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Classical, July 2022

Peter Quantrill | Aug 01, 2022

This month we review: Oslo Philharmonic/Klaus Mäkelä, Peter Jablonski, Fidelio Trio and Chen Reiss; Jewish CO Munich/Daniel Grossmann.

Network Audio Players/Servers

Aurender N200 Network Audio Transport

Review: Andrew Everard, | Jul 28, 2022

In raw form this is a digital streamer/network bridge governed by the Conductor app, but add optional SSD storage and the N200 becomes a fully-fledged music library

Music storage: it can be a thorny subject, not least because those network products offering internal capacity for your library tend either to have fixed, non-expandable storage, or offer the option of dealer-installed drives. The cost of such storage is usually high, too – okay, not 'adding capacity at time of ordering your new Apple computer high', where an extra Terabyte can cost you £400, but still at prices to have you looking at HDDs on the likes of Amazon and scratching your head.

Hi-Res Downloads

Hi-Res Downloads, July 2022

Andrew Everard | Jul 27, 2022

This month we review and test releases from: Nicky Spence, Julius Drake, Piatti Quartet, Esther Kaiser, The Gesualdo Six, Michael J Valentine and Automatica.

News

UK Hi-Fi Show Live Preview #4

HiFiNews | Jul 26, 2022

The UK Hi-Fi Show Live is delighted to welcome high-end distributor Absolute Sounds back to the huge entertainment space on Level 5. Seen here while the refurb and set-up for Royal Ascot was underway, Absolute Sound's 'engine room' (Pedro to his friends) is planning to get the very best from the latest that Wilson Audio [Alexx Vs pictured above], dCS [Vivaldi APEX], Magico, D'Agostino, Audio Research – and so many more exclusive brands – have to offer.

News

UK Hi-Fi Show Live Preview #3

HiFiNews | Jul 26, 2022

Pictured at Ascot in the spacious No1 box on the 2nd floor, Martin Thornton [left] and Peter Snell of Lowther Loudspeakers will give UK audiophiles the first chance to experience classic models from this newly revitalised brand – including the updated TP1 (now TP2) corner horns. If you've never heard their crossover-free, super-sensitive sound then you're in for a treat.

News

UK Hi-Fi Show Live Preview #2

HiFiNews | Jul 25, 2022

Advance tickets are now on sale for the UK's premier high-end audio event – The UK Hi-Fi Show Live, hosted at the Ascot Racecourse Grandstand, High Street, Ascot on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th September 2022.

Loudspeakers

Mission 770 Loudspeaker

Review: Mark Craven, | Jul 25, 2022

Launched 44 years ago, the original 770 loudspeaker with its polypropylene woofer and white baffle was nothing if not controversial. Will the reimagined 770 also make waves?

Hi-fi's 'subjective' revolution was just picking up steam when Mission's 770 shovelled a heap of coal on the fire in 1978. The move away from heavy plastics (Bextrene) was reflected in its polypropylene bass/mid driver while the light but rigid ply cabinet doffed its cap to earlier BBC-inspired designs. Its sound, meanwhile, provoked more column inches over the years than possibly any speaker since! The 770 received a very favourable review in Hi-Fi News [HFN Mar '79, 'Milestones' HFN Aug '12 and 'From the Vault' HFN Dec '15] but, writing elsewhere, a fledgling author by the name of Ken Kessler was, shall we say, less enthusiastic...

News

UK Hi-Fi Show Live Preview #1

HiFiNews | Jul 22, 2022

Last hosted at the prestigious Ascot Grandstand in 2019, the UK's dedicated high-end audio show returns in 2022 with the 'who's who' of world-class hi-fi.

Pre/Power Amplifiers

Musical Fidelity Tri-Vista kWP and kW Amplifiers

Review: Ian Harris, | Jul 22, 2022 | First Published: Aug 01, 2003

Ian Harris and Paul Miller hear the amps that crown MF's 20th anniversary

The kW and kWP are the final models in Musical Fidelity's 20th anniversary Tri-Vista series, and are intended to be the ultimate expression of the company's skills as amplifier builders. In contrast to the nominally 'real world' SACD player and integrated amp, the pre and power amps have been built on a totally cost-no-object basis – to borrow MF's own words, they're 'simply the very best we can do'.

Headphones

Astell&Kern A&ultima SP2000T Digital Audio Player

Review: Jamie Biesemans, | Jul 21, 2022

The game of one-upmanship between portable headphone DACs and DAPs continues with Astell&Kern's 'triple amp' SP2000T featuring a KORG Nutube for 'tube warmth'

Far from listening rooms filled with huge monoblocks and heavier-than-a-grown-man loudspeakers, a few brands are catering to another class of enthusiast by taking the concept of a digital audio player (DAP) to new heights. Astell&Kern, a spin-off from Korea's iRiver, crafts very sophisticated pocket hi-fi that's light years removed from the humble iPod.

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