hi-fi+ Global Network  |  hi-fi+ ISSUE 217
COMMENT
7 Incoming! Your views on all things audio
99 Meet Your Maker We travelled to Athens in search of fine digital audio from Ideon Audio
EQUIPMENT REVIEWS
17 JMF Audio PRS 1.5/HQS 9001 line preamplifier and mono power amplifiers
24 Bowers & Wilkins 705 S3 stand-mount loudspeaker
33 SOULNOTE D-2 digital to analogue converter
39 Audio Research I/50 integrated valve amplifier
45 Triangle Magellan Quatour 40th Anniversary floorstanding loudspeaker
51 AVM CS 8.3 Black Edition integrated system
57 Karan Acoustics Master Collection PHONOb phono stage
63 Ortofon MC Diamond moving coil cartridge
69 Stax SR-X9000/SRM-T8000 electrostatic headphone and headphone amplifier
79 Astell&Kern A&ultima SP3000 portable music player
84 CAD USB II-R USB cable
89 Allnic Audio Mu-8R interconnect cables
93 Synergistic Research Foundation SX loudspeaker and interconnect cables
97 Russ Andrews SuperRouter Signature grounding block
MUSIC
106 A Beginner’s Guide to... Shoegaze Introspective guitar-led indie rock from the 1990s. The antidote to jangly indie pop and Grunge
113 Andy Fairweather Low The Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist from Amen Corner
120 The Kynd British 1990s power-pop band on their follow-up second album... 24 years later
127 Music Reviews Contemporary, classical and audiophile music
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124 Subscriptions Subscribe and save!
135 Advertiser index
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in hi-fi+ Global Network hi-fi+ ISSUE 217.