44 HEAD TO HEAD: HEADPHONES Bose and Sony duke it out 62 HEAD TO HEAD: STREAMERS Bluesound vs Cambridge
42 BUDGET STEREO AMPS Why aren’t there more?
60 AURACAST The revolutionary Bluetooth sharing tech
68 T EM P TAT I ONS The Moon 681 streamer shines brightly
48SYSTEMS vs S E PA R ATE S Can they coexist in hi-fi?
66 FREE MUSIC STREAMING You needn’t pay a penny
72 T EM P TAT I ONS Ta n n o y ’s latest retro- styled speakers look the business
122 BEST MUSE TRACK TO TEST HI-FI Terrific test tracks from the Teignmouth trio
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AV AMPLIFIERS Yamaha RX-A6A
Pioneer VSA-LX805
Arcam AVR31
JBL SDR-38
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IN-EAR HEADPHONES Denon PerL Pro
Philips Fidelio T2
STEREO AMPLIFIERS NAD D3020 V2
Cambridge Audio AXA35
Marantz PM6007
Rega io
Mission 778X
Rega Brio
Cambridge Audio CXA61
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HEADPHONES Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones 44 Sony WH-1000XM5 44
MUSIC STREAMERS Cambridge Audio MXN10
Bluesound Node (2021)
Moon 681
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PHONO STAGE Rega Fono Mini A2D Mk2
PROJECTORS AWOL Vision LTV-3500 Pro
Epson EH-LS650
SMARTPHONE Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
SOUNDBAR Bose Smart Ultra Soundbar
STEREO SPEAKERS KEF LSX II LT
Tannoy Stirling III LZ Special Edition
TURNTABLE Technics SL-1200GR2
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