Hi-Fi Choice Magazine - October 2021
In this issue
Inside the October issue:
Zesto Audio Andros Deluxe II tube phono preamplifier, Meitner Audio MA3 network-attached USB DAC, iFi Audio Zen DAC V2 USB DAC, Piega Ace 50 three-way floorstanding loudspeaker, Austrian Audio Hi-X65 open-back, over-ear headphone, Technics SU-R1000 integrated amplifier, Rotel A14MkII integrated amplifier, a retro appreciation of Naim Audio’s Nait 2 integrated amplifier and a Group Test of six floorstanding loudspeakers featuring ATC’s SCM40, Bower & Wilkins B&W 702 Signature, the DALI Rubicon 6, Kerr Acoustics’ K320 mk 3, Monitor Audio’s Gold 300 and Spendor’s D72, an investigation into ASMR and a celebration of the brief but brilliant career of Amy Winehouse.
Regulars include contributor Opinion columns, Readers’ Letters, Reasons To Be Cheerful and the 100+ product Buyers’ Guide.
Deluxe and delightful
Arriving from California via London comes the Zesto Audio Andros phono preamp – all tubes and transformers and, courtesy of an uprated PSU, now in Deluxe II guise
9 mins
Floored genius
David Price gets to grips with six of the best mid-price floor standing speakers
10+ mins
Mighty fine Meitner
Ed Meitner is famous for the ‘custom DAC’ and crafting his own tech for 30 years. His latest model is a chip offthe old digital block
8 mins
Zen master
iFi’s recently updated DAC and headphone amp promises a big spec at a bargain price. Ed Selley sees how it stacks up
3 mins
Oh, Vienna!
Not content with cracking the professional market, the Austrian newcomer impresses CliffJoseph with its first open-back cans
3 mins
Two's company
David Price turns back the HFC time machine to the late-Eighties as he remembers the classic integrated that is the Naim Nait 2
5 mins
Diamond club
Bowers & Wilkins has updated its best-selling high-end loudspeakers with a new 800 Series Diamond range. HFC visits the company worthing factory for a glimpse into the future
5 mins
BACK TO BLACK
They tried to make her go to rehab, but she said: “No, no, no...” Nigel Williamson remembers the incredible voice of Amy Jade Winehouse
10 mins
Hi-Fi Choice Magazine Description:
Publisher: MyTime Media Ltd.
Category: Lifestyle
Language: English
Frequency: Monthly
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