hi-fi+ ISSUE 219: MAY 2023 – ANALOGUE AWARDS SPECIAL!

COMMENT

• Incoming! Your views on all things audio
• Michael Fremer The legendary vinyl guru speaks!

AWARDS

• The hi-fi+ Analogue Awards the finest turntables, tonearms, cartridges, phono stages, and more!

FEATURES

• The history of LP 75 years of the black vinyl disc
• Encyclopaedia Analogica confused by vinyl’s terminology? We’ve got it covered!
• Setting up a turntable a guide for the perplexed
• Analogue Review Compendium the complete listing of all our vinyl-related reviews
• EQUIPMENT REVIEWS
• VPI Industries Avenger Direct direct drive turntable, tonearm and cartridge
• Origin Live Voyager Mk4/Renown turntable and tonearm
• Gold Note PH-5 phono stage
• Reed 5A tonearm
• Dual CS-618Q direct drive turntable
• Vertere Acoustics Phono-1 Mk II L phono stage
• The Funk Firm 20/20 turntable upgrades for Linn and Thorens turntables

MUSIC

• The best selling LPs of all time What are the biggest selling vinyl albums from the golden age of record collecting?
• Bennett Wilson Pool Award-winning UK take on Americana trio on their new album
• Midge Ure The legendary front-man of Ultravox on the deluxe 40th anniversary edition of Quartet
• Music Reviews Contemporary, classical and audiophile music

PLUS

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