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HIFICRITIC New Issue News October to December 2020

14/12/2020

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HIFICRITIC  Volume 14  Number 4  October-December 2020

​Completing another (partial) lock down issue, we have been able to create and sign off the varied content for this, our 60th issue. Magazine production has been held to our customary if somewhat delayed scheduling. And all at HIFICRITIC hope that our readers are in good shape. Flexible planning and keeping going, if you can, is one way of dealing with these strange times.  

​I would be the first to admit it has helped preserve my peace of mind while many thanks are due to our team of home working freelancers working assiduously from their homes. I would also like to thank the audio industry who have generously put themselves out and supplied a host of exceptional products for the HIFICRITIC team to evaluate. My own contributions began with a report on eight interconnect and loudspeaker cables, while a few more turned up in conjunction with another massive audio electronics review. 
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HIFICRITIC  New Issue News July to September 2020

5/9/2020

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HIFICRITIC  Volume 14  Number 3  July-August-September 2020
The HIFICRITIC team of freelance reviewers and journalists has found ways to continue investigations and write ups, with many new review products successfully sourced and delivered for evaluation. I thank all our contributors and those involved in the magazine’s production who are supporting the HIFICRITIC project.

Also, thanks to our readers who have contacted me with comments and suggestions. As our government might well put it, our audio and music examinations, evaluations and judgments have continued at pace!
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Listening to audio network cables and switches

6/5/2020

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Preview: HIFICRITIC Vol 14 No2 April-June 2020 issue 
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I have almost lost count of the 100 or so listening tests recently conducted on network cables and net switches, scrutinised with the aid of an exacting audio system founded on a Naim ND555 streamer with dual PS555DR supplies. With such  a task  you have to be prepared for a proportion of null results, i.e. no change or no discernible difference, and even these results need repeating just to be sure – as sure as you can be, in that set up, with that state of acuity, with that system, and those chosen track(s).

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The Tannoy 700  Dual Concentric

10/4/2020

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Historical Review: Martin Colloms April 1993
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Tannoy has made steady progress on the studio monitor market over decades. Medium sized monitors are required to have a performance envelope which reaches beyond the capability of most domestic speaker designs. Low coloration, subtlety and transparency may be the provenance of high quality domestic speakers; the professional monitor must be capable of  very high standards in terms of  dynamics, 'speed', power handling and loudness as well as outright sound quality. Furthermore it must be highly analytical. It does not have to sound 'nice'; rather it must faithfully reveal both  flaws and qualities in the monitored signal source.

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The Sonographe SD22  CD player by conrad johnson

10/4/2020

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Historical: 12 December 1991 review of an early CD player by Martin Colloms
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​The US company conrad johnson are best known for their classic line of high quality valve/tube electronics which includes the long running, true high end  'Premiere' series.  However, this company is larger and more active than you might imagine and has other divisions which generate significant home sales such as Motif -  these high performance, non valve products, and  also Sonographe, a mid priced line.  Sonographe includes speakers and turntables in addition to amplifier electronics and of course, the SD22 CD player, latest  version from a series which has been in production for several years now.  

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Library of Congress Washington: The ultimate stay at home playlist

26/3/2020

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The Library of Congress has released from the national recording registry the ultimate stay at home playlist. The following announcement was just released from Washington D.C.. Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden today named this and 20 other recordings as aural treasures worthy of preservation because of their cultural, historical and aesthetic importance to the nation’s recorded sound heritage. 



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The Bristol Hi-Fi Show February 2020: Marriott City Centre

5/3/2020

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Understandably the show was a bit smaller and quieter than in previous years, with Corona inevitably beginning to cast its shadow, but it was well attended nonetheless for its 33rd year with many improved products and systems and numerous launches of new audio product.

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HIFICRITIC Price Increase from January 1, 2020

27/12/2019

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We have held our HIFICRITIC magazine prices for five years despite numerous inflationary factors. From the 1st of January 2020 we are increasing our prices. We are also adding four more pages of editorial and review.

The new prices, postage included are as follows:

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Single issue EU £23 (was £20)
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One year, four issue Subscription UK £75 (was £65)
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We will make the usual requests for subscription top-ups as the PayPal database entry is your contract with PayPal, not with HIFICRITIC and thus we cannot update it.

Many thanks for your support.
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Munich High End Statistics

17/5/2019

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  • 551 exhibitors from 42 countries (+ 3.8%)
  • 21,180 visitors in total (+ 6.5%)
  • 8,208 trade visitors from 72 countries (+ 8.6%)

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Munich Audio Show, MOC May 2019

17/5/2019

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​It seems to get bigger every year and this time I was determined to be a little selective even with the danger of overlooking something of particular interest. The layout is something of a maze and despite maps and extensive signage it is easy on more than one occasion to end up at the same place. That is not so bad, as more often than not you then find something interesting that you would otherwise have missed.

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