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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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Opinion
Is it worth recording at hi-res?
Barry Fox  |  Apr 16, 2025  |  First Published: Mar 01, 2025
Are only certain musical genres and acoustics ‘worthy’ of recording at high sample rates, or is it more a case of cost and practicality? Barry Fox is in favour of capturing every overtone
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Audiophile Vinyl
Top 20 Mono Albums
Review: Ken Kessler  |  Apr 12, 2025  |  First Published: Mar 01, 2025
From Sinatra to Buffalo Springfield, Otis Redding to Tangerine Zoo... Ken Kessler brings you 20 monophonic masterpieces that prove stereo is not always the superior choice

Sixty years after its demise, monophonic sound seems a mere curiosity. Like pre-recorded open-reel tapes, there’s a cut-off after which mono was relegated to niche usage. Today it survives only for archival reissues, and this is for two reasons...

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Vintage
Nightingale Point 5
Trevor Attewell  |  Apr 09, 2025  |  First Published: Mar 01, 2025
hfnvintageBritish company steps up with a three-way reflex-loaded loudspeaker with a twist, but will its sound have Trevor Attewell head over heels in love?

The Point 5 from Nightingale Acoustics is a very unusual loudspeaker, which might be said to wear its heart on its head. Starting at the other end, its body is a basically rectangular cabinet made of 19mm particle board with an integral front panel that is stepped inwards by 24mm over the top 180mm, the two levels being joined by a slope.

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Classical
Classical, February 2025
Peter Quantrill  |  Apr 05, 2025  |  First Published: Feb 01, 2025
This month we review: RLPO/Domingo Hindoyan; Johannes Moser, Xuefei Yang; Hallé/Kahchun Wong; and Bruno de Sà
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Jazz
Jazz, February 2025
Steve Harris  |  Apr 05, 2025  |  First Published: Feb 01, 2025
This month we review: Dave O’Higgins, Simon Oslender, The Oscar Peterson Quartet, and Joe Sanders
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