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hi-fi+ Global Network Magazine Hi-Fi+ Issue 172 Back Issue

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410 Reviews   •  English   •   Music (Hi-Fi)
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COMMENT
4 INCOMING!
Your views on all things audio
8 AXPONA 2019
The most important audio show in the USA today
87 MEET YOUR MAKER
Costa Koulisakis of Moon by Simaudio
92 STREAMING – WHAT’S BEST FOR CLASSICAL MUSIC?
Primephonic surveys the classical music landscape

EQUIPMENT+
17 MAGICO A3
floorstanding loudspeakers
25 VON GAYLORD AUDIO SYSTEM
amplifiers, cables, and loudspeakers
35 dCS BARTÒK
network digital converter
43 VIENNA ACOUSTICS HAYDN JUBILEE
stand-mount loudspeakers
49 DiDiT DAC21/AMP212
digital converter and power amplifier
57 PRIMARE I25 PRISMA
network integrated amplifier
63 ARCAYDIS EB2S
stand-mount loudspeaker
69 HANA MH/ML
high and low output MC cartridges
73 AUDIODESK SYSTEME VINYL CLEANER PRO
ultrasonic record cleaning machine
77 TURNTABLE ACCESSORIES
LP and stylus cleaners, tracking force gauges, record brushes, destatic treatments, hole re-boring drills

MUSIC
98 CONTEMPORARY AND AUDIOPHILE MUSIC

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32 COMPETITON!
Meze Empyrean headphones worth €2,999 must be won!
90 SUBSCRIPTIONS
101 ADVERTISER INDEX
120 NEXT MONTH
Find out what’s happening next month!

ULTIMATE HEADPHONE GUIDE
103 Hi-Fi+’s Ultimate Headphone Guide
105 Incoming: We answer your personal audio questions
108 Show Report: Snapshots from CanJam Singapore 2019
110 Focal Elegia closed-back dynamic headphone
112 iFi Audio xCAN portable headphone amplifier/Bluetooth DAC
115 MrSpeakers ETHER 2 planar magnetic headphone
118 Manley Laboratories Absolute headphone amplifier
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Hi-Fi+ Issue 172 COMMENT 4 INCOMING! Your views on all things audio 8 AXPONA 2019 The most important audio show in the USA today 87 MEET YOUR MAKER Costa Koulisakis of Moon by Simaudio 92 STREAMING – WHAT’S BEST FOR CLASSICAL MUSIC? Primephonic surveys the classical music landscape EQUIPMENT+ 17 MAGICO A3 floorstanding loudspeakers 25 VON GAYLORD AUDIO SYSTEM amplifiers, cables, and loudspeakers 35 dCS BARTÒK network digital converter 43 VIENNA ACOUSTICS HAYDN JUBILEE stand-mount loudspeakers 49 DiDiT DAC21/AMP212 digital converter and power amplifier 57 PRIMARE I25 PRISMA network integrated amplifier 63 ARCAYDIS EB2S stand-mount loudspeaker 69 HANA MH/ML high and low output MC cartridges 73 AUDIODESK SYSTEME VINYL CLEANER PRO ultrasonic record cleaning machine 77 TURNTABLE ACCESSORIES LP and stylus cleaners, tracking force gauges, record brushes, destatic treatments, hole re-boring drills MUSIC 98 CONTEMPORARY AND AUDIOPHILE MUSIC + 32 COMPETITON! Meze Empyrean headphones worth €2,999 must be won! 90 SUBSCRIPTIONS 101 ADVERTISER INDEX 120 NEXT MONTH Find out what’s happening next month! ULTIMATE HEADPHONE GUIDE 103 Hi-Fi+’s Ultimate Headphone Guide 105 Incoming: We answer your personal audio questions 108 Show Report: Snapshots from CanJam Singapore 2019 110 Focal Elegia closed-back dynamic headphone 112 iFi Audio xCAN portable headphone amplifier/Bluetooth DAC 115 MrSpeakers ETHER 2 planar magnetic headphone 118 Manley Laboratories Absolute headphone amplifier


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COMMENT
4 INCOMING!
Your views on all things audio
8 AXPONA 2019
The most important audio show in the USA today
87 MEET YOUR MAKER
Costa Koulisakis of Moon by Simaudio
92 STREAMING – WHAT’S BEST FOR CLASSICAL MUSIC?
Primephonic surveys the classical music landscape

EQUIPMENT+
17 MAGICO A3
floorstanding loudspeakers
25 VON GAYLORD AUDIO SYSTEM
amplifiers, cables, and loudspeakers
35 dCS BARTÒK
network digital converter
43 VIENNA ACOUSTICS HAYDN JUBILEE
stand-mount loudspeakers
49 DiDiT DAC21/AMP212
digital converter and power amplifier
57 PRIMARE I25 PRISMA
network integrated amplifier
63 ARCAYDIS EB2S
stand-mount loudspeaker
69 HANA MH/ML
high and low output MC cartridges
73 AUDIODESK SYSTEME VINYL CLEANER PRO
ultrasonic record cleaning machine
77 TURNTABLE ACCESSORIES
LP and stylus cleaners, tracking force gauges, record brushes, destatic treatments, hole re-boring drills

MUSIC
98 CONTEMPORARY AND AUDIOPHILE MUSIC

+
32 COMPETITON!
Meze Empyrean headphones worth €2,999 must be won!
90 SUBSCRIPTIONS
101 ADVERTISER INDEX
120 NEXT MONTH
Find out what’s happening next month!

ULTIMATE HEADPHONE GUIDE
103 Hi-Fi+’s Ultimate Headphone Guide
105 Incoming: We answer your personal audio questions
108 Show Report: Snapshots from CanJam Singapore 2019
110 Focal Elegia closed-back dynamic headphone
112 iFi Audio xCAN portable headphone amplifier/Bluetooth DAC
115 MrSpeakers ETHER 2 planar magnetic headphone
118 Manley Laboratories Absolute headphone amplifier
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