Hi Fi News

Since its launch in June 1956 - two years before the commercial realisation of stereo - Hi-Fi News & Record Review has been delivering insightful reviews of the key products and technologies that lie behind our shared hobby... the passion of listening to music on the very best equipment available to the enthusiast. Every issue, Hi-Fi News delivers uniquely in-depth reviews of high-end audio equipment, including the best in vinyl replay and iconic vintage gear from the early days of audio. It is essential reading for all music enthusiasts.

JAN/26

Accordo XL! • FOUR-DRIVER FLOORSTANDER BOLSTERS FRANCO SERBLIN SPEAKER STABLE

Head-fi with style • AMPS FROM DOWN UNDER ARRIVE IN THE UK

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Last spin for ’1200G • GRAND CLASS DECK UPGRADED, BOWS OUT

Heavyweight amp reborn • GRYPHON ANNOUNCES LIMITED TAKE ON FLAGSHIP INTEGRATED

Sibling streamer unveiled • PLATINA RANGE FROM QUAD EXPANDS WITH NETWORK PLAYER

Celebratory turntable • RELVEO DECK, WITH OUTBOARD PSU, HERALDS AVID MILESTONE

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Upcoming Events • INTERNATIONAL DATES FOR YOUR HI-FI DIARY

UK Hi-Fi Show Live 2025 #2

Baby, it’s cold outside • When the weather outside is frightful, Steve Sutherland has something delightful – twenty unusual winter wonders that’ll tide you over until Boxing Day and beyond

The hi-fi news & Record Review Reader Pledge • Hi-Fi News’ readers can take full confidence in the fact that every product featured on our front cover, across the magazine and on our website has been comprehensively examined (inc. photography), lab tested and auditioned at our purpose-built facility

JBL Summit Ama • JBL’s iconic Project Everest and K2 are joined by three new ‘Summits’ – the Makalu, Pumori and Ama

Pro-Ject Signature 12.2 • The Vienna-based hub for all things vinyl, and more besides, now has a new champion deck complete with a two-motor drive system and 12in ‘three-point’ bearing tonearm

Audio Research LS-2/S-200 • A new owner, new engineers and the most significant release of ‘high performance, high value’ amplifiers in the brand’s 55-year history. We test the mid-series pre/power

Eversolo Play • A compact amplifier that’s ready to integrate with every conceivable streaming platform and playback service – does Eversolo’s aptly named Play redefine the budget ‘all-in-one’?

Hegel H150 ‘The Prodigy’ • Succeeding the H120 as Hegel’s second-tier amplifier, ‘The Prodigy’ also includes the brand’s latest streaming platform and is the first to include support for external drives

Métronome DSS 2/DSC mini • Swelling the ranks of the hi-fi world’s bijou separates, Métronome launches a compact version of its ‘Digital Sharing Converter’ with partnering streamer and CD transport

Acoustic Energy AE1 40th • Some 40 years after its debut standmount was conceived – but before the brand was officially launched – Acoustic Energy has reimagined an ’80s icon and produced a classic

Musical Fidelity M8x DAC • The pinnacle of Musical Fidelity’s solid-state range – the M8 series – now has a top-flight DAC in the driving seat, complete with volume control and headphone amplifier

Kimber Kable Carbon • The design is instantly recognisable, but there’s new thinking buried within the familiar braid of Kimber’s Carbon interconnect.

Gerald Finzi Dies Natalis • Cantata and song-cycle, idyll and lament, scored for tenor and/or soprano… Peter Quantrill explores the tensions in the English composer’s pivotal work on record

Roxy Music Avalon • This 1982 LP found the three-piece band – aided by a parade of session hands – constructing ten tracks of inventive and emotive ‘avant rock’ that took them to the top of the UK charts. But it...