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Oh, Vienna!
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Oh, Vienna!

Not content with cracking the professional market, the Austrian newcomer impresses CliffJoseph with its first open-back cans

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3 mins  |
October 2021
Zen master
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Zen master

iFi’s recently updated DAC and headphone amp promises a big spec at a bargain price. Ed Selley sees how it stacks up

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3 mins  |
October 2021
Mighty fine Meitner
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Mighty fine Meitner

Ed Meitner is famous for the ‘custom DAC’ and crafting his own tech for 30 years. His latest model is a chip offthe old digital block

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8 mins  |
October 2021
Floored genius
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Floored genius

David Price gets to grips with six of the best mid-price floor standing speakers

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10+ mins  |
October 2021
YOU'RE surrounded!
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YOU'RE surrounded!

Spatial audio has been around for years, but Apple’s new interest in high-quality audio could finally bring it into the mainstream, reckons Cliff Joseph

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6 mins  |
September 2021
Shine on you crazy...
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Shine on you crazy...

The latest member of the long-running series makes some significant revisions over its predecessor. Ed Selley adds polish

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5 mins  |
September 2021
A bit of what you fancy
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A bit of what you fancy

Copland’s CSA150 integrated is a tube/ transistor hybrid that’s more than the sum of its parts, says David Price

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6 mins  |
September 2021
Sunny side up
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Sunny side up

A&K and Campfire collaborate on new high-end in-ear

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1 min  |
September 2021
This much is True
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This much is True

Affordable new true wireless earphone from Sennheiser

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1 min  |
September 2021
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Passion for fashion

If there’s one thing you can definitely say about Bang & Olufsen it’s that it loves a collaboration. This month, apart from the Factory Records Beoplay A9 (see p129), it’s partnering with fashion brand Saint Laurent Rive Droite to release the limited edition Beosound Edge, a: “compact and powerful” wireless speaker offering what’s described as: “timeless design, cutting-edge acoustic innovation and unparalleled interaction for a listening experience that inspires the imagination.”

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1 min  |
September 2021
Over-ear at last
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Over-ear at last

High-quality headphone imports from USA

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1 min  |
September 2021
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Going out with a bang

The German company goes back to basics with this in-ear and CliffJoseph reckons that can only be a good thing

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3 mins  |
September 2021
All fired up!
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All fired up!

A revised version of its NP5 Prisma network player, Sweden’s Primare has unveiled the NP5 Prisma MK2.

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1 min  |
September 2021
The bigger brother
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The bigger brother

Top integrated in Rotel’s flagship Michi series leverages much of the P5 preamp and S5 power amp technology to realise a taller, heavier amp that aims to upstage the smaller X3

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8 mins  |
August 2021
Ortofon 2M Black LVB 250 cartridge
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Ortofon 2M Black LVB 250 cartridge

MOST SENSIBLE FOLK will have given up on the notion of owning the world’s finest moving-coil. Such a thing would be horrendously expensive and, of course, would require an equally esoteric head amplifier to go with it.

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3 mins  |
August 2021
Campfire Audio Dorado 2020 £1,100
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Campfire Audio Dorado 2020 £1,100

Could be the sweet spot in Campfire’s extensive range of high-end IEMs

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3 mins  |
August 2021
California screaming
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California screaming

This Californian premier speaker brand’s flagship A series model is its most advanced ‘entry-level’ floor stander yet

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7 mins  |
August 2021
Sennheiser IE 900 £1,100
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Sennheiser IE 900 £1,100

Sennheiser’s new flagship IEM, fresh from a five-star review in last month’s HFC, is a class act

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3 mins  |
August 2021
Oriveti O800 £800
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Oriveti O800 £800

Oriveti made waves when its OH500 won our last earphone Group Test, so is the O800 better still?

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3 mins  |
August 2021
Audeze LCDi3 £900
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Audeze LCDi3 £900

It was unlikely that big hitter Audeze would produce a me-too IEM, but the LCDi3 is something else

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3 mins  |
August 2021
Old and in the way?
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Old and in the way?

Nigel Williamson celebrates the musicians still trying to rock into their eighties and mourns those who have recently and heroically passed away.

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3 mins  |
August 2021
Brotherly love
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Brotherly love

David Price samples the smaller sibling in Merason’s range of DACs, the frérot

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4 mins  |
August 2021
Astell&Kern AK  T9iE £1,100
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Astell&Kern AK T9iE £1,100

That A&K makes the best DAPs doesn’t guarantee mastery of IEMs, but it has Beyerdynamic on board!

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3 mins  |
August 2021
Green light
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Green light

As the lifting of Covid restrictions sees a return to normality, Nigel Williamson investigates how bands can start touring again without destroying the planet

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3 mins  |
July 2021
All change?
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All change?

The IE 900 could represent the end of an era. Ed Selley finds out if it’s a fitting finale

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3 mins  |
July 2021
iFi Audio iSilencer+ USB audio noise eliminator
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iFi Audio iSilencer+ USB audio noise eliminator

DIGITAL RECORDINGS PLAYED on devices connected to the DAC in your audio system via a USB cable can have problems resulting from electrical noise, which can manifest themselves as distortions, poor timing, pops and clicks.

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1 min  |
July 2021
Linn Majik LP12/Krane £3,500
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Linn Majik LP12/Krane £3,500

With its origins set firmly in the Seventies, can this elder statesman still mix it with the young upstarts?

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3 mins  |
July 2021
Acoustic Solid Wood MPX £3,500
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Acoustic Solid Wood MPX £3,500

German engineering meets stunning design to provide a lot of turntable for the money, but how will it fare?

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3 mins  |
July 2021
DAC to black
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DAC to black

As THX enters the hardware market with its debut DAC, Cliff Joseph checks it out

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3 mins  |
July 2021
Nordost Heimdall 2 Power Cord
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Nordost Heimdall 2 Power Cord

AS PART OF Nordost’s Norse 2 cables, this power lead employs similar technology and features to others in the Heimdall range, such as the Heimdall 2 Tonearm Cable+ (HFC 465) and Heimdall 2 headphone cable (HFC 440).

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1 min  |
July 2021