hi-fi+ Magazine      January 2023

  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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4 Hi-Fi+ Welcomes A 2023 System Re-Evaluation
Periodic shake-ups of a system are beneficial.
Editorial By Alan Sircom
It's 2023 at last and most of us are glad to see the back of 2022, and perhaps a little trepidatious about what the New Year will bring. In the UK at least, as we haven't had a new Prime Minister in several weeks (at least, at the time of writing), we are looking forward to a year of hopefully fewer bumps in the road. The start of a year traditionally comes with New Year's Resolutions, that everyone is almost guaranteed to break sometime in early January. Even when I decided to game the system in my 20s and said my resolution was to drink more whisky, I quickly lost interest... and a couple of weeks. Fortunately, I'm no longer that guy.
---> Hi-Fi+ Welcomes A 2023 System Re-Evaluation.

7 Incoming! Your views on all things audio.

Equipment Reviews
10 conrad-johnson ART88 line preamplifier

17 dCS Vivaldi One APEX CD/SACD player/streaming DAC

26 Ideon Audio Absolute, Absolute Stream, Absolute Time digital replay system

35 Hegel P30A/H30A line preamplifier and mono/stereo power amplifier

43 SOULNOTE A-2 integrated amplifier

49 Gershman Acoustics Studio II stand-mount loudspeaker

55 Innuos Statement 'Next Gen' music server

61 Design Build Listen Wand 14.4/Wand Plus turntable and tonearm combination

67 MOON by Simaudio Voice 22 stand-mount loudspeaker

73 Focal Bathys wireless, noise-cancelling over-ear headphones

79 Lateral Audio Stands LAS-9 Cadenz Vr equipment stand

84 Puritan Audio PCM-156 Special Edition power purifier/distributor

87 Chord Company PowerHAUS M6 power distribution block

Music
92 A Beginner's Guide to... Afrobeat
Why there's (a little) more to Afrobeat than Fela Kuti and Tony Allen

98 David Arnold Legendary film score composer on his love of James Bond movies

105 Judith Owen British pianist and singer recreates the unapologetic side of jazz and blues

111 Music Reviews Contemporary, classical and audiophile music

Plus
108 Subscriptions: Subscribe and save!

110 Back Issues: Grab a classic issue!

119 Advertiser index

120 Next Issue: Find out what's happening next time!

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