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SUPERB STARTER

What Hi-Fi Sound and Vision India

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March 2025

A delectable entry-level streamer turntable combo

SUPERB STARTER

This is a wonderful all-rounder of a system, and the only one of the five in this issue with both a streamer and a turntable as your musical sources.

We are basing all these systems on our recent Award winners - but as we have always said, it really isn't simply a question of shoving a quartet of Award winners together and assuming they will gel into a musically cohesive whole. Life, and marrying hi-fi products, just isn't like that.

Having said that, you will see that three of the four products above are indeed 2024 Award winners - and they have a lovely synergy that will make the very best of their considerable abilities. The one exception to winning a gong in 2024 is the Pro-Ject turntable, which is an excellent five-star product in its own right (of course it is - it's in this system). It was up against some serious opposition in its price range as far as the Awards go, but it fits in this group beautifully, with each component playing to the strengths of the others.

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