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410 Reviews   •  English   •   Music (Hi-Fi)
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COMMENT
4 INCOMING!
Your views on all things audio
8 FESTIVAL OF SOUND 2018
Suppose they gave a show and nobody came?
103 MEET YOUR DEALER
Aseem Hussain of HiFonix in Sutton Coldfield
110 MEET YOUR MAKER
Dave Gordon of Audio Research

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floorstanding loudspeaker
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stand-mount loudspeaker
47 DYNAUDIO XEO 20
active stand-mount loudspeaker
53 ELAC VELA BS 403
active stand-mount loudspeaker
59 DUTCH & DUTCH 8c
active stand-mount loudspeaker
67 MOON 390/400M
digital preamplifier and mono power amplifiers
75 VITUS RI-101
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83 RME ADE-2 DAC
DAC/headphone amplifier
89 SCHIIT JOTUNHEIM MULTIBIT
DAC/headphone amplifier
95 TRANSPARENT REFERENCE POWERISOLATOR
power conditioner
99 ISOACOUSTICS GAIA I, II, III
loudspeaker isolation feet


MUSIC
116 CONTEMPORARY AND AUDIOPHILE MUSIC


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119 ADVERTISER INDEX
120 NEXT MONTH
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Hi-Fi+ Issue 165 COMMENT 4 INCOMING! Your views on all things audio 8 FESTIVAL OF SOUND 2018 Suppose they gave a show and nobody came? 103 MEET YOUR DEALER Aseem Hussain of HiFonix in Sutton Coldfield 110 MEET YOUR MAKER Dave Gordon of Audio Research EQUIPMENT+ 16 AUDIOVECTOR R8 floorstanding loudspeaker 23 RAIDHO XT-5 floorstanding loudspeaker 31 NEAT ACOUSTICS ULTIMATUM XL6 floorstanding loudspeaker 41 BOWERS & WILKINS 606 stand-mount loudspeaker 47 DYNAUDIO XEO 20 active stand-mount loudspeaker 53 ELAC VELA BS 403 active stand-mount loudspeaker 59 DUTCH & DUTCH 8c active stand-mount loudspeaker 67 MOON 390/400M digital preamplifier and mono power amplifiers 75 VITUS RI-101 integrated amplifier 83 RME ADE-2 DAC DAC/headphone amplifier 89 SCHIIT JOTUNHEIM MULTIBIT DAC/headphone amplifier 95 TRANSPARENT REFERENCE POWERISOLATOR power conditioner 99 ISOACOUSTICS GAIA I, II, III loudspeaker isolation feet MUSIC 116 CONTEMPORARY AND AUDIOPHILE MUSIC + 108 SUBSCRIPTIONS 119 ADVERTISER INDEX 120 NEXT MONTH Find out what’s happening next month!


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COMMENT
4 INCOMING!
Your views on all things audio
8 FESTIVAL OF SOUND 2018
Suppose they gave a show and nobody came?
103 MEET YOUR DEALER
Aseem Hussain of HiFonix in Sutton Coldfield
110 MEET YOUR MAKER
Dave Gordon of Audio Research

EQUIPMENT+
16 AUDIOVECTOR R8
floorstanding loudspeaker
23 RAIDHO XT-5
floorstanding loudspeaker
31 NEAT ACOUSTICS ULTIMATUM XL6
floorstanding loudspeaker
41 BOWERS & WILKINS 606
stand-mount loudspeaker
47 DYNAUDIO XEO 20
active stand-mount loudspeaker
53 ELAC VELA BS 403
active stand-mount loudspeaker
59 DUTCH & DUTCH 8c
active stand-mount loudspeaker
67 MOON 390/400M
digital preamplifier and mono power amplifiers
75 VITUS RI-101
integrated amplifier
83 RME ADE-2 DAC
DAC/headphone amplifier
89 SCHIIT JOTUNHEIM MULTIBIT
DAC/headphone amplifier
95 TRANSPARENT REFERENCE POWERISOLATOR
power conditioner
99 ISOACOUSTICS GAIA I, II, III
loudspeaker isolation feet


MUSIC
116 CONTEMPORARY AND AUDIOPHILE MUSIC


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108 SUBSCRIPTIONS
119 ADVERTISER INDEX
120 NEXT MONTH
Find out what’s happening next month!
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Hi-Fi+ is Europe’s premier English-language high-end audio magazine. Whether it’s the latest in digital audio technology or the best turntable you’ve ever heard, Hi-Fi+ magazine is the ultimate audiophile authority.

Our goal is clear; to seek out the finest audio components money can buy. Music is the soundtrack to all our lives and we think that the better that soundtrack, sounds the more enriched our lives can be. A good audio system can open up new avenues of music that might surprise you. We don’t differentiate; it could be a classic valve amplifier or a state-of-the-art music server – if it sounds good, we want to know and we want to tell you about it. The difference between good sound and great sound lies in the details… and we are obsessive about detail.

We aren’t constrained by measurement or bogged down in stuffy old paradigms. We are relevant and a little bit irreverent. Hi-Fi+ features some of the best writers in the business, all passionate about making music sound as good as it possibly can. We seek out the finest audio components – and the latest and greatest music – and aren’t afraid of finding the best, whatever the cost.

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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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