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The last couple of years have been a tricky period for electronics makers, particularly those of AV receivers. The pandemic curtailed production, an AKM DAC factory went up in smoke, and early HDMI 2.1 chipsets had more bugs than the final of I'm a Celebrity. So it's great that we're now over that triple-pronged hump. An AVR, or processor/amp combi, is the heart of a home cinema system, conducting loudspeaker performance and acting as the bridge between source and display. And the market is at its best when there are plenty of options available, across a wide price range. The newly arrived Primare SPA25, reviewed on p32, easily ranks as a 'premium' model! Elsewhere in this special yearbook issue of HCC we revisit brilliant AV hardware from the last 12…
