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410 Reviews   •  English   •   Music (Hi-Fi)
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COMMENT
5 INCOMING! Your letters and email
79 ALAN SIRCOM: Music Matters

EQUIPMENT
18 ARCAM FMJ D33: digital to analogue converter
22 WILSON BENESCH VERTEX: standmount loudspeakers
26 VTL MB-450 SERIES III SIGNATURE: mono power amplifier
32 MONITOR AUDIO GOLD GX300: floorstanding loudspeakers
36 ROGUE AUDIO MEDUSA: hybrid Class D power amplifier
42 BURMESTER 089, 036, 948 B25: complete audio system
49 MOON 100D: digital to analogue converter
53 AUDIO RESEARCH PH8: phono stage
59 ANTELOP AUDIO ZODIAC GOLD: DAC/preamp/headphone amp
64 MAGNEPLANAR MINI MAGGIE: desktop audio system
73 TIGER PAW KHAN: LP12 turntable upgrade kit

FEATURES
10 BRISTOL SOUND AND VISION: The UK’s first show of the year
16 MUSIC IN PARADISE: Sonata’s Sunday Service
80 OLI BROWN: UK blues guitarist comes of age

MUSIC
86 CONTEMPORARY, AUDIOPHILE AND JAZZ MUSIC
96 EVERY HOME SHOULD HAVE ONE: The Concept Album

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84 SUBSCRIPTIONS
92 ADVERTISER INDEX
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Hi-Fi+ Issue 88 COMMENT 5 INCOMING! Your letters and email 79 ALAN SIRCOM: Music Matters EQUIPMENT 18 ARCAM FMJ D33: digital to analogue converter 22 WILSON BENESCH VERTEX: standmount loudspeakers 26 VTL MB-450 SERIES III SIGNATURE: mono power amplifier 32 MONITOR AUDIO GOLD GX300: floorstanding loudspeakers 36 ROGUE AUDIO MEDUSA: hybrid Class D power amplifier 42 BURMESTER 089, 036, 948 B25: complete audio system 49 MOON 100D: digital to analogue converter 53 AUDIO RESEARCH PH8: phono stage 59 ANTELOP AUDIO ZODIAC GOLD: DAC/preamp/headphone amp 64 MAGNEPLANAR MINI MAGGIE: desktop audio system 73 TIGER PAW KHAN: LP12 turntable upgrade kit FEATURES 10 BRISTOL SOUND AND VISION: The UK’s first show of the year 16 MUSIC IN PARADISE: Sonata’s Sunday Service 80 OLI BROWN: UK blues guitarist comes of age MUSIC 86 CONTEMPORARY, AUDIOPHILE AND JAZZ MUSIC 96 EVERY HOME SHOULD HAVE ONE: The Concept Album + 84 SUBSCRIPTIONS 92 ADVERTISER INDEX


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COMMENT
5 INCOMING! Your letters and email
79 ALAN SIRCOM: Music Matters

EQUIPMENT
18 ARCAM FMJ D33: digital to analogue converter
22 WILSON BENESCH VERTEX: standmount loudspeakers
26 VTL MB-450 SERIES III SIGNATURE: mono power amplifier
32 MONITOR AUDIO GOLD GX300: floorstanding loudspeakers
36 ROGUE AUDIO MEDUSA: hybrid Class D power amplifier
42 BURMESTER 089, 036, 948 B25: complete audio system
49 MOON 100D: digital to analogue converter
53 AUDIO RESEARCH PH8: phono stage
59 ANTELOP AUDIO ZODIAC GOLD: DAC/preamp/headphone amp
64 MAGNEPLANAR MINI MAGGIE: desktop audio system
73 TIGER PAW KHAN: LP12 turntable upgrade kit

FEATURES
10 BRISTOL SOUND AND VISION: The UK’s first show of the year
16 MUSIC IN PARADISE: Sonata’s Sunday Service
80 OLI BROWN: UK blues guitarist comes of age

MUSIC
86 CONTEMPORARY, AUDIOPHILE AND JAZZ MUSIC
96 EVERY HOME SHOULD HAVE ONE: The Concept Album

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84 SUBSCRIPTIONS
92 ADVERTISER INDEX
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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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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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