Hi-Fi+ – September 2018

COMMENT
4 INCOMING!
Your views on all things audio
8 SYSTEM BUILDING: THE STUDIO WAY!
David Browne on setting up a system!
110 MEET YOUR MAKER
We travel to Slovakia to visit IsoTek Systems

EQUIPMENT+
16 HEGEL AUDIO SYSTEMS H590
integrated amplifier
22 BOULDER AMPLIFIERS 1110/1160
preamplifier/stereo power amplifier 29 AUDIO RESEARCH REF 160M mono valve power amplifier 39 CH PRECISION I1 integrated amplifier 47 McINTOSH MA7200 integrated amplifier 53 PRIMARE I35 integrated amplifier 59 ZANDEN AUDIO SYSTEMS MODEL 3000Mk2
line-level preamplifier
65 CYRUS AUDIO ONE HD
Integrated amplifier
69 CHORD ELECTRONICS BLU Mk2
upsampling CD transport
75 MAGNEPAN 30.7 (REVISITED)
four-panel dipole planar loudspeaker
81 AQUA LA SCALA Mk II
digital converter
87 SENNHEISER HD 820
closed-back dynamic headphones
93 ANSUZ ACOUSTICS X-SERIES
interconnect cables, loudspeaker cables, power cords, power distribution box
99 CRITICAL MASS SYSTEMS CENTER STAGE2
resonance control system
103 RIVA CONCERT PREVIEW
Alexa-controlling speaker system

MUSIC
118 CONTEMPORARY AND AUDIOPHILE MUSIC


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108 SUBSCRIPTIONS
119 ADVERTISER INDEX
120 NEXT MONTH
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