
phono stage 67 LINN PRODUCTS URIKA II digital phono stage 73 DYNAUDIO CONTOUR 30 floorstanding loudspeakers 79 ELAC ADANTE AS-61 standmount loudspeakers 84 PIONEER SE-MONITOR 5 closed-back headphones 88 CAMPFIRE AUDIO POLARIS/ANDROMEDA
earphones 95 BLACK RHODIUM OVERTURE/POLKA/STREAM
analogue interconnects, loudspeaker cables, and power cords


MUSIC
104 CONTEMPORARY AND AUDIOPHILE MUSIC

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78 COMPETITION!
Final D8000 headphones worth €3,499 must be won!
92 SUBSCRIPTIONS
111 ADVERTISER INDEX
112 NEXT MONTH
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Hi-Fi+ Issue 158 COMMENT 4 INCOMING! Your views on all things audio 8 BRISTOL SOUND & VISION 2018 The UK’s longest-running audio event 98 MEET YOUR MAKER Karl-Heinz Fink EQUIPMENT+ 14 CHORD ELECTRONICS DAVE/SPM 1050 MkII DAC/preamp and stereo power amplifier 20 DAN D’AGOSTINO MASTER AUDIO SYSTEMS PROGRESSION PREAMPLIFIER/STEREO preamp/stereo power amplifier 29 EXPOSURE XM5 integrated amplifier 35 BEL CANTO BLACK EX integrated amplifier 43 SUGDEN SAPPHIRE DAP-800/FBA-800 DAC/preamp and stereo power amp 53 AAVIK U-150 UNITY integrated amplifier 61 MOBILE FIDELITY STUDIOPHONO phono stage 67 LINN PRODUCTS URIKA II digital phono stage 73 DYNAUDIO CONTOUR 30 floorstanding loudspeakers 79 ELAC ADANTE AS-61 standmount loudspeakers 84 PIONEER SE-MONITOR 5 closed-back headphones 88 CAMPFIRE AUDIO POLARIS/ANDROMEDA earphones 95 BLACK RHODIUM OVERTURE/POLKA/STREAM analogue interconnects, loudspeaker cables, and power cords MUSIC 104 CONTEMPORARY AND AUDIOPHILE MUSIC + 78 COMPETITION! Final D8000 headphones worth €3,499 must be won! 92 SUBSCRIPTIONS 111 ADVERTISER INDEX 112 NEXT MONTH Find out what’s happening next month!


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hi-fi+ Global Network  |  Hi-Fi+ Issue 158  


COMMENT
4 INCOMING!
Your views on all things audio
8 BRISTOL SOUND & VISION 2018
The UK’s longest-running audio event
98 MEET YOUR MAKER
Karl-Heinz Fink

EQUIPMENT+
14 CHORD ELECTRONICS DAVE/SPM 1050 MkII
DAC/preamp and stereo power amplifier
20 DAN D’AGOSTINO MASTER AUDIO SYSTEMS PROGRESSION PREAMPLIFIER/STEREO
preamp/stereo power amplifier
29 EXPOSURE XM5
integrated amplifier
35 BEL CANTO BLACK EX
integrated amplifier
43 SUGDEN SAPPHIRE DAP-800/FBA-800
DAC/preamp and stereo power amp
53 AAVIK U-150 UNITY
integrated amplifier
61 MOBILE FIDELITY STUDIOPHONO
phono stage 67 LINN PRODUCTS URIKA II digital phono stage 73 DYNAUDIO CONTOUR 30 floorstanding loudspeakers 79 ELAC ADANTE AS-61 standmount loudspeakers 84 PIONEER SE-MONITOR 5 closed-back headphones 88 CAMPFIRE AUDIO POLARIS/ANDROMEDA
earphones 95 BLACK RHODIUM OVERTURE/POLKA/STREAM
analogue interconnects, loudspeaker cables, and power cords


MUSIC
104 CONTEMPORARY AND AUDIOPHILE MUSIC

+
78 COMPETITION!
Final D8000 headphones worth €3,499 must be won!
92 SUBSCRIPTIONS
111 ADVERTISER INDEX
112 NEXT MONTH
Find out what’s happening next month!
read more read less
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Very good magazine for all those fans of hi-fi information and news Reviewed 09 April 2022

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Well, over the (many) years as an Audiophile, I have read (many) Audiophile magazines...My first impressions of Hi-Fi+ came from reading a printed issue (unfortunately, landed to someone who should have sent it back to me but didn't), but that issue whetted my appetite, so I paid for the digital edition. Great reviews, of important products, well-written....very satisfied. Will re-activate my subscription when it expires (in two month's time). Thanks a lot! Reviewed 17 January 2021

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Excellent magazine, well written articles, technically accurate, informative and entertaining. Reviewed 17 January 2021

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Love the magazine for its well written reviews of equipment and music. Reviewed 28 September 2020

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always excellent Reviewed 02 September 2020

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