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hi-fi+ Magazine November 2024

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Editorial: Audiophile Opinions
There's always someone ready and willing to take the contrarian view.
Editorial By Alan Sircom
To get at least three completely different opinions on something, ask two audiophiles. In every aspect of audio performance, there's always someone ready and willing to take the contrarian view, and argue it at length. We've had audio enthusiasts fight over the superiority of tubes over solid-state, LP versus CD, CD versus SACD, horns versus panels versus conventional box loudspeakers, and so on. There are those for whom the last 60 years of audio have become progressively worse, and there are those who think we are living in an ever-improving Golden Age of audio. Although they seldom get physically violent, these fights can be longwinded and fractious. Our sister title The Absolute Sound had two people arguing on a forum thread for several years with no conclusion in sight by the time the forum itself was switched off! That's dedication, mixed with few pinches of insanity. Arguably the most productive of these pitched battles is the 'what's next' discussion in digital audio. Interestingly, it's rarely about 'what's next' and more about 'whatever happened to...'.
---> Audiophile Opinions.

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Feature
10 Bridging The GAP
Improving your hi-fi mains supply

Equipment Reviews
20 Gryphon Audio EOS 5
Floorstanding loudspeaker

27 AURALiC VEGA G2.2
Digital to analogue converter

37 Focal Diva Utopia
Streaming loudspeaker

46 WADAX Studio • Player
CD player / music streamer

53 Amphion Krypton3X
Floorstanding loudspeaker

59 Java Hi-Fi Double Shot
Integrated amplifier/DAC

65 Dynaudio Contour Legacy
Floorstanding loudspeaker

71 Connected-Fidelity TT Hub
Turntable

77 Triangle Capella
Wireless active loudspeaker

83 Allnic HPA-300B
Integrated headphone and loudspeaker amplifier

89 Tellurium Q Ultra Silver II
High-end audio cables

93 Network Acoustics eno2
Ethernet filter

97 Node Audio SS-1
Vibration control pods

103 REL Classic 99
Active subwoofer

107 WK Audio TheRed
Interconnect cable

Music
110 Phil Manzanera
Famed Roxy Music guitarist, producer and musical collaborator
celebrates half a century of music with an extensive new box set.

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

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116 Subscriptions
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127 Advertiser Index

128 Next Month
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