Hi-Fi Choice

Hi-Fi Choice is the essential guide to audio excellence in the home. It is a no-nonsense guide to the finest products available, from vinyl and valves, to multi-channel digital audio and high-fidelity video. Hi-Fi Choice sorts the best from the rest with rigorous test processes and a highly experienced team of reviewers.

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Unique group tests • Our Group Tests are supported by rigorous and exhaustive listening tests carried out by experts

Building blocks • They are the beating heart of any decent system, but how do you pick a winner? Nick Tate compares and contrasts six capable, affordable integrated amplifiers

Cyrus Classic AMP £2,000 • With its own unique design, the Classic AMP has the same metal chassis and casing as the very first, early-Nineties Cyrus 3

Exposure 3510 £2,250 • Not the most visible company in the UK hi-fi scene – despite being part of it for well over 40 years – is this one of hi-fi’s best kept secrets?

Musical Fidelity M5si £1,800 • Now owned by Heinz Lichtenegger of Pro-Ject fame, this British brand has been a major player in affordable integrateds for decades

Naim Nait XS 3 £2,500 • Now over 50 years old, Naim first started making a splash with the original Nait in the Eighties. But how will this version compare?

Simaudio MOON 250i V2 £2,350 • It’s a sign of the overly crowded nature of the UK hi-fi scene that Canada’s Simaudio isn’t better known. Could the 250i V2 change that?

Technics SU-GX70 £1,700 • The high-end brand of Japanese consumer electronics giant Panasonic is back in two-channel hi-fi. But how will it fare?

Group test verdict • After days of endless comparisons, Nick Tate has finally worked out the overall ranking of our superb six and found a worthy winner

Simply superlative • With technology drawn from its flagship Chronosonic XVX, the Sasha V is the stunning new launch from Wilson

Groove is in the heart • Neville Roberts dips into Vertere’s range of four turntables to see just how magical the MG-1 MkII Magic Groove really is

Tried and true • Final’s flagship true-wireless ANC in-ear is up against fierce competition, but the ZE8000 has little to fear reckons David Vivian

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True ruler • NickTate reckons that this high-end turntable and tonearm combination is a truly majestic performer

Ever ready • Zidoo’s audio wing has tweaked its existing platform to make a dedicated hi-fi streamer. Ed Selley says the results are spectacular

Better late than never • If you’ve never heard of Aretai, its brilliant standmount is sure to help you remember the name reckons David Vivian

The A team • “Is that an amplifier in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see me?” asks Cliff Joseph as he checks out A&K’s portable offering

Hi-fi choices

Equipment stands • Despite the name, bookshelf speakers don’t give their best if just plonked on a shelf, and it’s the same with other components too. Time to ditch Ikea...

True colours • The on-going debate over whether coloured vinyl LPs sound worse than conventional black vinyl has prompted Neville Roberts to delve into the details

Does music still matter? • Could it really be true that music no longer matters? Nigel Williamson certainly hopes not, but one or two red flags suggest this could indeed be the...