Hi-Fi+ October 2023

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hi-fi+ Magazine October 2023

hi-fi+ is a magazine that is serious about hi-fi. Our articles are intended to help you get the best from your system, rather than simply telling you to buy another one. Our reviews only cover product that we think is worthwhile. You can read more about that by looking at our reviews policy, but lets just say that our attitude to equipment is rather different, and we hope, much more informative. We haven't forgotten that hi-fi is supposed to be fun!

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Let's Talk About The Right To Repair
Can we find a happy medium?
Editorial By Alan Sircom
The Right to Repair is something audio magazines rarely consider, but automatically factor into reviews. But, in recent years, it has become an increasingly important issue in the longevity of good audio. Let's get the easy part out of the way first; the need to discuss a Right to Repair doesn't apply when it comes to most turntables and loudspeakers. Products that are primarily exercises in engineering – as opposed to electronic engineering – have an ability to be repaired baked into their construction and design. Put simply, if you blow up a drive unit on a loudspeaker, you get a new drive unit! The same doesn't hold true all the time with electronics today. Outside of audio, we moved from a 'repair' culture to a 'disposable' society. If you go through 'that drawer' of tech, you'll likely find several phones in various state of function.
---> Let's Talk About The Right To Repair.

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Features
96 Meet Your Maker Franc Kuzma of Kuzma d.o.o.

Equipment Reviews
10 Magico S3 Floorstanding Loudspeaker

19 PMC Prodigy1 Stand-Mount Loudspeaker

29 Technics SL-1210G Turntable And Tonearm

37 Hegel Viking CD Player

43 Epos ES14N Stand-Mount Loudspeaker

52 Lowther Hegeman Floorstanding Loudspeaker

57 Phasemation EA-350 Phono Stage

63 Vinius Audio TVC-05 Preamplifier

69 Ophidian Incanto Floorstanding Loudspeaker

75 Shunyata Research Omega Loudspeaker And Interconnect Cables

81 REL Classic 98 Subwoofer

85 IsoTek V5 Sigmas Power Conditioner

Music
96 A Beginner's Guide to... Hip-Hop Part 1
Hip-Hop turns 50 this year. We look at the New York roots of the most influential genre in popular music.

104 Howard Jones
The 1980s pop icon is celebrating 40 years in the music business with a deluxe four-CD box-set, including a track in Simlish!

110 Brian Auger
Legendary keyboard player and the godfather of Acid Jazz, talks about his band Oblivion Express and the new six-disc collection.

119 Music Reviews
Contemporary, classical and audiophile music.

Plus
114 Competition
Java Hi-Fi Single Shot amplifier worth Ł9,290 must be won!

116 Subscriptions
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127 Advertiser Index

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