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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Hong Kong AV Show

Audio Video Show, Prague

Athens High-end Show

AVID Volvere SP

EAT Jo N°8

MoFi StudioDeck+

Pro-Ject Classic Evo

Sumiko Starling

Thorens TD 1601

EAR PhonoBox

MoFi UltraPhono & StudioPhono

Primare R35

Pro-Ject Tube Box DS2

PS Audio Stellar Phono

Aqua Formula xHD Optologic

Arcam CDS50

Balanced Audio Tech. REX 3 DAC

Bricasti Design M3

Innuos Statement

Lumin D2

MSB Discrete

Musical Fidelity MX-DAC

Simaudio MOON 780D v2

iFi Audio ZEN DAC

Lehmannaudio Linear USB II

Manley Absolute

Novafidelity HA500H

T+A HA 200

Arcam SA30

Audio Analogue Bellini/Donizetti Ann.

Audio Research REF160S

Chord Ultima Pre 2/Ultima 2

Constellation Audio Centaur II 500 S

D’Agostino Relentless

EAT E-Glo i

Exposure XM CD/XM5

Extraudio X250T

Hegel H95

Icon Audio Stereo ST30SE

Musical Fidelity M8xi

NAD Masters M33

PrimaLuna EVO 400

Primare PRE35/A35.2

Rotel Michi P5/S5

Simaudio 740P/860A 2

Yamaha C-5000/M-5000

Audeze LCD-1

Dan Clark Audio Aeon 2

Mysphere 3.2

Avantgarde Duo Primo XD

B&W 702 Signature

Duevel Venus

Franco Serblin Ktêma

Kii Audio THREE BXT

Kudos Audio Titan 707

Magico A1

Monitor Audio Bronze 100

Paradigm Persona 9H

PMC twenty5.26i

Scansonic MB5 B

Sonus faber Olympica Nova V

SVS Prime Pinnacle

System Audio Legend 40

Atlas Equator

Chord Epic USB

Melco S100

PS Audio Stellar Power Plant 3

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Sony PS-FL7

B&O Beogram 1800

JVC JA-S11

Leak Stereo 30 Plus

B&O Beomaster 2400-2

Keeping it real • At a time when listening to music, and optimising the potential of our hi-fi systems, is playing a vital role in sustaining our sanity, Paul Miller offers a very personal account of life at the coalface

Thinking small • Could the need for social distancing reward the serious listener with a return to smaller hi-fi shows, wonders Barry Fox, after he looks back over a year in which online innovation came to the fore

Losing my religion • Mulling over the upheavals we’ve experienced this year, Barry Willis finds himself questioning some of the tenets we audiophiles hold dear. Then came his encounter with a recalcitrant TV…

Talking shop • It was the year vinyl went virtual, says Adam Smith, as he picks over figures for record sales across the Pond and celebrates the turntables, phono stages and pick-ups that caught his ear

Something special • Ignoring the elephant in the listening room, the past 12 months have seen many hi-fi highlights, along with some lows, says Andrew...