HI-FI WORLD MAGAZINE - CURRENT ISSUE

October 2010 issue on sale Tuesday 31st August 2010
DIGITAL BLU-RAY SUPERTEST Noel Keywood rounds up six of the best new Blu-rays from Sony, Panasonic, NAD, Samsung, Yamaha and Cambridge Audio. WADIA W381 David Price is all fired up by this huge high end CD spinning Yank tank! HISOUND STUDIO Tim Jarman tries out an intriguing high end digital portable player. AMPLIFICATION PEACHTREE AUDIO IDECCO David Price is most impressed with this all singing, all dancing iPod dock/DAC/amplifier combination. LOUDSPEAKERS VIVID V1.5 A superb high end standmounter gets the thumbs up from David Price. CASTLE KNIGHT 5 Noel Keywood finds these just the job for an Englishman’s home! ELAC BS243 Paul Rigby hears an excellent new ribbon tweeter-equipped standmounter. SOUNDBITES Tony Bolton auditions NuForce’s Icon HDP headphone amp and DAC, David Price tries Supra’s Jumpers and Furutech’s mains cable, Adam Smith samples the Dino-Lite AM211 USB microscope and the Avid cartridge alignment gauge, and Paul Rigby reviews the Blue Horizon record mat and Furutech SK-11 electrostatic brush.
FEATURES
OLDE WORLDE - ARMSTRONG 200 SERIES Haden Boardman remembers a great line in nineteen sixties valve amplifiers. AUDIOPHILE CD Paul Rigby rounds up the latest audiophile CD releases. WORLD CLASSICS Brilliant designs that have stood the test of time. WORLD STANDARDS Brand new, updated guide to the latest and greatest hi-fi hardware. CLASSIC CUTS Paul Rigby remembers 1990's shoegazing classic 'This is Our Music' from Galaxie 500. COMPETITION Your chance to win Yamaha’s superb RX-V567 7.1 channel AV receiver.

VINYL WORLD SECTION
VINYL NEWS Paul Rigby with all the latest black plastic releases... NOTTS. ANALOGUE HYPERSPACE Rafael Todes is beguiled by this affordable high end turntable. SUTHERLAND 20/20 Tony Bolton tries a high end American phono stage. ORIGIN LIVE SILVER 3C David Price gets into the groove with this affordable new tonearm. NAT SIGNATURE Tony Bolton powers up this battery powered, all triode phono stage.

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NEWS We track down the movers and shakers in the hi-fi scene.
COLUMNS The editorial team air their opinions on this thing called hi-fi.
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October 2010 issue on sale Tuesday 31st August 2010