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Luxury audio electronics of unique value and reference quality at unique prices. Some of the best-built high-end products ever made The legendary Van den Hul amplifiers and preamps at less than half the original price M-1 Monoblocks, US$7350 now C$2995 A-1 Preamplifier, US$3895 now C$1685 See them at: www.audiophileboutique.com New, with one-year North American warranty Billed in Canadian dollars, currently trading around US$0.98 ALSO AT THE AUDIOPHILE BOUTIQUE: Moon phono preamplifiers and digital-to-analog converters, Thorens turntables, Goldring phono cartridges with line contact stylus, and more. audiophileboutique.com a division of UHF Magazine contact@audiophileboutique.com (450) 651-5720 What do we know about indoor FM and TV antennas that they don’t? A lot, it turns out. With the stampede to satellite and cable over the past 20 years, the design of dipole antennas has been left to the makers of junk. It was years ago that UHF designed a high-quality antenna for its own use. It was so good we offered it for sale as the Super Antenna, and saw thousands of them sold. Why? Because it’s better. In this, the Super Antenna’s third incarnation, we buy one of those trashy antennas, rip everything out until we are left with the rods and the case, and we rebuild it. We add our own highquality transformer (can you believe the junk antenna didn’t even have one?), and a luxurious low-loss quadruple-shielded cable with a 24K gold-plated F-connector. The broadband design covers the range from analog channels 2 to 69, including the entire FM band. And yes, it does a fine job with the full range of digital channels, including over-the-air HDTV. SEE THE SUPER ANTENNA MkIII at The Audiophile Store, page 57
Issue No. 89 Cover story: Two of the four drivers of the ELAC FS 249 loudspeaker, reviewed in this issue. Behind is the easily-recognizable planet Saturn, and a starfield with something other than natural colors. Feature Vegas 2010 18 by Gerard Rejskind Can CES survive the global meltdown? This would be the show that told the tale, and our editor goes exploring. Montréal 2010 26 by Gerard Rejskind The Montreal Festival gets a new name and venue. Touring the Salon 27 by Albert Simon Albert and friends picks out the best of Montréal 2010. Nuts&Bolts Inside Computer Music 30 by Paul Bergman You know the names of the pieces of a music system. At least until the music is on the cloud. The Listening Room When 3-D Falls Flat 34 You’ve heard lots about 3D movies. Have you heard about phony 3D? LED TV vs Plasma 36 It’s a given that LED backlighting beats a fluorescent tube. But is it reference quality? The Listening Room Moon 300D 40 Simaudio releases the first of a pair of (relatively) affordable digital-to-analog converters. The first customer: us! Allnic L-1500 Preamplifier 44 This hand-built tube unit from Korea takes on the big brands, and leaves an impression. Leema Elements Phono Preamp 48 A tiny box, a wall wart, and a possibly ridiculous price…is it worth your attention? Er…perhaps. ELAC FS 249 Loudspeaker 50 It includes the company’s version of the Heil Air Motion Transformers, one of our all-time favorites. The job of the rest of the speaker: keeping up. Trends Audio Headphone Amp 54 This Honk Kong company takes small boxes and stuffs them with goodies. Software Rachmaninoff, the Neo-Romantic 63 by Toby Earp Is it all right to create 19th Century music in a century that considered itself too modern? Sergei Rachmaninoff did, and was adored for it. Software Reviews 69 by Steve Bourke, Gerard Rejskind and Albert Simon Departments Editorial 4 Feedback 7 Free Advice 10 Gossip & News 76 State of the Art 82 ULTRA HIGH FIDELITY Magazine 3
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