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.

Welcome

HI-FI NEWS’ EXPERT LINE UP: THE FINEST MINDS IN AUDIO JOURNALISM BRING THEIR EXPERIENCE TO BEAR ON ALL AREAS OF HI-FI & MUSIC

Flagship digital hub • NAD’S NEW PREMIUM STREAMING DAC/PREAMP AIMS TO IMPRESS BOTH VINYL LOVERS AND DIGITAL MUSIC FANS

Fishing for vinyl • DEDICATED PHONO STAGE FROM MOLA MOLA

HI-FI NEWS’ NUGGETS

Compact two-way • MICRO SPEAKERS FOR YOUR MICRO SYSTEM?

Viking power • MONO AMP ADDITION TO ELECTROCOMPANIET’S ‘CLASSIC LINE’

A torrent of tonearms • PRO-JECT’S NEW EVO RANGE RUNS TO 24 MODELS

Separates in synergy • MARANTZ AMP AND CD PLAYER MAKE A COMPLETE SYSTEM

HI-FI NEWS? JUST ASK…

Upcoming Events • INTERNATIONAL DATES FOR YOUR HI-FI DIARY

The UK Hi-Fi Show Live #1

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, throughout the magazine and on our website has been comprehensively reviewed (auditioned, photographed and lab tested) at our facility

Burmester 077/218 • Taking both aesthetic and design cues from the flagship 159 monoblocks, the 218 power amp is the German marque’s newest model, teamed here with the 077 preamp

BURMESTER’S 45 YEARS

Musical Fidelity M8xTT • Inspired by Musical Fidelity’s statuesque, near all-acrylic M1 turntable from 2004, the brand’s new owners have reimagined the design to partner its massive Nu-Vista amps

MUSICAL FIDELITY M1

Matrix Audio Element X2 Pure • Pure in name and hi-fi heart, Matrix Audio’s 10th anniversary Element X2 model loses its headphone amp but gains a pair of new, cutting-edge ESS Sabre DACs

RINGING THE CHANGES

Trafomatic Rhapsody • The latest addition to Absolute Sounds’ boutique ‘Ten’ range – the Trafomatic Rhapsody from Serbia – is a single-ended, 300B-based triode tube amp rated at a mighty 20W

TAP DANCING

SAŠA COKIC

Perlisten Audio S5t • Derived from Perlisten’s S7t flagship, and featuring the same DPC array, the S5t is simply more ‘user-friendly’

MULTICHANNEL TOO

MoFi MasterPhono • When vinyl king, MoFi, finally made the move into hardware it sought out designers of proven pedigree – the MasterPhono is scripted by none other than Peter Madnick

MADNICK’S MISSION

B&W 603 S3 • Series 3 sees the eighth generation of B&W’s evergreen 600 series, headed here by the 603 S3 floorstander

BREAK UP BLUES

Denon DNP-2000NE • Following hard on the heels of Denon’s DCD/PMA-1700NE SACD player/amplifier, this new network-attached DAC brings a host of streaming options – including HEOS

HEOS HUB UPDATE

Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker • Christmas entertainment, orchestral showpiece or a human drama? This farewell to the stage is all three, says Peter Quantrill, as he sits down with boxes of Sugar-Plum Fairies

ESSENTIAL RECORDINGS

Sly And The Family… Anthology • This album showcases the rule-breaking, genre-busting band in their prime, says Steve Sutherland, as he soaks up the sounds of its 20 songs, reissued on 180g vinyl

Pet Shop Boys Actually • Arriving just a year after their 1986 debut Please, the British...