HIFICRITIC UPCOMING: (planned content) Next Issue Vol. 6 No 1 January-March 2012

The MSB Signature Platinum DAC with Galaxy (“femtosecond”) Clock

Audio Research Corporation Reference 150 power amplifier with

Audio Research Corporation Reference 5 SE line preamp

The English Valve Audio Proteus third gen reviewed by Chris Bryant

The Jason Kennedy Column

Event Opal, a high performance boundary corrected active compact monitor by Martin Colloms

Analogue replay: Three Turntables Hanss, Rega and Pro-ject by Chris bryant

The Alto Extremo Series of support feet , Martin Colloms

The HIFICRITIC TRK Kit Speaker a field report from Whittlebury NAS

Amarra?s latest ripping and replay software, the industry’s best? Andrew Harrison

The Gradient Helsinki three way loudspeaker, an alternative approach to room drive and stereo imaging by Colloms

Speaker Stands what do they do? By Paul Messenger

Naim UnitiServe: HDD v SSD by Colloms

KEF before KEF by Messenger

B&W P5 Headphones by Messenger

The Art of Burmester CD replay by Stan Curtis

Ripper hardware differences and the resulting file sound quality, Colloms assesses

Trials with a selected configured 8 Terabyte NAS Colloms

The Effect of a Gigabit switch in the audio network line

RUBIKON for LINN LP12, a precision made upgrade subchassis

Vertere accessories, assessed by Paul Messenger

Peter Comeau Letter from China

Stan?s Safari: the Stan Curtis Quest for Audio Realism Continues

HIFICRITIC Annual Awards: our RECOMMENDED COMPONENTS

Indexes to 2011 issues

Subjective Sounds

MOR, Pop and Classical record reviews