From Dylan and Baez to Geldof and Sting there’s a long history of music and activism – now artists including Coldplay and Jacob Collier have climate change in their sights, says Steve Harris
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?
You’ve made homebrew cassette recordings and burned music files to CD, but what about cutting your own vinyl? Steve Harris looks at the options available from low-fi to hi-fi
Steve Harris has been thrilled by the Radio 3 revival of the BBC’s venerable Friday Night Is Music Night programme – as will anyone with a love of light music, show tunes and pre-’60s pop
The well-received Sonata turntable has been developed and refined as the Symphony. Is this Alphason’s masterpiece? Steve Harris investigates
Few brands have been more dedicated to perfection than Alphason. Although the company is now also very successful as a supplier of hi-fi furniture, and has launched an innovative loudspeaker range, the £1860 Symphony turntable remains a flagship product.