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Turntables, Arms & Cartridges
EAT Fortissimo/F-Note turntable/arm
Review: Ken Kessler,  |  Apr 26, 2025  |  First Published: Nov 01, 2024
hfnoutstandingHigh style meets high mass in EAT’s flagship turntable, coupled here with one of the most flexible tonearm solutions ever seen – the F-Note even includes an alignment laser!

If anyone doubts we are treated to as much, if not more novelty than back in the day when LPs ruled, EAT’s Fortissimo turntable and F-Note tonearm will put paid to that. Like TechDAS’s vacuum hold-down and air bearing [HFN Jun ’19], or the Reed deck [HFN Apr ’24] available in idler- and belt-drive versions, this EAT combination bursts with clever features.

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Classical
Classical, October 2024
Peter Quantrill  |  Apr 26, 2025  |  First Published: Oct 01, 2024

This month we review: Vrána, Janácek Phil Ostrava/Hron; Sydney SO/Robertson, Explore Ens; Claire Booth, Christopher Glynn; Mishka Rushdie Momen

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Jazz
Jazz, October 2024
Steve Harris  |  Apr 26, 2025  |  First Published: Oct 01, 2024

This month we review: Pat Metheny, Cornelia Nilsson, Antonio Faraò, and Sam Braysher

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Rock
Rock, October 2024
Mike Barnes  |  Apr 26, 2025  |  First Published: Oct 01, 2024
This month we review: Wand, The The, Pohl, and Personal Trainer
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Audiophile Digital
Audiophile: Digital, October 2024
Ken Kessler  |  Apr 26, 2025  |  First Published: Oct 01, 2024
This month we review: Audiophile Masters, The Art Of HiFi, Holly Lerski, and Charlie Mingus
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Classical Companion
Luigi Nono Venetian radical
Peter Quantrill  |  Apr 26, 2025  |  First Published: Oct 01, 2024

Classical heroes, Communist ideology, the lapping waves of a lagoon... Peter Quantrill explores the disparate origins of Nono’s sound-world though a rich recorded legacy

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Classical Companion
Monteverdi Vespro della Beata Vergine
Peter Quantrill  |  Apr 26, 2025  |  First Published: Apr 01, 2025
Ranging from Anthony Lewis’s striking 1953 recording to modern Italian performances, the ‘1610 Vespers’ have a short but distinguished discography, says Peter Quantrill
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Opinion
Music and activism
Steve Harris  |  Apr 25, 2025  |  First Published: Apr 01, 2025

From Dylan and Baez to Geldof and Sting there’s a long history of music and activism – now artists including Coldplay and Jacob Collier have climate change in their sights, says Steve Harris

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Opinion
Bass invaders
Mark Craven  |  Apr 25, 2025  |  First Published: Apr 01, 2025

They are the darlings of the home cinema world, but subwoofers aren’t only about bringing a T-Rex into your living room, says Mark Craven – your music system might welcome one, too

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Opinion
Component interactions
Jim Lesurf  |  Apr 25, 2025  |  First Published: Apr 01, 2025

Before you begin fine-tuning your system’s sound with room treatments and seating changes, you should pay attention to ‘interactions’ further back in the chain, says Jim Lesurf

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