Hi-Fi+ April 2024

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hi-fi+ Magazine April 2024

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!

Editorial: Oligarch-Grade Products Will Continue
Time is proving 'interesting times' and that good audio remains in people's minds.
Editorial By Alan Sirco
Anniversary issues are always a time to look back, but it's also a good time to look forward and try to predict what the next few years will look like. Such predictions are prone to a lot of guesswork, and there are no spoilers, no giving away secrets, and no Tarot cards were harmed in the making of these dimly lit gazes into the near future. In the high-end, the trend for oligarch-grade products looks set to continue. Whenever we think audio has reached its price ceiling, someone builds a longer ladder! Most super-high-end systems top out at somewhere around Ł1m-Ł1.2m at present. I think in the next few years, we will see several systems that reach Ł2m, and possibly even more.
---> Oligarch-Grade Products Will Continue.

Awards
26 Editor's Choice Awards
We look at more than 100 of the finest products from the best brands over the last 25 years of audio reviews in hi-fi+

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Features
10 The History Of hi-fi+
A lot of things have happened in the past 25 years.
We look back on the history of hi-fi+ and audio since 1999.

240 Paul Messenger 1949-2024
We were saddened to learn of the passing of one of the
best known reviewers in the UK, and a good friend.
A personal tribute from the Editor.

Competitions
20 Four Ways To Win!
Our outstanding quartet of competitions mean you can win big!
Including an Audiodesksysteme record cleaning machine,
AudioQuest power conditioning and DACs, GiK Acoustics
room treatment, and Meze headphones!

Equipment Reviews
204 Nordost QBASE Reference (QB 10)
AC distribution system.

208 B.audio Alpha One
Integrated amplifier.

213 Tannoy Super Gold Monitor SGM 10
Stand-mount loudspeaker.

219 HiFi Rose RS130
Streaming media transport.