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With modern dance tracks that care little about stereo imaging, these speakers get on with sounding full-range and subjectively uniform. Trance anthem ‘Carte Blache’, by Veracoche [Pure Trance Classics; New State Music NEWCD9068], thundered along with a punchy kick drum and synth notes that ebbed and flowed through the midband, while DJ Brockie and Ed Solo’s drum ‘n’ bass piece ‘Represent’ [Undiluted 44.1kHz/

16-bit download] was less musical, more visceral. Both proved MoFi’s woofer isn’t slow, particularly with the deliberately jerky bass on the Brockie track, and with the McIntosh amp as back up the SourcePoint 10s smashed out these nightclub staples. Unsurprisingly, given their proven spec. and sheer size, they can be cajoled into sounding far larger than a staple standmount.

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The same is true of The Who’s much more recently recorded With Orchestra Live At Wembley set [Polydor 4883160]. Here the Hyphns show Pete Townshend’s guitar can still slam and Roger Daltrey’s vocals snarl, but also make the most of the added warmth of the 57-piece ‘big band’ backing, whether on the opening ‘Who Are You’ or classics such as ‘Baba O’Riley’, the latter also notable for the contribution of the ‘audience choir’.

With this and the classic Floyd set, the Hyphn shows it can let down its hair and rock hard when required, but then the next moment it can go back to lush and intimate. For example with Joyce DiDonato’s radiant Eden recital [Erato 0190296465154] every word of ‘As With Rosy Steps The Morn’, from Handel’s Theodora, is crystal clear, thanks to the speakers’ focused, insightful view of the singer’s remarkable voice, with every timbral nuance laid out for inspection. Or then again you could just enjoy the magic of the performance – these loudspeakers work on both levels.