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Distribution: Network Distribution Company. For overseas rates, see the subscription page in this issue. Phone 02 Fax 02 Over the last few years , the hifi market has changed quite dramatically and is now divided in two broad ranges of products: rack systems and "separate" components.
By contrast, "separate" hifi components such as CD players, tuners, tape decks and loudspeakers are now only available from specialist hifi stores and there the sky is the limit as far as price is concerned. Trouble is, the aforementioned rack systems are generally labelled as "hifi" but most of them are not.
While just about all rack systems these days incorporate a CD player and a dual tape player with Dolby B and perhaps C noise reduction, these in themselves do not make a system hifi. The truth is, compared to the sound quality available from even modestly priced "separate" components, most rack systems are downright ordinary.
