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Hi-Res Downloads
Hi-Res Downloads, December 2021
Hi-Fi News Staff  |  Dec 31, 2021
This month we review and test releases from: The Gesualdo Six, Steven Wilson, A Bad Think, Thunder and Ayron Jones.
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Audiophile Vinyl
Audiophile: Vinyl, December 2021
Ken Kessler  |  Dec 30, 2021
This month we review: Rod Stewart, Terry Callier, Joni Mitchell and Ladies Choice - The Pen Of Swan Records.
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Audiophile Digital
Audiophile: Digital, December 2021
Ken Kessler  |  Dec 30, 2021
This month, we review: The Yardbirds, Little Steven And The Disciples Of Soul, Ringo Starr and Tina Turner.
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Rock
Rock, December 2021
Mike Barnes  |  Dec 30, 2021
This month we review: Billy Bragg, Efterklang, Howlin Rain and Vanishing Twin.
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Jazz
Jazz, December 2021
Steve Harris  |  Dec 30, 2021
This month we review: Terence Blanchard, Chick Corea, Donald Edwards Quintet and Relief.
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Classical
Classical, December 2021
Peter Quantrill  |  Dec 30, 2021
This month we review: Ehnes Quartet, Sueye Park, Filippo Gorini and Michelle Deyoung, Et Al, Shanghai SO/Long Yu.
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Classical Companion
Bohemian Christmas Music: Beyond Good King Wenceslas
Peter Quantrill  |  Dec 28, 2021
The Czech-speaking lands beyond Austria hold a rich tradition of festive music. Peter Quantrill explores Masses and carols and the special genre of pastorella

Precious few countries can boast a Christmas repertoire as rich and colourful as the Czech Republic. None of it, however, concerns the figure of Svatý Václav – St Wenceslas – who was posthumously ennobled from dukedom to kingship by the Holy Roman Emperor Otto I following his assassination in 935AD.

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Turntables, Arms & Cartridges
Soundsmith Zephyr MIMC Star Cartridge
Review: David Price,  |  Dec 27, 2021
Arguably best known for its high-end strain-gauge pick-ups, Soundsmith also offers a series of high- and low-output moving-iron/fixed-coil cartridges. Is the Zephyr a 'star'?

The so-called 'vinyl revival' has not only fermented an uptick in sales of both turntables and LP records but it's also created a renewed demand for cartridges of all shapes, sizes and types. Designer/audio artisan Peter Ledermann was far from alone in seizing the opportunity, sensing, very specifically in this instance, that many Bang & Olufsen turntable owners wanted to get their ageing record players going again. He successfully obtained a licence to restart production of these plug-in MMC pick-ups, and Soundsmith was born.

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From the VaultPre/Power Amplifiers
Some Like It Hot
John Atkinson  |  Dec 24, 2021  |  First Published: Aug 01, 1983
hfnvintageJohn Atkinson heats up his listening room with a Class A amp from Krell

It used to be said that the only true way to learn was to find out something for yourself, then it will stick when all book-learning has long since been shed. This was drummed into me when I was working on the development of LEDs (green ones, to be precise).

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Turntables, Arms & Cartridges
Roksan Attessa Turntable Package
Review: Adam Smith,  |  Dec 23, 2021
hfncommendedLaunched as part of a series including a CD transport and two amplifiers – one with onboard streaming – the Attessa turntable completes Roksan's most stylish offering

There are a few announcements guaranteed to make an audio fan sit up and take notice, one being the unveiling of a new turntable from Roksan. After all, the company burst onto the scene in 1985 with the Xerxes – a deck that is still going strong 36 years later in '20 Plus' guise [HFN Dec '11]. However, the new deck in question is the £995 Attessa turntable, and it forms part of a completely new Roksan range.

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