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410 Reviews   •  English   •   Music (Hi-Fi)
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HIFI+ ISSUE 129 Contents

COMMENT
4 INCOMING!
Your views on all things audio
8 NAS/HEADZONE 2015
The Whittlebury Hall show for hi-fi and headphones
16 A SNUGS FIT
Laser-guided custom moulds for your ears

EQUIPMENT +
24 DCS ROSSINI
digital audio player and master clock
32 MOON 780D
network-enabled digital converter
38 WADIA 321
digital to analogue converter
44 QUESTYLE QP1R
hi-res portable digital audio player
53 MERGING NADAC
network-enabled digital converter
61 LOTOO PAW GOLD
hi-res portable digital audio player
69 BENCHMARK AUDIO DAC2 HGC
digital to analogue converter
75 KOG AUDIO SYSTEM
Melco N1Z
Exogal Comet
Vitus SIA-025
Estelon XC
83 TAD COMPACT EVOLUTION 1
standmount loudspeaker
89 KUZMA RD
ultrasonic record cleaning kit
95 TRILOGY AUDIO SYSTEMS 925
hybrid integrated amplifier
101 AUDION BLACK SHADOW 2
mono valve power amps
107 SIGNALS PROJECT LYNX
interconnect cables

MUSIC
114 CONTEMPORARY, AUDIOPHILE, AND CLASSICAL MUSIC
120 CLASSIC ALBUMS
Gilbert & Sullivan,
The Pirates of Penzance
+
88 COMPETITION!
Win! Russell K’s Red 100 loudpseakers!
93 COMPETITION!
Mad Scientist’s new cables must be won!!
108 SUBSCRIPTIONS
110 ADVERTISER INDEX
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Hi-Fi+ 129 HIFI+ ISSUE 129 Contents COMMENT 4 INCOMING! Your views on all things audio 8 NAS/HEADZONE 2015 The Whittlebury Hall show for hi-fi and headphones 16 A SNUGS FIT Laser-guided custom moulds for your ears EQUIPMENT + 24 DCS ROSSINI digital audio player and master clock 32 MOON 780D network-enabled digital converter 38 WADIA 321 digital to analogue converter 44 QUESTYLE QP1R hi-res portable digital audio player 53 MERGING NADAC network-enabled digital converter 61 LOTOO PAW GOLD hi-res portable digital audio player 69 BENCHMARK AUDIO DAC2 HGC digital to analogue converter 75 KOG AUDIO SYSTEM Melco N1Z Exogal Comet Vitus SIA-025 Estelon XC 83 TAD COMPACT EVOLUTION 1 standmount loudspeaker 89 KUZMA RD ultrasonic record cleaning kit 95 TRILOGY AUDIO SYSTEMS 925 hybrid integrated amplifier 101 AUDION BLACK SHADOW 2 mono valve power amps 107 SIGNALS PROJECT LYNX interconnect cables MUSIC 114 CONTEMPORARY, AUDIOPHILE, AND CLASSICAL MUSIC 120 CLASSIC ALBUMS Gilbert & Sullivan, The Pirates of Penzance + 88 COMPETITION! Win! Russell K’s Red 100 loudpseakers! 93 COMPETITION! Mad Scientist’s new cables must be won!! 108 SUBSCRIPTIONS 110 ADVERTISER INDEX


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HIFI+ ISSUE 129 Contents

COMMENT
4 INCOMING!
Your views on all things audio
8 NAS/HEADZONE 2015
The Whittlebury Hall show for hi-fi and headphones
16 A SNUGS FIT
Laser-guided custom moulds for your ears

EQUIPMENT +
24 DCS ROSSINI
digital audio player and master clock
32 MOON 780D
network-enabled digital converter
38 WADIA 321
digital to analogue converter
44 QUESTYLE QP1R
hi-res portable digital audio player
53 MERGING NADAC
network-enabled digital converter
61 LOTOO PAW GOLD
hi-res portable digital audio player
69 BENCHMARK AUDIO DAC2 HGC
digital to analogue converter
75 KOG AUDIO SYSTEM
Melco N1Z
Exogal Comet
Vitus SIA-025
Estelon XC
83 TAD COMPACT EVOLUTION 1
standmount loudspeaker
89 KUZMA RD
ultrasonic record cleaning kit
95 TRILOGY AUDIO SYSTEMS 925
hybrid integrated amplifier
101 AUDION BLACK SHADOW 2
mono valve power amps
107 SIGNALS PROJECT LYNX
interconnect cables

MUSIC
114 CONTEMPORARY, AUDIOPHILE, AND CLASSICAL MUSIC
120 CLASSIC ALBUMS
Gilbert & Sullivan,
The Pirates of Penzance
+
88 COMPETITION!
Win! Russell K’s Red 100 loudpseakers!
93 COMPETITION!
Mad Scientist’s new cables must be won!!
108 SUBSCRIPTIONS
110 ADVERTISER INDEX
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Very good magazine for all those fans of hi-fi information and news Reviewed 09 April 2022

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Excellent magazine, well written articles, technically accurate, informative and entertaining. Reviewed 17 January 2021

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