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.

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Tube or transistor? • NEW C SERIES MODELS DEBUT APP CONTROL

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Old meets new • MISSION BOOKSHELF HAS CLASSIC APPEAL

BAT revisits solid-state • NEW PREAMP AND POWER AMP ADD TO TUBE-FREE CATALOGUE

ATC active standmount • LIMITED EDITION SCM20 CELEBRATES BRAND’S 50TH BIRTHDAY

Stratton’s in its Element • ULTRA-SENSITIVE TWO-WAY SPEAKER READY FOR ANY AMP?

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Axpona 2024

All-star anthologies • Rarities, remixes, outtakes and alternate tracks… Ken Kessler picks his way through the latest single-artist compilation albums to bring you the perfectly curated must-have sets

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 examined and lab tested (including photography) at our facility

D’Agostino Relentless 800 • The hi-fi world’s most powerful amplifier – the aptly named Relentless – has spawned two new offspring, but the ‘baby brother’ of the duo still weighs in at 145kg apiece

DAN D’AGOSTINO

FEELING THE HEAT

LAB REPORT

Burmester B38 • German marque’s flagship B series floorstander offers smart bass-tuning potential. Is this the speaker for every room?

BASS TUNING

FELIX KOSLOWSKI

LAB REPORT

Dethonray Listening M1 • This boutique brand from China’s technology hub squeezes a truly high-end DAC and analogue headphone amp into a bijou, alloy enclosure. It puts the ‘mini’ into minimalism

PETITE POWERHOUSE

LAB REPORT

Canor Asterion V2 • This Slovakian brand’s premium phono preamp is an all-tube design – with transformer step-up for MCs – and one of the latest to jump aboard the ‘balanced bandwagon’!

MIND YOUR HEAD(ROOM)

LAB REPORT

B&W 702 S3 Signature • The ‘ultimate version’ of B&W’s 700 series flagship gets the Signature treatment, including two bespoke colour options

MASIMO CONNECTION

LAB REPORT

Clearaudio Concept Signature • Clearaudio’s entry-level deck for over a decade, the Concept is refreshed with ‘TSC’ (Tacho Speed Control) and speed selection, plus a selection of arms and cartridges

CONCEPT V2 MM

LAB REPORT

JBL CD350/SA550 Classic • With visuals inspired by JBL’s hi-fi products from the 1960s, the brand’s ‘Classic’ range of separates are populated by technology familiar to audiophiles some 60 years later…

SWITCHING CLASSES

LAB REPORT

Joseph Martin Kraus The Swedish Mozart • Centuries ahead of his time, Kraus was the master of Scandi noir, says Peter Quantrill, in a catalogue of symphonies and theatre pieces crying out for wider recognition

ESSENTIAL RECORDINGS

Jellyfish Spilt Milk • The San Francisco power pop band chased perfection on their second...