Issue 158      April 2018

    Hi-fi+ is a magazine that is serious about hi-fi. Our articles are intended to help you get the best from your system, rather than simply telling you to buy another one. Our reviews only cover product that we think is worthwhile. You can read more about that by looking at our reviews policy, but lets just say that our attitude to equipment is rather different, and we hope, much more informative. We haven't forgotten that hi-fi is supposed to be fun!

Comment
2 Editorial: Amplifiers Are Getting Far More Complex
Editorial By Alan Sircom

4 Incoming! 
Your views on all things audio

8 Bristol Sound & Vision 2018
The UK's longest-running audio event

98 Meet Your Maker
Karl-Heinz Fink 

Equipment+
14 Chord Electronics Dave / SPM 1050 MKII
DAC/preamp and stereo power amplifier

20 Dan D'Agostino Master Audio Systems Progression Preamplifier / Stereo
Preamplifier / stereo power amplifier

29 Exopsure XM5
Integrated amplifier

35 Bel Canto Black EX 
Integrated amplifier

43 Sugden Sapphire DAP-800/FBA-800 
DAC / preamp and stereo power amp

53 Aavik U-150 Unity 
Integrated amplifier

61 Mobile Fidelity Studiophono 
Phono stage

67 Linn Products Urika II
Digital phono stage 

73 Dynaudio Contour 30
Floorstanding loudspeakers 

79 Elac Adante AS-61
Standmount loudspeakers 

84 Pioneer SE-Monitor 5
Closed-back headphones 

88 Campfire Audio Polaris / Andromeda 
Earphones

95 Black Rhodium Overture / Polka / Stream 
Analogue interconnects, loudspeaker cables, and power cords

Music
104 Contemporary And Audiophile Music

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78 Competition!
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92 Subscriptions

111 Advertiser Index

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