hi-fi+ issue 225 Contents
COMMENT
5Incoming! Your views on all things audio
FEATURES
86Meet Your Maker Special Franc Kuzma’s new listening room
EQUIPMENT REVIEWS
9English Acoustics Stereo 41c tube power amplifier
17dCS Lina streaming DAC, clock, headphone amplifier
27Metronome AQWO 2 CD/SACD player/DAC/streamer
37AURALiC ARIES G2.2 streamer
43B.Audio B.amp mono mono power amplifiers
50 Larsen Model 9 floorstanding loudspeaker
55Perlisten S4b, D12s, SSLR-HGB stand-mount loudspeaker, active subwoofer, stands
61Ansuz Mainz8 D3 power distributor
67Final ZE8000 in-ear monitors
71VPI Goldy moving coil cartridge
73Tellurium Q Statement II cable system
79Synergistic Research PowerCell SX power conditioner
83Chord Company Signature Super ARAY USB cable
MUSIC
94A Beginner’s Guide to... Hip-Hop Part 2
Hip-Hop goes West, and the East Coast isn’t happy about it. The 1990s and the rise of Gangsta Rap.
102Pete Molinari The best British singer-songwriter you’ve never heard of talks about his sixth album, Wondrous Afternoon.
108Emma Anderson The co-founder of shoegaze-turned-Britpop band Lush talks about her latest album, Pearlies.
117Music Reviews Contemporary, classical and audiophile music
PLUS
114Subscriptions Subscribe and save!
125CD Salisbury Christmas: while stocks last!
127Advertiser index
128Next Issue Our Awards issue is coming soon!