hi-fi+ ISSUE 215: JANUARY 2023

COMMENT

• Incoming! Your views on all things audio

EQUIPMENT REVIEWS

• conrad-johnson ART88 line preamplifier
• dCS Vivaldi One APEX CD/SACD player/streaming DAC
• Ideon Audio Absolute ε, Absolute Stream, Absolute Time  digital replay system
• Hegel P30A/H30A line preamplifier and mono/stereo power amplifier
• SOULNOTE A-2 integrated amplifier
• Gershman Acoustics Studio II stand-mount loudspeaker
• Innuos Statement ‘Next Gen’ music server
• Design Build Listen Wand 14.4/Wand Plus turntable and tonearm combination
• MOON by Simaudio Voice 22 stand-mount loudspeaker
• Focal Bathys wireless, noise-cancelling over-ear headphones
• Lateral Audio Stands LAS-9 Cadenz Vr equipment stand
• Puritan Audio PCM-156 Special Edition power purifier/distributor
• Chord Company PowerHAUS M6 power distribution block

MUSIC

• A Beginner’s Guide to…  Afrobeat – Why there’s (a little) more to Afrobeat than Fela Kuti and Tony Allen
• David Arnold Legendary film score composer on his love of James Bond movies
• Judith Owen British pianist and singer recreates the unapologetic side of jazz and blues
• Music Reviews Contemporary, classical and audiophile music

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