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COMMENT
7 INCOMING!
Your views on all things audio
73 AMY LaVERE
The Memphis singer-songwriter on her new album – and you can win
one of 10 copies!

EQUIPMENT REVIEWS
10 VERTERE ACOUSTICS DG-1
turntable and arm combination
16 CH PRECISION A1.5
two-channel power amplifier
23 NAIM AUDIO NAIT XS 3
integrated amplifier
31 ENGSTRÖM ARNE
valve integrated amplifier
39 INNUOS PHOENIXUSB
USB reclocker
45 TOWNSHEND AUDIO ALLEGRI REFERENCE
autotransformer preamplifier
51 GOLD NOTE DS-10/PA-10
DAC/preamp/headphone amp with bridgeable stereo power amplifier
57 SYNTHESIS ROMA 14DC
CD player
63 PMC FACT.12 SIGNATURE
floorstanding loudspeakers
68 ZMF VÉRITÉ CLOSED
dynamic closed-back headphones

MUSIC
89 CONTEMPORARY, CLASSICAL AND AUDIOPHILE MUSIC

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Hi-Fi+ Issue 185 COMMENT 7 INCOMING! Your views on all things audio 73 AMY LaVERE The Memphis singer-songwriter on her new album – and you can win one of 10 copies! EQUIPMENT REVIEWS 10 VERTERE ACOUSTICS DG-1 turntable and arm combination 16 CH PRECISION A1.5 two-channel power amplifier 23 NAIM AUDIO NAIT XS 3 integrated amplifier 31 ENGSTRÖM ARNE valve integrated amplifier 39 INNUOS PHOENIXUSB USB reclocker 45 TOWNSHEND AUDIO ALLEGRI REFERENCE autotransformer preamplifier 51 GOLD NOTE DS-10/PA-10 DAC/preamp/headphone amp with bridgeable stereo power amplifier 57 SYNTHESIS ROMA 14DC CD player 63 PMC FACT.12 SIGNATURE floorstanding loudspeakers 68 ZMF VÉRITÉ CLOSED dynamic closed-back headphones MUSIC 89 CONTEMPORARY, CLASSICAL AND AUDIOPHILE MUSIC + 70 BACK ISSUES 85 ADVERTISER INDEX 88 NEXT ISSUE Find out what’s happening next time! SUBSCRIBE! 86 FREE! LIMITED EDITION CUSTOM CARDAS CABLE BLOCKS FOR SUBSCRIBERS. HURRY – OFFER MUST END SOON!

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Hi-Fi+ is Europe’s premier English-language high-end audio magazine. Whether it’s the latest in digital audio technology or the best turntable you’ve ever heard, Hi-Fi+ magazine is the ultimate audiophile authority.

Our goal is clear; to seek out the finest audio components money can buy. Music is the soundtrack to all our lives and we think that the better that soundtrack, sounds the more enriched our lives can be. A good audio system can open up new avenues of music that might surprise you. We don’t differentiate; it could be a classic valve amplifier or a state-of-the-art music server – if it sounds good, we want to know and we want to tell you about it. The difference between good sound and great sound lies in the details… and we are obsessive about detail.

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