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EDITORIAL INDEX 2003
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All the reviews below are now available for immediate purchase and download. Please either browse through our review archive site or click on the title of an article to buy and download the specific review directly.
Hardware reviews and other features, listed by category, with author's initials in brackets, then 'page number/month'.
FEATURES
Constant Curvature (KH) 78/4
DRC Is Set To Boom (KH) 90/11
EISA Awards 2004 62/10
From Music To Movies, Part 1 (MC) 76/2
From Music To Movies, Part 2 (MC) 65/3
Half-cut: Half-speed Mastering (PR) 74/8
Jitter Revisited (KH) 76/8
Linn/Aston Martin system (KK) 37/4
Lynx Effect, The, Pt I (KH) 76/5
Lynx Effect, The, Pt II (KH) 78/6
Pavek Museum (KK) 62/3
Phase Contrast (KH) 78/7
Polar Exploration (KH) 80/12
Squaring Up To Arm Geometry, Part 1 62/9
Sweet Surround: The DTS Story (SH/AH) 58/6
INTERVIEWS
Paul Hardcastle, King of his Castle (MCa) 62/8
Mike Oldfield (AH) 82/11
Gayles Saunders of MartinLogan (AG) 64/7
SYSTEM SETUP
All night long... (SH) 74/1
Audio Ecstatics (AH) 64/6
Captain's Cabin, The (AH) 66/11
Cheshire Treasure (MCa) 60/5
High-flying (SH) 56/4
Indulgence (SH) 60/7
Right Connections, The (AH) 66/12
Strictly Vinyl (SH) 58/3
Style Doctors, The (AH) 56/2
Two's Company (AH) 68/10
True Fidelity (DB) 62/9
SHOW REPORTS
Dublin Show (AG) 79/2
High End 2003, Frankfurt (AH) 81/9
Home Entertainment 2003, San Francisco (KK) 84/10
IFA Madness, Berlin (AG) 86/12
Las Vegas CES (KK) 62/4
Top Audio, Milan (KK) 78/2
AMPLIFIERS
Audio Research VS110 power amp (MC) 30/3
AVI Laboratory Series integrated (CB) 45/6
Bryston 3B-SST power amp (DA) 29/10
Conrad-Johnson MV-60SE power amp (MC) 62/1
Conrad-Johnson Premier 140 (MC) 60/12
Creek Audio A50iR (DB) 33/11
DNM PA3 S power amplifier (CB) 31/11
ECS EA-2 power amp (AH) 30/6
Edge Electronics Signature One pre-amp (MC) 50/9
Edge Electronics NL-10 power amp (MC) 60/11
Exposure XXIII pre-amp (IH) 48/1
Exposure XXVIII power amp (IH) 48/1
Jadis JPS8 and JA50 pre-/power (KK) 30/7
Karan Acoustics KA L/KA S270 (MC) 42/3
Karan Acoustics KA-S450 power amp (MC) 54/7
Krell FPB700cx power amp (MC) 20/6
Mark Levinson No 383 integrated (IH) 36/9
Musical Fidelity A3.2 pre/power (DA) 40/5
Musical Fidelity kWP/kW pe/power (IHa) 20/8
Naim Audio NAC 252/NAP 300 (AH) 18/4
Naim Audio NAC 552 pre-amp (JG/PM) 48/6
Niro 1000 integrated engine (KK) 24/5
Orelle SA100 evo integrated (AG) 30/8
PS Audio PCA-2/HCA-2 (DA) 36/11
Quad 909 power amp (KK) 44/1
TACT Audio M2150 digital integrated (PM) 52/6
TAG McLaren 100x5R:10 multichannel (AG) 49/12
Williams-Hart amplifier kit (IH) 43/2
LOUDSPEAKERS
ATC SCM12 (AH) 31/5
ATC SCM20A Active (DB) 54/9
Avalon Acoustics Symbol (AG) 28/11
Avalon Eidolon (MC) 20/2
AVI Pro-Nine Plus (CB) 47/7
B&O Beolab 5 (MC) 18/12
B&W 705 (AH) 35/10
B&W DM604 S3 (MC) 52/4
Beauhorn B2.2 (KK) 42/11
Bose 301 (AH) 41/11
Canton Ergo 900 (JG) 47/2
Castle Acoustics Conway 3 (TB) 41/12
Epos ELS 3 (IH) 33/8
FAB Audio Model One (DA) 28/6
Focal-JMlab Grande Utopia Be (AG) 20/7
Focal-JMlab Micro Utopia Be (DA) 30/12
Focal-JMlab Cobalt 806S (AH) 33/4
Gallo Acoustics Du_ (KK) 35/2
Infinity Prelude MTS (AG) 25/10
KEF XQ5 (JG) 26/4
KEF KHT 2005.2 (JG) 39/10
KEF Reference 207 (IH) 20/5
Leema Acoustics Xen (AH) 45/11
MartinLogan Clarity (DA) 26/8
Mirage Omni 260 (AG) 44/8
Mirage Omnisat Micro and LF100 sub (JG) 47/9
Mission m5 AV speaker package (JG) 36/5
Monitor Audio Gold Reference 5.1 (JG) 51/12
Monitor Audio GR60 (MC) 50/8
Monitor Audio Silver S8 (DB) 26/3
Naim Audio SL2 (JG) 56/1
NHT SB3 (AH) 66/1
Omen Ra 18:12 (DA) 33/9
Perigee FK-1F (DA) 40/2
PMC DB1 (AH) 66/1
Quad 12L (KK) 44/1
Revel Performa M20 (AG) 40/9
Revolver R45 (MC) 50/5
Sonus Faber Cremona Auditor (KK) 30/2
Spendor Audio SR5 (DB) 56/11
T+A Elektroakustik Criterion TC1 1RE (MC) 44/4
Tannoy Sensys DC2 (JG) 34/7
Totem Acoustic Mite (AH) 66/1
Totem Acoustic Hawk (DA) 34/3
Trinity Trident (DA) 36/11
Wharfedale Pacific Evolution EVO-10 (AH) 43/6
Wilson Audio Alexandria (KK) 24/9
Xhifi Xducer 2.1 (KK) 53/12
SUBWOOFERS
B&W ASW CDM (MC) 58/8
Mirage OM-200 (AG) 47/6
REL Quake (AH) 45/2
Velodyne HGS-12 (MC) 56/5
CD PLAYERS
April Music Stello CDA200 (AH) 39/5
Arcam CD33T (AH) 28/8
Audio Analogue Maestro (KK) 39/2
Copland CDA22 (KK) 39/6
Creek Audio CD50 (DB) 36/7
Exposure Electronics XXII (IH) 39/11
Mark Levinson 390S (AG) 24/4
Musical Fidelity A308CR (DA) 48/7
Naim Audio CDS 3 (MC) 18/10
Quad 99 CD/pre-amp (KK) 44/1
Shanling CDT-100 (DA) 54/1
Talk Electronics Thunder 3.1B (PM) 54/8
Unison Research Unico (KK) 43/7
TURNTABLES AND ARMS
Avid Volvere Sequel (JH) 24/12
Bluenote Bellavista Signature & Borromeo arm (AH) 38/7
Brinkmann La Grange and 10.5 arm (HP) 28/9
Clearlight Audio Recovery Basic (DA) 36/6
Hadcock GH242 SE tonearm (TB) 32/10
Michell Engineering Orbe SE VC (AH) 29/3
Michell Engineering TecnoDec (AH) 50/11
Origin Live DC motor kit for LP12 (TB/AH) 42/5 &
(TB) 47/8
Pro-Ject Debut II Phono SB (JG) 31/4
Roksan Audio Radius 5 (AH) 50/11
Roksan Audio Xerxes X (TB) 36/2
Thorens TD-850 (AH) 50/11
CARTRIDGES
Audio Note Io II (MC) 58/1
Koetsu Urishi Black (KK) 45/5
Linn Akiva (AH) 41/7
The Cartridge Man Musicmaker (TB) 32/10
PHONO STAGES
EAR 324 (KK) 32/12
NAD PP-2 (KK) 49/9
Quicksilver Audio m-c step-up transformer (AH) 43/4
Roksan Audio Caspian SE (TB) 35/4
SYSTEMS
Chord Electronics Choral (KK) 20/3
Denon D-M31 (KK) 34/8
Rotel '02 (TB) 39/4
TUNERS
Acoustic Solutions SP110 (AH) 26/7
Cambridge Audio DAB300 (AH) 26/7
Magnum Dynalab MD90 (AG) 61/1
Ministry of Sound DR110 personal DAB (AH) 26/7
Netgem iPlayer STB (AH) 38/8
Nokia 211T Mediamaster STB (AH) 38/8
Pace Twin Digital STB (AH) 38/8
Perstel Adapt DR101 personal DAB (MCa) 41/4
PURE Digital DRX-702ES (AH) 26/7
PURE Digital EVOKE-1 (AH) 26/7
Tivoli PAL radio (KK) 41/3
CABLES
Atlas Cables Navigator Cu (AH) 39/3
Ecosse Reference Baton (TB) 49/8
Ecosse Reference The Classic (AH) 39/3
Neotech NA-12260 (AH) 39/3
Nordost Valkyrja Reference (AG) 43/9
Siltech Signature (KK) 41/8
DVD, DVD-A and universal players
Arcam DV88 Plus (AG) 33/2
Arcam DV89 (PM) 42/10
Cambridge Audio DVD57 (PM) 42/10
Cyrus Electronics DVD8 (AH) 34/12
Denon DVD-A1 with FireWire (PM) 46/5
Denon DVD-2900 (PM) 20/9
Harman/Kardon DVD30 (PM) 42/10
Meridian 800 (IH) 26/6
Onkyo DV-SP800 (PM) 50/2
Panasonic DVD-S75 (PM) 42/10
Pioneer DV-565 (PM) 56/12
Rotel RDV-1060 (PM) 42/10
TAG McLaren DVD32FLR transport (AG) 32/6
Toshiba SD-9500 (PM) 42/10
Yamaha DVD SD-2300 (PM) 48/4
SACD PLAYERS
Classe Audio Omega (AG) 37/3
Musical Fidelity Tri-Vista (DB) 26/2
Krell SACD Standard (MC) 20/11
Lindemann D680 (IHa) 28/5
Philips DVD 963A (AH) 52/6
AV PROCESSORS, RECEIVERS & DACs
Chord Electronics DSP 8000 processor (PM) 38/1
Cyrus Electronics AV8 (AH) 34/12
JVC RX-DP10 receiver (PM) 48/3
Krell Industries Showcase processor/amp (AG) 28/4
Lexicon MC-8 AV processor (PM) 50/7
Musical Fidelity Tri-Vista 21 DAC (DA) 45/12
Niroson TW06.1 surround-sound system (KK) 50/1
Onkyo TX-SR700E receiver (PM) 48/3
Parasound C2 and A52 processor and amp (JG) 36/8
Pioneer VSX-D2011 receiver (PM) 48/3
Primare SP31.7 AV processor (KK) 38/9
Rotel RSX-1055 receiver (PM) 48/3
Sony STR-VA333ES receiver (PM) 48/3
T+A Elektroakustik K6 AV system (KK) 32/3
Yamaha RXV-1300 receiver (PM) 48/3
MISCELLANEOUS
Altmann JISCO jitter-buster (KH) 57/10
Altmann UPCI jitter-buster (KH) 58/9
Disco Antistat LP cleaner (TB) 37/6
Feet Of Silence (MC) 45/9
Isotek 2K Qube mains cleaner (DA) 65/1
Kimber Treatment, The (TB) 49/2
Tallis LS3/5A speaker stand (KK) 43/4
Townshend Audio Maximum supertweeter (KH) 46/3
Minnetonka DiscWelder DVD-A software (KH) 47/11
Sennheiser PX 100 headphones (KK) 49/8
Stax 4070 & SRM-717 energiser (KK) 43/12
The Authors    
       
JG Jonathan Gorse DA David Allcock
IHa Ian Harris DB David Berriman
SH Steve Harris TB Tony Bolton
AH Andrew Harrison CB Christopher Breunig
KH Keith Howard MC Martin Colloms
JH Jimmy Hughes MCa Michael Cavenett
IH Ivor Humphreys JC John Crabbe
KK Ken Kessler BF Barry Fox
PM Paul Miller AG Alvin Gold
AS Alwyn Seeds   Back to the top

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