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Rock
Rock, March 2025
Mike Barnes  |  Apr 17, 2025  |  First Published: Mar 01, 2025

This month we review: Mogwai, Manic Street Preachers, Sam Amidon and Richard Dawson

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Audiophile Digital
Audiophile: Digital, March 2025
Review: Ken Kessler  |  Apr 17, 2025  |  First Published: Mar 01, 2025
This month we review: Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets, Neil Christian, Erik Deutsch, and Hawkwinde
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Audiophile Vinyl
Audiophile: Audiophile Vinyl, March 2025
Review: Ken Kessler  |  Apr 17, 2025  |  First Published: Mar 01, 2025

This month we review: Lori Lieberman, Ars Nova, Johnny Pacheco, and Simon & Garfunkel

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Hi-Res Downloads
Hi-Res Downloads, March 2025
Review: Ken Kessler,  |  Apr 17, 2025  |  First Published: Mar 01, 2025
This month we review and test releases from: Pat Metheny, Avishai Cohen, MaskXSoul, Daniel Pardo and Vince Guaraldi
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Vinyl Release
John Cale Fear
Steve Sutherland  |  Apr 17, 2025  |  First Published: Mar 01, 2025
The Velvet Underground founder’s fourth solo LP is the perfect distillation of his genre-crossing genius, says Steve Sutherland, as he faces up to the 180g reissue
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Classical Companion
Charles Ives American visionary
Peter Quantrill  |  Apr 17, 2025  |  First Published: Mar 01, 2025

Modernist, patriot, man of faith, insurance broker: a new box illuminates one of classical music’s most singular voices, and his recording legacy, explored by Peter Quantrill

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Opinion
NXT’s flatpanel speaker
Steve Harris  |  Apr 16, 2025  |  First Published: Mar 01, 2025
Steve Harris looks at the legacy of NXT’s flatpanel speaker, which once promised to revolutionise audio replay. Did you realise the technology is now more widely available than ever before?
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Opinion
Never too old
Peter Quantrill  |  Apr 16, 2025  |  First Published: Mar 01, 2025
The longevity of conductors can be misleading, says Peter Quantrill, when the sentiment of the occasion obscures the vitality of the music-making. Yet with age can come great wisdom...
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Opinion
Reviving radio's lost dynamics
Jim Lesurf  |  Apr 16, 2025  |  First Published: Mar 01, 2025
After concluding that a well-designed digital FM tuner can surpass the best analogue super tuners of old, Jim Lesurf wonders if software can be used to revive the lost dynamics of music on radio
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Opinion
A night at the opera
Barry Willis  |  Apr 16, 2025  |  First Published: Mar 01, 2025
Front-of-centre drama, battles behind the scenes... Barry Willis attends the opening of Verdi’s Un Ballo in San Francisco, but for him it’s the acoustics that truly bring down the house
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