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.

YEARBOOK/23

High End Munich 2023

Audiojumble 2023

Audio Video Show, Warsaw

Athens Sound & Vision

Oslo Hi-Fi Show 2023

Axpona 2023

Audio-Technica AT-ART20

Döhmann Helix Two Mk3

DS Audio Grand Master Extreme

Lyra Kleos SL

Nagaoka MP-500

Ortofon MC Diamond

Pro-Ject X8

SME Model 12 MK2

Thorens TD 204

VPI Avenger Direct

Lehmannaudio Decade Jubilee

PrimaLuna EVO 100 Tube Phono

Antipodes Audio Oladra

Aurender W20SE

dCS Bartók APEX

dCS Lina

Denon DCD-1700NE

Ferrum Audio Wandla

Hegel Viking

HiFi Rose RS130

iFi Audio NEO Stream

Lumin T3

SPL Diamond

T+A MP 200

Volumio Rivo

AVM CS 8.3 Black

Constellation Centaur II

Electrocompaniet EC 4.8 MKII/AW 800 M

Emotiva BasX TA2

Exposure 3510

Halcro Eclipse Stereo

Hegel H600

HiFi Rose RS520

Krell KSA-i400

Manley Jumbo Shrimp/Mahi

Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista PRE/PAS

PS Audio BHK M600

Synthesis Action A100 Titan

Western Electric Type 91E

Yamaha R-N2000A

Audiovector R 8 Arreté

AVID Reference Three

B&W 703 S3

B&W 801 D4 Signature

Castle Windsor Duke

DALI KORE

DeVore O/baby

Epos ES14N

KEF R3 Meta

Kroma Atelier Stella Xtreme

MartinLogan Motion XT F200

MoFi SourcePoint 8

Monitor Audio Hyphn

PS Audio aspen FR20

Sonus faber Homage Amati

Wilson Audio Alexia V

YG Acoustics Cairn

Atlas Arran Transpose

DS Audio ES-001

QED Golden Ann. XT

Supra Sword Excalibur

B&O Beogram 4002

Sony D-Z555

Philips CD380

JVC UX-1

Goodmans One Ten

Bryan Mark III Model 500/700

Taking the hotel out of hi-fi • It’s instructive to explain – in our Ken’s words – to a ‘civilian’ just what, for decades, has been the premise for a hi-fi show, says Paul Miller. The look of incredulity suggests we must up our game…

Unplugged pleasures • Mixtapes make a comeback, the pursuit of truly live tunes and a fortune spun from selling fake LPs. Barry Fox looks back over a year that saw him offered a glimpse into the future of music too

Intelligence matters • From predictive playlists to authors’ protests… this year Barry Willis couldn’t help but notice the effect artificial intelligence is having on the arts. And music is at the centre of the controversy

Groovy gains • Adam Smith surveys 12 months of hi-fi happenings to bring you his personal hardware highs, but not before digging deep into the figures for software sales and vinyl’s continuing ascent

Improving prices • One company recently announced price reductions on some of its models. That’s welcome, writes Andrew Everard, but is it a sign of the times? And is more changing in the hi-fi world?

One that got away • Peter Quantrill can’t leave 2023 without flagging up the set that has been on and off his player throughout the year – eight CDs of chamber music, orchestral works, piano pieces...