Hi-Fi Choice August 2019

www.hifichoice.co.uk Issue No. 452 August 2019 The shape of music setups in our homes is changing. Not so long ago owning a rack of components each dedicated to a specific audio task partnered with a pair of stereo loudspeakers was the only way to go if you wanted to achieve hi-fi heaven with any sense of audiophile credibility. But today's increasingly sophisticated all-in-one speaker systems can achieve astonishingly musical results from a single-chassis design. Take this month's cover star, Naim's Mu-so 2nd Generation, that gets our In-depth treatment starting on p16. Its 'lifestyle' one-box form was once derided by audiophiles, but thanks to advances in digital signal processing techniques and sound tuning input from the company's loudspeaker partner Focal, the re-engineered model is a seriously compact hi-fi alternative to a…

www.hifichoice.co.uk Issue No. 452 August 2019 The shape of music setups in our homes is changing. Not so long ago owning a rack of components each dedicated to a specific audio task partnered with a pair of stereo loudspeakers was the only way to go if you wanted to achieve hi-fi heaven with any sense of audiophile credibility. But today's increasingly sophisticated all-in-one speaker systems can achieve astonishingly musical results from a single-chassis design. Take this month's cover star, Naim's Mu-so 2nd Generation, that gets our In-depth treatment starting on p16. Its 'lifestyle' one-box form was once derided by audiophiles, but thanks to advances in digital signal processing techniques and sound tuning input from the company's loudspeaker partner Focal, the re-engineered model is a seriously compact hi-fi alternative to a separates-based…

Six hi-fi components that aim to strike the perfect balance between value and quality to deliver "great British sound" PRICE: £229-£449 AVAILABLE: NOW CONTACT: 0207 5515422 WEB: CAMBRIDGEAUDIO.COM THE ALL-NEW AX series from Cambridge Audio, demonstrates the company’s commitment to all things two-channel with the introduction of six new components that aim to strike the perfect balance between value and quality to deliver a pure audio experience that simply reflects the artist’s intentions in what the London-based audio specialists has dubbed its “great British sound”. Consisting of a pair of CD players, two integrated amplifiers and a brace of stereo receivers, the AX range takes design and innovation cues from the company’s existing CX and Edge series components. The AXC25 (pictured) and AXC35 CD players are priced at £229 and £299 respectively and…

Six hi-fi components that aim to strike the perfect balance between value and quality to deliver "great British sound" PRICE: £229-£449 AVAILABLE: NOW CONTACT: 0207 5515422 WEB: CAMBRIDGEAUDIO.COM THE ALL-NEW AX series from Cambridge Audio, demonstrates the company’s commitment to all things two-channel with the introduction of six new components that aim to strike the perfect balance between value and quality to deliver a pure audio experience that simply reflects the artist’s intentions in what the London-based audio specialists has dubbed its “great British sound”. Consisting of a pair of CD players, two integrated amplifiers and a brace of stereo receivers, the AX range takes design and innovation cues from the company’s existing CX and Edge series components. The AXC25 (pictured) and AXC35 CD players are priced at £229 and…

Although memorable for sharing the name with one of Stanley Kubrick’s greatest cinematic masterpieces, 2001 is perhaps more significant for an innovation that passed by largely unnoticed at the time. The year that saw the passing of George Harrison and BBC Radiophonic Workshop’s Delia Derbyshire and the not so sad demise of The Spice Girls, also saw the birth of a new piece of software by a charismatic California-based entrepreneur. The man in black was Steve Jobs and, although we didn’t know it at the time, his new iTunes software was about to change the way that the world consumed music forever. Turn the clock back a few years earlier to 1999 and the music industry was in a state of mild panic as a 19-year-old by the name of Shawn…

Although memorable for sharing the name with one of Stanley Kubrick’s greatest cinematic masterpieces, 2001 is perhaps more significant for an innovation that passed by largely unnoticed at the time. The year that saw the passing of George Harrison and BBC Radiophonic Workshop’s Delia Derbyshire and the not so sad demise of The Spice Girls, also saw the birth of a new piece of software by a charismatic California-based entrepreneur. The man in black was Steve Jobs and, although we didn’t know it at the time, his new iTunes software was about to change the way that the world consumed music forever. Turn the clock back a few years earlier to 1999 and the music industry was in a state of mild panic as a 19-year-old by the name of…