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Disc PlayersIntegrated Amplifiers
Exposure XM CD/XM5 CD Player/Amplifier
Review: David Price, Lab: Paul Miller  |  Jan 17, 2020
hfncommendedDespite its diminutive dimensions, this half-size CD player/integrated amp combination offers a grown-up sound along with facilities normally seen on full-width separates

Size matters – or does it? Most hi-fi manufacturers stick rigidly to the traditional 'full width' separates model, but not all. The former often maintain that the market simply isn't ready for the latter, arguing that many key countries demand 'proper size' boxes. Yet over the years we've seen brands like Cyrus make high-quality, half-width hi-fi their stock in trade. So which is it to be? The answer, reckons Exposure, is to offer both.

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Audiophile Vinyl
Audiophile: Vinyl, November 2019
Ken Kessler  |  Jan 16, 2020
This month we review: James Taylor, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Runaways and Sarah Vaughan.
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Audiophile Digital
Audiophile: Digital, November 2019
Ken Kessler  |  Jan 16, 2020
This month, we review: Woodstock, Bob Dylan, Charles Mingus and Johnnie Taylor.
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Rock
Rock, November 2019
Johnny Black  |  Jan 16, 2020
This month we review: Slaughter Beach, Dog, Press Club, Minor Pieces and Manu Delago.
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Jazz
Jazz, November 2019
Steve Harris  |  Jan 15, 2020
This month we review: Miles Davis, Mark Kavuma, Paul Bley Gary Peacock Paul Motian and Veronica Swift.
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Classical
Classical, November 2019
Christopher Breunig  |  Jan 15, 2020
This month we review: Mahler, Berlioz, Mozart and Schubert/Schumann.
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Turntables, Arms & CartridgesVintage
Revolver turntable
Review: David Price, Lab: Paul Miller  |  Jan 14, 2020
hfnvintageOne of many distinctive mid-priced turntables to surface in the 1980s, this dinky deck enjoyed its 15 minutes of fame, but then refused to go away. How will it sound today?

If we could warp back to 1984 we would find a hi-fi scene dramatically different to how it is now. Vinyl may have been in the autumn of its life as a mass music format, but it still dominated. With CD very much in its infancy, the LP was the only practical way serious music lovers could hear their prized albums.

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Headphones
Warwick Acoustics Aperio Headphone System
Review and Lab: Keith Howard  |  Jan 13, 2020
hfnoutstandingIt's a brave company that launches a £20,000 headphone as only its second product – and an electrostatic too. Yet more remarkable: that company isn't Chinese but British!

Electrostatic headphones are like royalty: rarefied enough to assume an aura that rivets mass attention. In the case of Warwick Acoustics' Aperio, it's not just its operating principle that catches the eye and sparks interest but its price too: at £20,000 this isn't the most expensive headphone/amplifier combination ever seen but it's up there with the very few daring to dangle a price tag greater than that of a family car.

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Turntables, Arms & Cartridges
Pro-Ject Audio Systems X2 Turntable
Review: David Price, Lab: Paul Miller  |  Jan 09, 2020
hfncommendedThe new big brother to the successful X1 adds a host of improvements in order to justify its £300 price premium. But at this new price, it can be tougher to succeed

Sometimes a product comes along that really hits the spot, delivering a combination of performance and value that shakes up the hi-fi world. Audiophiles of more mature years will be able to reel off a number of these, whether it be the NAD 3020 amplifier of the late '70s [HFN Nov '12], the mid '80s Wharfedale Diamond loudspeakers [HFN May '18], or the Marantz CD63 MkII KI Signature CD player from 1996.

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Hi-Res Downloads
Hi-Res Downloads, November 2019
Reviews: Hi-Fi News Team, Lab: Paul Miller  |  Jan 08, 2020
This month we review and test releases from: Ian Bostridge/Thomas Adès, Cyrille Aimée, Michael Bublé, Vladimir Horowitz and Theo Bleckmann
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