Steve Harris

Opinion
Made to match
Steve Harris  |  Nov 19, 2025  |  Published: Dec 01, 2025  |  0 comments

Steve Harris remembers when copywriters believed a hi-fi system came second only to a house in ‘a man’s life’, and Japanese manufacturers sold towering stacks to cover every audio base

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Jazz
Jazz, November 2025
Steve Harris  |  Nov 06, 2025  |  Published: Nov 01, 2025  |  0 comments

This month we review: Tim Boniface, Paul Cornish, Sandra-Mae Lux, and Giacomo Smith

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Opinion
And the winner is...
Steve Harris  |  Oct 29, 2025  |  Published: Nov 01, 2025  |  0 comments

The legacy of jazz pianist Dave Brubeck lives on in a new prize that seeks to bridge the gap between an artist’s musical education and a recording career. Steve Harris salutes its founder

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Jazz, October 2025
Steve Harris  |  Oct 12, 2025  |  Published: Oct 01, 2025  |  0 comments

This month we review: Fred Hersch, Jasper Høiby, Jacqui Dankworth, and Tony Tixier

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From the VaultPre/Power Amplifiers
Canary Audio CA-300 power amp
Steve Harris  |  Oct 10, 2025  |  Published: Oct 01, 2025  |  0 comments
hfnvintageSteve Harris enjoys the sweet sounds and confident build quality of a Californian-made triode power amp that’s ready for a little tube rolling

If there’s one subject which arouses the ire of what designer and [HFN] contributor Ben Duncan calls the HLOs, (Hard-Line Objectivists) it’s hi-fi cables. And if there’s another, it’s the single-ended triode amplifier.

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Opinion
For the record
Steve Harris  |  Oct 03, 2025  |  Published: Oct 01, 2025  |  0 comments

Hunt around online, says Steve Harris, and you can hear the earliest electrical recordings and read the scientific paper that laid the foundations for the next century of hi-fi sound

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Jazz, September 2025
Steve Harris  |  Sep 14, 2025  |  Published: Sep 01, 2025  |  0 comments

This month we review: Joshua Redman, Donovan Haffner, Joe Lovano, and Andrea Rinciari

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Opinion
The state of radio
Steve Harris  |  Sep 12, 2025  |  0 comments

The birth of DAB soon brought rumours of FM’s demise, but decades on UK radio has become the hodge podge of services that Ofcom once warned us about. Is that a problem? asks Steve Harris

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Jazz, August 2025
Steve Harris  |  Jul 29, 2025  |  Published: Aug 01, 2025  |  0 comments

This month we review: Bill Stewart, Brigitte Beraha, Enemy, plus Paolo Fresu, Richard Galliano and Jan Lundgren

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Opinion
Everything must go
Steve Harris  |  Jul 28, 2025  |  Published: Aug 01, 2025  |  0 comments
Steve Harris has his eyes on the prized LPs of Classic Records founder Michael Hobson, now being sold to audiophile collectors. Or should he make do with a DSD ‘needle drop’ transcription?

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