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COMMENT
4 INCOMING!
Your views on all things audio
8 CES 2017
Is it still the most important audio show on the calendar?
94 STAND YOUR GROUND...
Why grounding is the next phase in improving your audio system

EQUIPMENT+
14 HEGEL MUSIC SYSTEMS RÖST integrated amplifier 21 BOULDER AMPLIFIERS 865 integrated amplifier 27 LAVARDIN MODEL ISx integrated amplifier 35 ROKSAN AUDIO BLAK AMPLIFIER USB integrated amplifier 41 BURMESTER AUDIOSYSTEME 099
preamplifier with integrated DAC 47 CYRUS AUDIO ONE integrated amplifier 54 PS AUDIO BHK 250
stereo power amplifier 59 ONIX DNA-50 integrated amplifier 64 WESTONE LABORATORIES W80
universal-fit earphone 70 AVANTGARDE ACOUSTIC ZERO – TA part-active horn loudspeaker 74 SYSTEMDEK 3D PRECISION
turntable 81 MARKAUDIO-SOTA TOZZI TWO single-driver loudspeakers 88 AFI FLAT
LP flattener and ‘relaxer’ 90 CLEARER AUDIO SILVER-LINE OPTIMUS REFERENCE 75
digital audio interconnect 93 MOON AUDIO BLACK DRAGON PREMIUM FOCAL UTOPIA V2
headphone cable

MUSIC
106 CONTEMPORARY AND AUDIOPHILE MUSIC

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109 ADVERTISER INDEX
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Hi-Fi+ Issue 144 COMMENT 4 INCOMING! Your views on all things audio 8 CES 2017 Is it still the most important audio show on the calendar? 94 STAND YOUR GROUND... Why grounding is the next phase in improving your audio system EQUIPMENT+ 14 HEGEL MUSIC SYSTEMS RÖST integrated amplifier 21 BOULDER AMPLIFIERS 865 integrated amplifier 27 LAVARDIN MODEL ISx integrated amplifier 35 ROKSAN AUDIO BLAK AMPLIFIER USB integrated amplifier 41 BURMESTER AUDIOSYSTEME 099 preamplifier with integrated DAC 47 CYRUS AUDIO ONE integrated amplifier 54 PS AUDIO BHK 250 stereo power amplifier 59 ONIX DNA-50 integrated amplifier 64 WESTONE LABORATORIES W80 universal-fit earphone 70 AVANTGARDE ACOUSTIC ZERO – TA part-active horn loudspeaker 74 SYSTEMDEK 3D PRECISION turntable 81 MARKAUDIO-SOTA TOZZI TWO single-driver loudspeakers 88 AFI FLAT LP flattener and ‘relaxer’ 90 CLEARER AUDIO SILVER-LINE OPTIMUS REFERENCE 75 digital audio interconnect 93 MOON AUDIO BLACK DRAGON PREMIUM FOCAL UTOPIA V2 headphone cable MUSIC 106 CONTEMPORARY AND AUDIOPHILE MUSIC + 86 SUBSCRIPTIONS 109 ADVERTISER INDEX 112 NEXT MONTH Find out what’s happening next month!


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COMMENT
4 INCOMING!
Your views on all things audio
8 CES 2017
Is it still the most important audio show on the calendar?
94 STAND YOUR GROUND...
Why grounding is the next phase in improving your audio system

EQUIPMENT+
14 HEGEL MUSIC SYSTEMS RÖST integrated amplifier 21 BOULDER AMPLIFIERS 865 integrated amplifier 27 LAVARDIN MODEL ISx integrated amplifier 35 ROKSAN AUDIO BLAK AMPLIFIER USB integrated amplifier 41 BURMESTER AUDIOSYSTEME 099
preamplifier with integrated DAC 47 CYRUS AUDIO ONE integrated amplifier 54 PS AUDIO BHK 250
stereo power amplifier 59 ONIX DNA-50 integrated amplifier 64 WESTONE LABORATORIES W80
universal-fit earphone 70 AVANTGARDE ACOUSTIC ZERO – TA part-active horn loudspeaker 74 SYSTEMDEK 3D PRECISION
turntable 81 MARKAUDIO-SOTA TOZZI TWO single-driver loudspeakers 88 AFI FLAT
LP flattener and ‘relaxer’ 90 CLEARER AUDIO SILVER-LINE OPTIMUS REFERENCE 75
digital audio interconnect 93 MOON AUDIO BLACK DRAGON PREMIUM FOCAL UTOPIA V2
headphone cable

MUSIC
106 CONTEMPORARY AND AUDIOPHILE MUSIC

+
86 SUBSCRIPTIONS
109 ADVERTISER INDEX
112 NEXT MONTH
Find out what’s happening next month!
read more read less
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