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Peter Quantrill | Mar 12, 2025 | First Published: Jan 01, 2025

There’s more to the Hungarian pianist than his famous Bartók and Mozart recordings, says Peter Quantrill, as he explores Anda’s rigorous formation and poetic imagination

Vinyl Release

The Beatles A Hard Day’s Night

Steve Sutherland | Mar 09, 2025 | First Published: Feb 01, 2025

The Fab Four reached a new level of musical ambition – and fame – when their third album topped the charts. Sixty years on, Steve Sutherland hears the 180g reissue

Classical Companion

Peter Schreier Storyteller supreme

Peter Quantrill | Mar 09, 2025 | First Published: Feb 01, 2025

Peter Quantrill explores the career and catalogue of a renowned Bach Evangelist and Schubert tenor with a peerless ability to communicate directly with his listener

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Goldring cues the music

Hi-Fi News | Mar 06, 2025 | First Published: Dec 01, 2024

‘Plug-and-play’ turntable with E3 cart and phono stage

Goldring has re-entered the turntable arena with

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New from DALI are three models in the EPIKORE

KEF’s Uni-Q array with MAT (Metamaterial

Quad’s 33 preamp and 303 power amp, originally the GR3, its first vinyl player in 20 years. The result of a collaboration with a ‘British hi-fi manufacturer’ – no prizes for guessing that means Rega – this new £699 deck features a built-in phono stage for plug-and-play use, and a ‘carefully matched’ tonearm pre-fitted with Goldring’s E3 MM cartridge.

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Encore for EPIKORE Hi-Fi News | Mar 06, 2025 | First Published: Dec 01, 2024

Premium range adds new standmount and towers range that debuted earlier with the EPIKORE 11 floorstander. Once again there’s a choice of High Gloss Black, High Gloss Walnut and High Gloss Maroon colourways offered for the £9999 EPIKORE 3 standmount (plus £1999 for optional stands), the £19,999 EPIKORE 7 and £29,999 EPIKORE 9 [pictured] floorstanders.

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Welcome MAT Hi-Fi News | Mar 06, 2025 | First Published: Dec 01, 2024

Q Series latest to showcase new UNI-Q Absorption Technology) has found its way down to the company’s entry-level loudspeakers.

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Quad 33 and 303 reborn Hi-Fi News | Mar 06, 2025 | First Published: Dec 01, 2024

Classic pre/power system given ‘modern-retro’ twist released 56 years ago [HFN Apr ’68], have been resurrected. Priced £1199 each, these ’24 editions showcase ‘faithful’ revisions of the originals’ transistor-based electronics and chassis designs, plus new features that better reflect 21st century hi-fi.

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EX marks the spot

Hi-Fi News | Mar 06, 2025 | First Published: Dec 01, 2024

Two new models from Cambridge Audio

The EXA100 integrated (£1999) and EXN100 streamer (£1599) from Cambridge Audio slot in below its top-tier Edge hardware. For the new amp, CA claims 2x100W from an output stage drawing on the design of its Edge monoblock, allied to a shielded ‘super-quiet’ transformer.

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In a spin

Hi-Fi News | Mar 06, 2025 | First Published: Dec 01, 2024

Signature 12.2 deck flies the Pro-ject flag

A successor to Pro-Ject’s Signature 12 turntable, the Signature 12.2 is the Austrian outfit’s new flagship design, and said to be ready to inform trickle-down models in the future.

Inside the Studio

ICP Studios

Steve Sutherland | Mar 05, 2025 | First Published: Dec 01, 2024

Steve Sutherland invites you to shrink wrap ’n’ roll as he tells the story of a studio that once made plastics before producing classics by the likes of The Stranglers and The Cure

Because Bruxelles – or Brussels if you prefer – is not on anyone’s list of the world’s most famous rock ’n’ roll capitals, chances are you won’t have heard of Belgium’s ICP Recording Studios. If truth be told, my only memories associating the land of chocolate and waffles to anything vaguely musical were the unfortunate fact that Scots hooligan rocker Alex Harvey died of a heart attack while waiting for a ferry in Zeebrugge back in 1982.

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