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Hi-Fi Choice | Feb 10, 2015 | 0 comments

DETAILS PRODUCT Technics PremiumClass C700 system ORIGIN Japan TYPE Amp, streamer andspeaker package WEIGHT ST-C700: 13kg, SU-C700: 8. 3kg, SB-C700: 8. 5kgeach DIMENSIONS(WxHxD) ST-C700: 340 x 78 x305mm, SU-C700:340 x 132 x 325mm, SB-C700: 220 x 336x 286mm FEATURES ● DLNA; Bluetooth;AirPlay streaming DISTRIBUTOR Technics UK TELEPHONE 0333 222 8777 WEBSITE technics. com/uk technics.

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Arcam FMJ A39

Hi-Fi Choice | Feb 10, 2015 | 0 comments

DETAILS PRODUCT Arcam FMJ A39 ORIGIN UK/China TYPE Integrated amplifier WEIGHT 11. 5kg DIMENSIONS (WxHxD) 433 x 100 x 425mm FEATURES ● Quoted power: 120W RMS per channel into 8ohms ● 7x RCA phono line inputs; 1x 3. 5mm front panel input jack ● 3. 5mm headphone output DISTRIBUTOR Arcam WEBSITE arcam.

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Philips X2 headphone

Hi-Fi Choice | Feb 10, 2015 | 0 comments

DETAILS PRICE £300 TELEPHONE 0207 9490241 WEBSITE philips. co. uk . .

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Guide to Computer Music.

Hi-Fi Choice | Feb 09, 2015 | 0 comments

Computer music Computer audio is now one of the most important growth areas in two-channel audio. It is no longer the preserve of the budget category or lifestyle setups and thereis now a wider selection of equipment available at virtually every price point from the very affordable to the ultra high end. At the same time, the supporting infrastructure that allows computer audio to deliver on the promises of sound quality and convenience has made equally significant progress. Storage is cheap and getting cheaper.

Loudspeakers

Polk Audio RTIA1 - £299

Hi-Fi Choice | Feb 05, 2015 | 0 comments

What’s the best kind of hi-fi product? The only problem with a dreamy vision of ‘the-one-that-gets-you-closest-to-hi-fi-heaven’ is the painfullyhigh price tag or, worse still, a speech bubble that reads: “if you have to ask the price, you can’t afford it”. Life’s cruel. Fortunately for most of us, there are more hi-fi designers and engineers tasked with wringing the last drop of performance from every pound you spend than those chasing sonic Shangri-La at any cost. As Ross Walker, son of Quad founder Peter Walker, once told me: “Any fool can design a great-sounding amplifier for £30,000, the trick is to do it for £300.

Phono Preamplifiers

Icon Audio PS3 MkII - £2,499

Hi-Fi Choice | Feb 05, 2015 | 0 comments

Getting a valve phono stage to work well is no easy task when you bear in mind that on the quieter parts of a record, the output from a moving coil cartridge may only be about a millionth of a volt. This needs to be amplified up to a standard line-level output of around 1. 2Vrms, so for a start the whole circuit and power supply needs to be as quiet as a mouse. Then the stage itself also has to be first rate and stable under all operating conditions.

Turntables, Arms & Cartridges

The Funk Firm Flamenca - £850

Hi-Fi Choice | Feb 05, 2015 | 0 comments

When The Funk Firm releases a new turntable, you can expect innovation to be high on the agenda. Challenging the norms of turntable design is what company founder Arthur Khoubesserian is all about. Let’s not forget that this is the man who some decades ago first introduced novel ideas like fitting DC motors to belt drive decks alongside acrylic platters for placing your LPson sans mat. Back then this wastruly leftfield thinking, but now it’s commonplace on many of today’s high-end vinyl spinners, showing that Arthur was clearly ahead of the game.

Turntables, Arms & Cartridges

VPI Nomad - £795

Hi-Fi Choice | Feb 02, 2015 | 0 comments

Choosing a turntable is never an easy business and often the more you spend the harder and more complex the choices become. After finding your preferred basic deck, you’ve then got to consider what cartridge to go for to complement your tonearm, and which phono stage will get the best out of your cartridge while allowing for upgrades further down the line, all of which makes choosing a CD player seem like child’s play in comparison. That’s why for many a plug-and-play vinyl solution makes a lot of sense, provided the components are carefully chosen and quality prevails over convenience. Step forward New Jersey’s VPI Industries, a company renownedfor its high-end decks usually with four-figure price tags.

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On sale now!

Hi-Fi Choice | Jan 20, 2015 | 0 comments

Welcome to our January 2015 issue. This month’s group test looks at the latest USB DACs to upgrade your hi-fi and sound on the go, and we also go In-depth with a stunning Primare pre/power combo. Four of the best sounding DAB radios get rated, plus we listen to B&W’s T7 Bluetooth speaker and celebrate Topic Records at 75! Clickhereto buy a copy or become a subscriber by clickinghere. .

Headphones

Focal Spirit Classic - £299

Hi-Fi Choice | Jan 15, 2015 | 0 comments

Headphones have taken over the audio world for all but the cognoscenti (that’s us, we know about sound). And the well established hi-fi brands have all been scrambling to get on the band wagon too, even brands that have previously not been involved with domestic audio are getting in on the act; I even saw some Marshall branded headphones in a Paul Smith store theother day! Focal got its first headphone to market a couple of years ago, that was the Spirit, late last year it added two more models, the Spirit Pro and Spirit Classic. The latter is an audiophile version of the Classic with higher build and, its claimed, sound quality than the standard Spirit. The two models are very similar in appearance, but when you put them side by side the Classic looks positively deluxe with its leather padding and brushed aluminium metalwork.

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