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Andrea Bocellihas announced details of his new albumCinema, which is due for release worldwide on23 October. Cinemacelebrates Bocelli's pick and interpretation of the greatest movie songs of all time and reunites a team of musical legends including David Foster, Humberto Gatica and Tony Renis who worked together on Bocelli’s best-selling album Amore. Bocelli’s first new studio recording in two years, Cinema includestheme songs featured in movies including Gladiator, The Godfather and Breakfast At Tiffany’s, as well as popular songs from stage musicals, immortalised by their film versions, likeWest Side Storyand Evita. True to his status as an international artist, Bocelli has recorded songs in five different languages (Italian, French, Spanish, English and Sicilian) and has partnered with Ariana Grandeon E Piu Ti Penso from Once Upon A Time In America/Malena andNicoleScherzingeron Evita's Don’t Cry For Me Argentina (available on the deluxe version of the album).

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This month's reviews include Q Acoustics’ Concept 300 standmount, SME’s Synergy all-in-one turntable pack, Audiolab’s 8300CDQ CD player & hi-res DAC, Quad’s Vena II integrated amp, B&W’s 603 floorstander, plus six desktop audio players go head-to-head.

Welcome to the April 2015 issue ofHi-Fi Choice– the essential guide to getting the best possible sound from your hi-fi, whether you're buying, tuning or tweaking. . . It‘s probably true to say that many of us have enjoyed building up our music collections on various physical media formats over the years, and I’m sure the majority will continue adding to their library in this way for as long as possible.

DETAILS PRODUCT Arcam FMJ A39 ORIGIN UK/China TYPE Integrated amplifier WEIGHT 11. 5kg DIMENSIONS (WxHxD) 433 x 100 x 425mm FEATURES ● Quoted power: 120W RMS per channel into 8ohms ● 7x RCA phono line inputs; 1x 3. 5mm front panel input jack ● 3. 5mm headphone output DISTRIBUTOR Arcam WEBSITE arcam.

Arcam's latest rSeries little box ups the feature count but does it deliver the goods? Price: £400 Features Burr Brown PCM1796 DAC 24/192 capable across all inputs 2x coaxial, 2x optical, 1x USB IR remote control Contact: 01223 203200 Website:arcam. co. uk Click here to read full review in the December issue (378). .

When it first debuted, Arcam's irDAC proved to be a mighty impresive digital-to-anlaogue converter, winning a Group Test back in HFC 379. And now Arcam has unveilled the follow up to the succesful DAC in the shape of irDAC-II. The asyncronous USB DAC can also be utilised as a digital preamp, headphone amplifier and Bluetooth streamer. At its heart sits the ESS Sabre ES9016K2M DAC chip, while the headphone amplifier stage is taken from Arcam's flagship A49 amplifier.