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[Hi-Fi Choice Magazine]

<div readability="37"><p>In our December issue: Record Store Revival – why vinyl still matters, floorstanding speaker superstars, Arcam irDAC, Naim Nait 5si, portable DAB radios and much more...</p></div><div readability="34.2958047945">
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<p><b>The December*2013 issue of Hi-Fi Choice magazine has the usual wide range of features and equipment reviews, including the highly respected group test. It's packed with products for getting the best possible sound from your hi-fi, whether you're buying or tuning and tweaking...</b></p>



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<p><span><strong>Brands featured*this month:<span>*</span></strong><span>Acoustic Energy, Arcam, Chord, Dali, Denon, DNM Design, Epos,*Focal, Hi-Fi Racks Ltd, ISOkinetik,*Mains Cables R Us, Monitor Audio,*Musical Fidelity, Naim, Nevado,*Peachtree Audio,</span></span><span>*PS Audio, Pure, Quad, Revo, Roberts, Ruark, Spendor, Tannoy, Townshend Audio, van den Hul*</span><span>**</span></p>
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<p><strong>PRODUCT REVIEWS</strong></p>
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<p><span><b>FLOORSTANDERS*GROUP TEST</b></span></p>
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<p>Six £1K speakers*from Acoustic Energy, Epos, Focal, Quad, Spendor and Tannoy battle it out.</p>
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<p><span><b>MONITOR AUDIO*RADIUS 90*</b></span></p>
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<p>Brand new mini standmount speaker.</p>
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<p><span><b>CHORD SPM 1200 MKII</b></span></p>
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<p>David Price is beguiled by this solid-state power amplifier.</p>
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<p><span><b>ARCAM IRDAC</b></span></p>
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<p>The latest little box to join Arcam's rSeries gets its first airing.</p>
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<p><span><b>NAIM NAIT S5I</b></span></p>
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<p>We take a look under the lid*of the latest integrated*incarnation.</p>
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<p><span><b>PEACHTREE AUDIO DECCO65</b></span></p>
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<p>The lifestyle integrated amplifier with DAC.</p>
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<p><strong>FEATURES</strong></p>
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<p><span><b>SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST</b></span></p>
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<p>Insider feature: With sales of LPs on the rise it seems there's plenty of life left in vinyl and independent*record stores. Simon Berkovitch visits five.</p>
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<p><span><b>RETRO: ACOUSTIC ENERGY AE1</b></span></p>
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<p>David Price*looks at the blueprint for the modern mini-monitor.</p>
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<p><span><b>SOUND AFFECTS: JOE MEEK</b></span></p>
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<p>The strange story of the legendary Telstar man; the alchemist of pop, Simon Berkovitch and JT Rathbone reveal all.</p>
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<p><strong>NEWS AND COMMENT</strong></p>
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<p><span><b>AUDIOFILE</b></span></p>
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<p>Cambridge Audio introduces the Minx Xi.</p>
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<p><span><b>OPINION</b></span></p>
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<p>Lee Dunkley,*David Price,*Richard Black and David Vivian*opine on*matters audiophile...</p>
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<p><span><b>LETTERS</b></span></p>
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<p>All your audio-related questions, with our advice given for free. Email us at*<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>!</p>
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<p><span><b>BACKCHAT</b></span></p>
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<p>Our monthly missive on the audio industry rumours and*forthcoming products, plus this month's Desert*Island Discs.</p>
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