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Hi-Fi Choice Yearbook 2014 – a Very Special Edition Celebrating a Fantastic Year of Audio for Music Fans and Hi-Fi Enthusiasts Alike Terrific tech Retro replay OverOv 70 sonic treats to make BlastsBlasts fromfrom the past that areare youryo music sound superb stillill worth h tracking ki down d PASSION FOR SOUND Issue No. 392 Yearbook 2014 2014 AUDIO OF THE YEAR! 164 PAGES of essential stereo separates and music reviews MUSIC REVIEWS PRINTED IN THE UK US$10.99 US$10.99 PRINTED IN THE UK £4.99 YEARBOOK 2014 Headphones USB DACs Turntables Speakers The must-own albums of the year Streamers Cables on vinyl, CD and hi-res download much more... “Get up and drive your funky soul!” James Brown The heart and soul of music Precision, a luxury and highly regarded loudspeaker range from Tannoy, built to deliver music as it was meant to be heard. With audiophile features such as double-magnet drivers, hand-built crossovers and mass-load cabinet tuning, Precision has music at its heart and soul. (cross two stunning Åoorstanding models, a compact stand-mount and matching centre channel speaker, Precision delivers breath-taking detail and musical dynamics. Built around a brand new 6 inch (150 mm) version of Tannoy’s world renowned Dual Concentric™ driver, the contemporary cabinets boast premium Ät and Änish in a choice of colours. Powerful, passionate and incredibly precise, Precision gets to the heart and soul of music like no other speaker in its class. tannoy.com October 2013 - Precision 6.2 Precision 6.2 Precision 6.4 Precision 6.2 / 6.1 / 6C / Precision 6.2 / 6.1 / 6C / TS2.12 system TS2.12 system INTRODUCTION PASSION FOR SOUND Welcome www.hifichoice.co.uk Issue No. 392 Yearbook 2014 Welcome to the Hi-Fi Choice Yearbook 2014 – a very special edition celebrating a fantastic year of audio for music fans and hi-fi enthusiasts alike. Inside this 164- page bumper issue you’ll find the 118 ultimate collection of the greatest- Oppo HA-1 sounding hi-fi products to pass through our respected reviewing process over the past 12 months. Every product is a coveted Hi-Fi Choice badge winner applauded by our team of hi-fi experts and music fans below for a winning combination of outstanding audio performance and value for money that stands above its peers. For this essential guide we have gathered over 70 top-performing audio components and accessories from 19 different categories so that you can compile your ultimate auditioning list of must-own hi-fi to build a great-sounding system tailored to your individual needs. What’s more, our eight-page Music Reviews section compiles the year’s finest album releases to show off 72 your system while our Retro pages revisit yesteryear kit Q Acoustics Concept 40 that’s still worth tracking down. Enjoy! BADGES EXPLAINED Lee Dunkley Editor OUR AWARDS Follow us: EDITOR’S RECOMMENDED: GROUP TEST twitter.com@HiFiChoiceMag facebook.com/hifichoice.co.uk CHOICE: Products that WINNER: Awarded to those we feel meet a Comparative tests products that are high standard of can only have one judged to deliver performance winner, and this outstanding badge says it all! ENTERPRISE HOUSE, ENTERPRISE WAY, performance EDENBRIDGE, KENT TN8 6HF REVIEWERS DAVID DAVID ED ANDREW JASON CHRIS NIGEL NEVILLE PRICE VIVIAN SELLEY SIMPSON KENNEDY WARD WILLIAMSON ROBERTS YEARBOOKYEARBOOK 20142014 3 Contentshifichoice.co.uk Issue No. 392 Yearbook 2014 BESTBEST ONON TESTTEST 22014014 STANDMOUNT LOUDSPEAKERS 38 ATC SCM7 40 ATC SCM19 43 KEF LS50 30 45 Monitor Audio Silver 1 46 Monitor Audio Silver 2 Chord Electronics Hugo 48 Polk Audio RTiA1 50 PSB Imagine Mini CD PLAYERS 52 Spendor D1 6 Creek Evolution 50CD 55 Tannoy Precision 6.1 9 Cyrus CD Xt Signature 10 Quad Elite CDS SUSPENDED 12 Rega Saturn-R LOUDSPEAKER 78 56 Origin Live Astute Dynaudio Xeo 6 CD PLAYER/ INTEGRATED FLOORSTANDING AMPLIFIER LOUDSPEAKERS 13 Exposure 1010 Series 58 Acoustic Energy AE 103 14 Marantz CD6005/PM6005 60 ATC SCM40 62 Cambridge Audio Aeromax 6 SACD PLAYER 64 Epos K2 13 15 Marantz SA8005 66 Focal Aria 926 Exposure 1010 Series 68 Monitor Audio Silver 8 STREAMERS 70 Neat Acoustics Motive SX1 17 Krell Connect 72 Q Acoustics Concept 40 20 Naim mu-so 74 Spendor A6R 22 Primare NP30 76 Sonus faber Olympica II 23 Ruark R7 WIRELESS 24 HDD SYSTEM LOUDSPEAKERS Sony HAP-S1 24 Sony HAP-S1 78 Dynaudio Xeo 6 81 Eclipse TD-M1 DACS 82 Elac Air-X 403 29 Arcam miniBlink 30 Chord Electronics Hugo SUBWOOFER 32 NAD D 1050 85 REL Acoustics Serie S2 36 QNKTC AB-1.2 USB DAC 9 36 Valve Audio Devices DAC-10 Cyrus CD Xt Signature 37 Korg DS-DAC-100 1-Bit USB DAC 4 YEARBOOK 2014 CONTENTS YEARBOOK 2014 “The ultimate collection of the best hi-fi products 107 117 from the last 12 months” Pro-Ject Debut Carbon Esprit SB JBL Synchros S700 AMPLIFIER AND HEADPHONE SPEAKER PACKAGE AMPLIFERS 86 Devialet Ensemble 118 Fostex HP-A4 118 Oppo HA-1 100 INTEGRATED Analogue Works Turntable One AMPLIFIERS PORTABLE MEDIA 88 Cambridge Audio Azur 651A PLAYERS 90 Icon Audio Stereo 845 PP 119 Astell & Kern AK240 92 Micromega MyAmp 119 Sony NWZ-F886 94 Monitor Audio A100 95 Quad Vena CABLE LOOMS 96 Roksan K2 BT 120 Black Rhodium 98 Teac AI-301DA Symphony Chrome/Twirl 55 121 QED Reference Audio 40/ Tannoy Precision 6.1 TURNTABLES Signature Revelation 100 Analogue Works Turntable One MUSIC REVIEWS 103 Avid Ingenium 125 Our pick of the best tunes to 105 Inspire Hi-Fi Black Magic Si play to put your hi-fi through its paces 107 Pro-Ject Debut Carbon Esprit SB 109 The Funk Firm Flamenca OPINIONS 86 110 VPI Nomad 139 The HFC team say it as they see Devialet Ensemble it on the hottest hi-fi topics CARTRIDGES 112 Audio-Technica AT-95E RETRO TESTS 112 Ortofon Quintet Blue 140 Mission Cyrus One 144 BBC LS3/5A PHONO STAGES 148 ADC 1700 114 Graham Slee 152 Arcam Delta Black Box Gram Amp 2 SE 114 Musical Fidelity M1 LPS 125 115 Rega Fono MM Music 115 Rothwell Rialto Reviews HEADPHONES 116 Beyerdynamic T90 116 Grado SR125e 117 JBL Synchros S700 66 Focal Aria 926 117 Shure SRH1840 Never miss an issuesue – turnturn to t p26 for our latest subs offer YEARBOOK 2014 5 CD PLAYER/DAC/PREAMP DETAILS also like its choice of RCA phono and balanced XLR outputs. You can toggle PRICE Creek £950 through the digital inputs on the front ORIGIN panel SRC (source) button. UK/China Under the hood, there’s more than WEIGHT the usual attention to detail that 5.5kg you’d expect to fi nd in a good Evolution 50CD DIMENSIONS mid-priced machine such as this. (WxHxD) 430 x 60 x 280mm There’s a 25W toroidal mains This neat CD player incorporates DAC and FEATURES transformer, with three separate ● 2x Toslink; secondary voltage windings for preamp capabilities, breathing new life and 2x coaxial analogue and digital circuitry. digital inputs ● 1x USB input; Low-impedance, specially chosen versatility into the format 1x aptX Bluetooth power supply capacitors and voltage input (optional) regulators are fi tted for the best ● 2x digital outputs nce a vestigial box with mechanism, backlit control buttons ● 1x RCA phono out; possible sound, and organic polymer no inputs and a single pair and rather nice OLED display. It 1x balanced XLR out capacitors pop up at key points in the of analogue outputs, the comes with a system remote control ● Wolfson WM8742 analogue and digital circuitry, along O DACs humble CD player is that integrates with other Creek with high-grade WIMA polypropylene DISTRIBUTOR increasingly becoming a preamp with components too. Creek Audio Ltd capacitors in the output fi lters. Two a DAC and optical disc transport built Although a real ergonomic success, Wolfson WM8742 24-bit DACs run TELEPHONE in. Gone are the days when it was some may wonder why there is no 01442 260146 in dual differential mode, and Creek seen as an end in itself, now it is to all front panel volume control facility on WEBSITE says that special low-jitter clocks are intents and purposes a digital music that handsome front panel. Designed creekaudio.com fi tted. The analogue reconstruction centre. Creek’s Evolution 50CD silver to form the centre of a digitally REVIEWED fi lters in the output of the DAC use disc spinner is precisely this, and is connected system, if you mistakenly HFC 385 high-grade OPA2134 op-amps in perfectly placed to take on the market lose the remote control suddenly each channel, confi gured in balanced leader, Audiolab’s 8200CD. you’ve lost one of this machine’s most mode. This offers symmetrical To basic CD playing, it adds several important functions. fi ltering and both single-ended and digital inputs, a Bluetooth option and As you’d imagine, the back panel is balanced output capability with low source switching allied to a volume bristling with features like its fi ve impedance high-current output control, so you can plug it straight digital inputs (two optically isolated capability. The slot-loading mechanism into a power amplifi er. It also offers a Toslinks, one galvanically isolated is an amalgam of ruggedised degree of operational refi nement that USB, two transformer isolated specialist parts that were chosen Creek hasn’t previously been able to coaxial), and two digital outputs plus specifi cally for their durability and give. To wit, you get a slot-loading a Creek RC remote control bus. You’ll good sound quality. It gets custom 6 YEARBOOK 2014 CD PLAYER/DAC/PREAMP highly impassioned as if he’s really slightly loose bass allied to a spacious pushing himself, and the 50CD midband that extends up to a well-lit captures the urgency brilliantly treble that gives cymbals a satisfyingly without ever sounding raucous.
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