Issue 163      September 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!

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2 We Are Getting Some Of The Best Sounding Products Ever!
Editorial By Alan Sircom

4 Incoming! 
Your views on all things audio.

8 System Building: The Studio Way! 
David Browne on setting up a system! 

110 Meet Your Maker
We travel to Slovakia to visit IsoTek Systems.

Equipment+
16 Hegel Audio Systems H590
Integrated amplifier

22 Boulder Amplifiers 1110/1160
Preamplifier/stereo power amplifier.

29 Audio Research REF 160M
Mono valve power amplifier.

39 CH Precision I1
Integrated amplifier.

47 McIntosh MA7200
Integrated amplifier.

53 Primare I35
Integrated amplifier.

59 Zanden Audio Systems Model 3000Mk2
Line-level preamplifier.

65 Cyrus Audio One HD 
Integrated amplifier.

69 Chord Electronics Blu Mk2 
Upsampling CD transport.

75 Magnepan 30.7 (Revisited) 
Four-panel dipole planar loudspeaker.

81 Aqua La Scala Mk II
Digital converter.

87 Sennheiser HD 820 
Closed-back dynamic headphones.

93 Ansuz Acoustic X-Series 
Interconnect cables, loudspeaker cables, power cords, power distribution box.

99 Critical Mass Systems Center Stage2 
Resonance control system.

103 Riva Concert Preview 
Alexa-controlling speaker system.

Music
118 Contemporary And Audiophile Music

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119 Advertiser Index

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