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Cables
Siltech Classic Legend 380L loudspeaker cable
Review and Lab: Paul Miller  |  Mar 10, 2026  |  First Published: Apr 01, 2026
hfnedchoiceThis Dutch cable brand has been serving audiophile hi-fi systems for many decades. We test its modern ‘Classic’

Edwin Rynveld, Siltech’s CEO, has been driving the innovation behind this 43-year-old brand since 1992. His willingness to break with convention has informed the design of both Siltech’s amplifiers [HFN Jun ’13] and, more recently, its loudspeakers [HFN Dec ’25] but that same fresh approach has always been visible – and audible – in its cables. Now divided into three key series – the Explorer, Classic and Crown – it’s that middle range, and the Legend in particular, that marks the transition from ‘monocrystal copper’ to a proprietary silver/gold alloy, now in its ninth generation (G9). And silver is where Siltech (SILver TECHnologies) likes to hang its metallurgical hat.

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Hi-Res Downloads
Hi-Res Downloads, April 2026
Review: Andrew Everard,  |  Mar 10, 2026  |  First Published: Apr 01, 2026

This month we review and test releases from: Henge, Jon Balke, Vilhelm Bromander Unfolding Orchestra, Benjamin Lackner, and Held By Trees.

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Classical
Classical, April 2026
Peter Quantrill  |  Mar 10, 2026  |  First Published: Apr 01, 2026

This month we review: Sarah Connolly, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, Hallé Orchestra And Choirs/Kahchun Wong, The Nash Ensemble, LPO/Karina Canellakis, Mitsuko Uchida

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Jazz
Jazz, April 2026
Steve Harris  |  Mar 10, 2026  |  First Published: Apr 01, 2026

This month we review: Gregory Groover Jr., Espen Berg, Dave Holland, Norma Winstone, London Vocal Project, Steve Lodder

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Rock
Rock, April 2026
Mike Barnes  |  Mar 10, 2026  |  First Published: Apr 01, 2026

This month we review: Hen Ogledd, Big Big Train, The Wave Pictures, and The Damned

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Audiophile Digital
Audiophile: Digital, April 2026
Ken Kessler  |  Mar 10, 2026  |  First Published: Apr 01, 2026

This month we review: The Beatles, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Joni Mitchell, and Van Halen

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Audiophile Vinyl
Audiophile: Vinyl, April 2026
Ken Kessler  |  Mar 10, 2026  |  First Published: Apr 01, 2026

This month we review: Stevie Nicks, James Brown, Catalyst, and Katie Spencer

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Disc PlayersVintage
Meracus Imago transport
Ken Kessler  |  Mar 07, 2026  |  First Published: Apr 01, 2026
hfnvintageMounting its disc mech beneath a motorised cover, this German-made transport appeals to Ken Kessler’s sense of style. But how does it sound?

No, I don’t know what ‘Meracus’ means, and I stopped playing around with anagrams after I reached ‘rum case’. How about ‘US Cream’? No way: Meracus is so decidedly, unabashedly a German company that it couldn’t possibly apply. If you’ve ever studied a hi-fi magazine from the Fatherland or visited the Frankfurt or Berlin audio shows, you’ll know what I mean: staggering build quality, weird shapes, bold colours, lots of glass, wholly unique operational procedures. And the £4000 Meracus Imago is almost deliberately ‘unexportable’, because the customer has to be on some Teutonic wavelength to get to grips with it. Study the photos. You’ve never seen another CD transport like it, right?

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Classical Companion
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6, ‘Pathétique’
Peter Quantrill  |  Mar 07, 2026  |  First Published: Apr 01, 2026

A huge field of options on record leaves Peter Quantrill searching for those versions which embrace the violence and volatility of the composer’s ‘farewell symphony’

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Opinion
Reborn turntables
Steve Harris  |  Mar 07, 2026  |  First Published: Apr 01, 2026

Steve Harris on why modern versions of classic amplifiers sensibly make use of new technologies, leaving reborn turntables as the best place to get your genuinely authentic vintage fix

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