HI-FI WORLD MAGAZINE - CURRENT ISSUE

August 2010 issue on sale Wednesday 30th June 2010
LOUDSPEAKERS Q ACOUSTICS 2050 Noel Keywood samples a superb pair of budget floorstanders. ONIX CONCERTO 1 David Price auditions an interesting mid-price standmounter. DIGITAL XTZ CD100 Adam Smith enjoys this beer-budget CD player. SAMSUNG BD-C7500 Noel Keywood tries this stylish Blu-ray disc spinner. HRT STREAMER II+ Patrick Cleasby is most impressed by this computer audiophile gizmo. MUSIC FIDELITY M1 David Price discovers a brilliant new budget DAC. MICROMEGA CD30 David Price is beguiled by a charming Gallic CD spinner. ACCESSORIES TELLURIUM Q Paul Rigby auditions a whole new range of loudspeaker cable. BURSON AUDIO AB-160 An interesting new audio buffer gets the Paul Rigby ear! SENNHEISER HD800 David Price enjoys the company’s new flagship headphone. SOUNDBITES Paul Rigby tries the Audio Desk Systeme CD Sound Improver and the Nespa Professional Optical Disc Finalizer, then the Furutech DF-2 and Walker Audio Prelude Deluxe.
FEATURES
THE GLOBIES A wry look at some of the products we’ve reviewed over the past twelve months! OLDE WORLDE Tim Jarman gets into Japanese heavy metal with Pioneer’s classic SA-9500. AUDIOPHILE CD Paul Rigby rounds up the latest audiophile CD releases. WORLD STANDARDS Brand new, updated guide to the latest and greatest hi-fi hardware. CLASSIC CUTS Matt Monro's 'The Complete Singles Collection' is celebrated by Paul Rigby. COMPETITION Over £4,000 of Tellurium Q cables are up for grabs this month, for several lucky winners!

VINYL WORLD SECTION
VINYL NEWS Paul Rigby with all the latest black plastic releases... FUNK FIRM SAFFIRE II Adam Smith tries out the new flagship Funk turntable. PHONO STAGE SUPERTEST Tony Bolton rounds up six sub-£1,100 designs. INSPIRE APOLLO Adam Smith auditions a smart new mid-price turntable. LINN UPHORIK David Price hears Linn’s brand new flagship phono stage. AUDIO TECHNICA AT-F7 Tony Bolton tries this lively £300 moving coil cartridge

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NEWS We track down the movers and shakers in the hi-fi scene.
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August 2010 issue on sale Wednesday 30th June 2010