Hi-Fi+ February 2023

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hi-fi+ Magazine February 2023

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4 Good Audio Is About Simplicity
Six boxes and higher prices might at last be behind us.
Editorial By Alan Sircom
I said last month that my New Year Resolution was to re-evaluate every part of my system. And as with every New Year Resolution in the history of ever, that plan went South fairly quickly. Probably. I planned to hit the ground running, trying to find new benchmarks for my own listening and for evaluation process across all of 2023. Actually, it probably has kicked off slightly better than I expected, but perhaps not in the way I planned. From this issue alone, I've found two really good benchmarks for stand-mount loudspeaker performance and for mid-price turntable design. They might not make the cut in terms of an absolute benchmark reference point, but in terms of making extremely high-grade sound without the bank-scarring price tag, both the Revival Audio Atalante 3 loudspeaker and the Vertere Acoustics DG-1 S turntable and arm combination (especially with the Magneto cartridge and Challenger power supply) both set a standard at their prices that is nigh on impossible to better.
---> Good Audio Is About Simplicity.

7 Incoming! Your views on all things audio.

10 Bristol Hi-Fi Show 2023
Back at last! Our exclusive preview to the return of one of the most important UK audio events.

89 Meet Your Maker
We speak to Arnaud and Laurent Fusilier of French audio experts, JMF Audio.

Equipment Reviews
15 Robert Koda Takumi K-160 Mono Power Amplifier.

25 Gold Note DS-10 EVO/PSU-10 EVO/PA-10/A3 EVO11 DAC Preamp / Power Supply / Power Amp / Stand-Mount Loudspeaker System

34 Klipsch RP-8000F II Floorstanding Loudspeaker

41 Synthesis Roma 117DC/98DC Line Valve Preamplifier / Mono Valve Power Amplifiers

47 Closer Acoustics OGY Stand-Mount Loudspeaker

53 Elipson P1F/A2700 Pre / Power Amplifier

59 Qln Prestige One Stand-Mount Loudspeaker

65 Vertere DG-1 S Turntable And Tonearm Combination

71 Revival Audio Atalante 3 Stand-Mount Loudspeaker