EQUIPMENT REVIEWS
Musical Fidelity AMS35i
Class-A Integrated Amplifier
If the Australian Government has its way, this may be your last chance to buy Musical Fidelity’s AMSS35i says Editor Greg Borrowman. Should you take it?
Krix Acoustix Loudspeakers
These small speakers provide a seamless sonic picture and excel at reproducing detail and resolution of complex and dense music mixes. And they do bass into the bargain!
Jungson Impression II
CD Player
Unless you exclusively use its tube output, Jungson’s fabulous new Impression II is an oversampling valve/solid-state CD player that should come with a warning: ‘For Audiophiles Only.’
Castle Acoustics
Richmond Classic 3i
After International Audio Group (IAG) purchased Castle Acoustics, it decided that the Richmond Classic would be one of the first models to be re-launched under the new Castle/IAG banner.
Paradigm Reference Studio 60v5 Loudspeakers
Bass from the Studio 60v5s is quick, rhythmic, has the ability to keep pace with anything played and delivers the ‘pulse’ of any performance to perfection… and its bass is its weakness!
FEATURES
Audio News
Gryphon finally gets its Mojo working, Sonos gives stuff away for free, B&W scores another EISA win, Jim Carfrae’s Little Big Horn arrives in Oz, Rogue Audio announces M-150 upgrades, MartinLogan eliminates signal wires for its subs, Luxman returns to Australia, special pricing for Scheu Analog turntables, a ‘Blue Moon’ award for the Octave V80, plus more… much more!
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Interview
Neville Thiele’s and Richard Small’s famous Thiele-Small (TS) parameters have been the de facto standard for assessing the performance of loudspeakers for more than 40 years. Here’s how they came about…
Audio Clinic
Audio Clinic answers readers’ questions about any hi-fi topic, including problems with choosing and selecting components. This month Jutta gives advice about cleaning CDs and LPs and the quality of modern CD re-masters.
Editor’s Lead-In
The internet is a scary place, according to Editor Greg Borrowman, who says that we shouldn’t be surprised that professional bloggers are posting anonymously on
forums and user-groups. He asks: ‘Is what they’re doing actually illegal?’
MUSIC
Super Fidelity
A new hi-res release of Handel keyboard works, including the Chaconne in G Major that uses exactly the same bass and harmonic pattern used by Bach in his Goldberg Variations, is now available and has a glorious organ sound.
Classic Corner
Michael Southern discovers a wonderful new version of The Beggar’s Opera which is full of humour and melodrama, and proves that with Benjamin Britten’s help, John Gay’s 1728 libretto continues to stand the test of time.
Rock On
It’s difficult to keep track of the musicians who’ve been on the end of one of Jez Ford’s hatchet jobs, but this time around it’s none other than that man who fell to Earth, and his CD+DVD ‘talking heads’ release.
Jazz Track
Listening to Trio Apoplectic’s new album, John Shand says Dave Jackson’s alto saxophone seems to shine a bright beam on each note as it pops up in his elfin melodic ideas. ‘Close your eyes and you can almost see that beam dancing as the melodies unfold…’
Blu-ray Sound
This issue, Steve Dawson examines the sound quality of two of Disney’s most famous animated productions and finds it wanting. And, after revisiting ‘Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace and Music’, he now recommends the ‘Ultimate Collector’s Edition’ version.
ESOTERICA SECTION
Sound Travels
Edgar Kramer discovers an audiophile whose favourite component is his classic Tandberg 3001A tuner, whose dial is glued to ABC Classic FM, and which he’d never sell… ‘unless I can buy another in better condition.’
Yamaha Soavo-1
Speakers
The Soavo-1s’ drop-dead gorgeous design was conceptualised by the artisanship of renowned industrial designer Toshiyuki Kita, but their sound quality reveals Yamaha’s heritage in building musical instruments…
Jungson Impression II CD Player
Unless you exclusively use its tube output, Jungson’s new Impression II is an oversampling CD player that should come with a warning: ‘For Audiop-
hiles Only.’
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Blu-ray Reviews
Classic Corner
Dealer Directory
DVD Reviews
Editor’s Lead-In
Esoterica
Jazz Track
Hi-Fi Marketplace
High End
Interview
Rock On
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Sound Travels
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