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

Levinson swells • NEW PRE AND POWER AMPLIFIERS JOIN 5000 SERIES TURNTABLE AND STREAMING PLAYER

The grandest master • DS AUDIO REDEFINES THE ‘OPTICAL’ PICK-UP

A very big Mac • MCINTOSH LAUNCHES ITS LARGEST EVER INTEGRATED

Hi-res on the move • ASTELL&KERN ‘BLACK EDITION’ A&NORMA SR25 AUDIO PLAYER

Return of a vinyl legend • B&O BEOGRAM 4000C RECREATED LIMITED EDITION

Flagship of the Empire • MYTEK ANNOUNCES ‘COST NO OBJECT’ DAC/STREAMER/PREAMPLIFIER, POWERED BY ROON

HI-FI NEWS' NUGGETS

iFi signs off new DAC • NEW FLAGSHIP BATTERY-POWERED DAC/HEADPHONE AMP

A new Danish trio • SCANSONIC HD’S M-SERIES SPEAKERS HAVE EVOLVED

Smaller Spendor • SPENDOR’S S⅗ MINI MONITOR EVOLVES INTO CLASSIC ⅘

HI-FI NEWS? JUST ASK…

Hi-Fi @ Home revisited • Steve Harris talks to a reader whose system we featured back in 2010. Before we find out what changes he’s made, here’s how things were…

Top 10 open-reel decks • Ken Kessler brings you his guide to the best secondhand buys…

Wilson Audio SabrinaX • Five years on and Wilson Audio’s Sabrina earns its ‘X’ – an overhaul that raises the bar for compact floorstanders

Grimm Audio MU1 • The dedicated music server is in the ascendant, and every company has a different twist on the idea. In the case of Dutch company Grimm Audio, the twist is especially unusual

Hana Umami Red • From Japan comes an exquisitely finished flagship MC cartridge that’s cooking on gas when it comes to serving up full-flavoured sound. Is value for money on the menu too?

Pass Labs INT-25 • The typically modest, functional styling of this ‘entry-level’ mostly-Class A integrated amplifier belies its less-than-modest capabilities, with power and sound to spare…

Denon DCD-A110/PMA-A110 • A 110-year history makes Denon a record-holder in the hi-fi industry – and it’s marking that landmark with an Anniversary series that includes this very fine disc player and amp

Supravox Vouvray • This famous French brand was launched in 1956 – the very same year as Hi-Fi News – and continues to cut a very distinctive path. We test its latest tube/hybrid integrated

Lu Kang Audio Spoey230 • Designed and handcrafted by the father and son team at Lu Kang Audio, the Spoey230 is the heavyweight flagship standmount of this artisan range from Taiwan’s Taipei City

AudioQuest William Tell Zero • Hero of Swiss independence, and a dab hand with the crossbow, William Tell is now the inspiration for a speaker cable.

Pro-Ject Debut Carbon EVO • Launched in 1999, the original Debut turntable set the bar for starter vinyl packages. Twenty-one years later and the ‘Carbon EVO’ raises it to pole-vault standards…

Carlos Kleiber Conductor • Admired by his colleagues yet unpredictable for managers, he was a perfectionist who lived in his father’s shadow. Christopher Breunig looks back at this reclusive genius

Prince Sign O’ The Times • As this 1987 LP appears on 180g vinyl Steve Sutherland recalls his interview with Prince back in 1981. Did their meeting influence the singer’s signature behaviour?

Ry Cooder Paradise And Lunch • Session guitarist, composer of film scores...