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

D’Agostino revamp • FLAGSHIP RELENTLESS MONO AMP RECEIVES ‘EPIC’ UPGRADE, AND BIRTHS NEW ‘BABY BROTHER’ STILL RATED AT 800W…

Full-house hi-fi • CD PLAYER COMPLETES EXPOSURE 3510 LINE

HI-FI NEWS’ NUGGETS

Upping the ante • Q ACOUSTICS’ 5000 SERIES GAINS TOP TOWER

Wharfedale does it again • SUPER DENTON CONTINUES SPEAKER MAKER’S RETRO REVIVAL

Flagship ’phone from A-T • KUROGAKI WOOD CHOSEN FOR PREMIUM CLOSED-BACK CANS

Hit the road with the M23 • FIIO’S DAP ALSO READY FOR HUNGRY AT-HOME HEADPHONES

HI-FI NEWS? JUST ASK…

Upcoming Events • INTERNATIONAL DATES FOR YOUR HI-FI DIARY

Oslo Hi-Fi Show 2024

Theme songs • It’s not just about the riffs but the plot twists too… Johnny Sharp on sets that make every chorus a cliffhanger as he brings you chapter and verse on the Top 20 concept albums

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 (including photography and lab testing) at our facility

Magico S3 2023 • A decade since the S3 was launched, and then surpassed by the MkII, this three-way has been reborn with trickledown tech from Magico’s flagship M9 loudspeaker

BRACE YOURSELF

LAB REPORT

PS Audio AirLens • The AirLens is a ‘network bridge’ between your choice of Roon, Audirvana, JRiver, Tidal Direct, Spotify, your NAS or any DLNA-compatible server, and PS Audio’s top-end DACs

MOUNT MASSIVE

LAB REPORT

Luxman L-509Z • Taking its cues from the industrial design and Darlington topology of the L-509X, the latest L-509Z variant demonstrates how subtle revisions can exert a big sonic impact

LUXMAN’S ‘LIFES’ STYLE

LAB REPORT

Goldring Ethos SE • The Ethos MC has waved the flag for UK pick-up brand Goldring for over five years, and now the design has been given the ‘SE treatment’ with silver wiring and more…

LOADED QUESTION

LAB REPORT

EAT C-Dur • Every product range has its sweet spot and the combination of EAT’s C-Dur deck with C-Note tonearm and optional Jo No5 moving-coil pick-up makes it the ‘plum’ choice

SET IN STONE

LAB REPORT

Rotel Michi P5 S2 • After a period of uncertainty, Rotel’s destiny is firmly back in its own hands with new distribution partners in the EU, US and now the UK, courtesy of SME-owner Cadence

ROTEL’S JOURNEY

LAB REPORT

Eversolo DMP-A8 • If ever the phrase ‘all-singing, all-dancing…’ could be applied to an audio streamer then Eversolo’s flagship model is the promise given form. The DMP-A8 should take a bow…

EVERSOLO APP

SCREEN TIME

LAB REPORT

Violectric DHA V226 • Hailing from the shores of Lake Constance in Germany, Violectric offers a wide range of headphone and combined DAC/headphone preamps. We dip our toes into its waters…

LAKESIDE ENGINEERING

LAB REPORT

Copland Appalachian Spring • A simple Quaker hymn...