hi-fi+ Magazine      September 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: The Art Of Loudspeaker Design And Engineering
Loudspeakers are the most mature component of an audio system.
Editorial By Alan Sircom
Assembling a group of loudspeakers for review has never been too much of a problem. There's a lot of them and there are always more to be had. But more is not necessarily better. The loudspeaker maker's art is a diverse one, involving a skill set that stretches from cramming off-the-shelf drivers and a simple crossover in a wooden cabinet to extensive research by a group of PhDs into every aspect of transducer technology. Trends in audio may come and go. Formats rise, fall... and sometimes rise again. We've had hollow-state, solid-state, amps on chips, low power, high-power, wide bandwidth and all kinds of front-ends and amplifiers. And, unless you listen on headphones... you are always going to need loudspeakers.
---> Editorial: The Art Of Loudspeaker Design And Engineering.

7 Incoming!
Your views on all things audio.

Feature
89 Loudspeaker Hall Of Fame
The best speaker brands and their best speakers that we've tested.

168 Out Of The Box
18 exciting companies that might just make your next loudspeaker!

192 Holger Mueller
German Physiks supremo talks about omnidirectional loudspeakers,
bending waves and mathematician and audiophile Peter Dicks!

Equipment Reviews
11 YG Acoustics Cairn 
Stand-mount loudspeaker

20 DALI Rubikore 8 
Floorstanding loudspeaker

26 Franco Serblin Accordo Goldberg 
Stand-mount loudspeaker

32 Focal Aria X No.3 
Floorstanding loudspeaker

39 Fyne Audio Vintage 5 
Stand-mount loudspeaker

46 Dynaudio Evoke 30 
Floorstanding loudspeaker

54 MBL Radialstraher 101E Mk II 
Floorstanding loudspeaker

60 KEF LS60 Wireless 
Active floorstanding loudspeaker streaming system

67 Graham Audio 10th Anniversary LS6 
Stand-mount loudspeaker

73 Tannoy Super Gold Monitor SGM12 
Floorstanding loudspeaker

79 Totem Acoustic Bison Tower 
Floorstanding loudspeaker

85 REL T/9x Red 
Active subwoofer

Music
200 Jake Bugg
Pop sensation and English singer-songwriter
talks about life and his sixth album.

209 Music Reviews
Contemporary, classical, jazz and audiophile music.

Plus
4 WIN! Graham Audio 10th Anniversary LS6!
Your chance to win this classic loudspeaker worth £2,200!

208 Subscriptions
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215 Advertiser index

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