Hi-Fi News – March 2021
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Another month under the cosh of ‘the thing that shall not be named’ has not prevented us from curating another fabulous collection of hi- hardware to take our minds off what’s beyond the front door. Our cover star this month Magazine issue comes courtesy of Florida’s Valve Amplication Company, better known as VAC. HFN readers who’ve travelled to overseas shows (remember them?) may well have seen, and marvelled at the sound, of designer Kevin Haye’s amazing tube ampli ers. I certainly had, so the moment this ‘audiophileto- the-core’ brand landed on our shores I was especially keen to get its big pre/power combo into our listening room, lab and photo studio.
The Master Preampli er and Signature 200iQ poweramps – tested and auditioned in monoblock guise here [see p40 onwards] – proved every bit as compelling as I recall from VAC’s related amplifiers at Chicago’s Axpona event in 2019 (with VPI and Gershman Acoustics if memory serves). And, with angers, toes and everything in between crossed, you’ll have the chance to hear these amps for yourself – plus others from the VAC family – during our Hi-Fi Show Live on Oct 23-24th at Ascot later this year [see wwwhifishowlive.com].
While we continue to live our hi-Fi lives somewhat vicariously, here at HFN we’re doing our very best to take you places beyond the reach of Lockdown.
This month, ex-Melody Maker/ NME top brass Steve Sutherland (now editor of our sister title Hi-Fi Choice, of course) takes us behind the scenes of AIR studios, all the way from the Caribbean holiday Island of Montserrat to the Grade II listed Lyndhurst Hall in Hampstead, North London. It’s quite a story [p88]!
There’s also more to anticipate, and set your musical chops salivating, in our guide to everything from brand new albums to curated box sets [p24].
There’s no shortage of big and brilliant releases coming your way in 2021, so keep reading
Hi-Fi News, keep listening to your hi-fi and, above all, keep safe…
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