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.

JAN/21

Cambridge clout • UK BRAND ANNOUNCES MONOBLOCK EDGE M POWER AMPS

Rare Sonus faber • IL CREMONESE EX3ME – 50 PAIRS ONLY

HI-FI NEWS' NUGGETS

Ferrum Hypsos • SWITCHABLE OUTBOARD PSU UPGRADE

Made for the black stuff • LEHMANNAUDIO’S BLACK CUBE II MM/MC PHONO STAGE

SVS on the SoundPath • INTERCONNECT AND SPEAKER CABLES TAKE ON THE HIGH-END

Luxury Alluxity • NEXT-GEN AMPLIFICATION FROM SON OF VITUS AUDIO

Portraits in jazz • Barry Fox on the music books that bring insights into audio

Repairing vintage hi-fi • Tim Jarman on the tools and techniques you’ll need to restore classic kit

Franco Serblin Accordo Essence • Accordo standmount gains a dedicated woofer and larger, floorstanding cabinet. Hey presto: the Essence

Mark Levinson No5105 • Mark Levinson’s second turntable, the No5105, has been designed to be a painless, all-in-one, ‘turnkey’ affair – but does it still tick all the high-end boxes?

Marantz SACD 30n/Model 30 • Trickledown engineering wins hands down as the core technology behind Marantz’s 12 series is buffed to a new polish, gaining network compatibility at an even lower price

Matrix Audio Element X • This unit may be compact, but it’s a highly comprehensive DAC/headphone amp/preamp, with full network audio capability encompassing a huge range of formats

Scansonic MB6 B • Bucking the trend – Scansonic goes for the slender, multidriver approach for its flagship design, to impressive effect

Audio Research REF 6SE • The REF 6 replaced Audio Research’s long-serving REF 5 tube preamp back in 2015 but five years of running production updates have now culminated in this ‘SE’ refresh

PS Audio Stellar M1200 • This flagship monoblock is not only more powerful but features signifi cant design enhancements over other Class D amplifiers in the Stellar range, including a tube input…

B&W 603 S2 Anniversary Edition • The flagship of B&W’s Anniversary Edition takes the range to a new price level, and promises performance to match

Rotel CD11/A11 Tribute • Without any sense of irony, the man most identified with rival brand Marantz for 40 years is posthumously recognised for his work in ‘tweaking’ Rotel’s budget CD and amp

Sir Charles Mackerras Conductor • Coming from Sydney to London with an ambition to conduct, his scholarship to study in Prague led to a passion for Czech music.

Donovan What’s Bin Did… • Steve Sutherland listens again to the debut LP that catapulted a teenage singer to stardom as over half a century later the album is re-released on 180g vinyl

Simple Minds New Gold… • The group’s fifth album was a turning point, paving the way for a career that would see them blossom from niche synth innovators to full-blown stadium rockers and in the process become the most commercially successful Scottish band of the 1980s

PRODUCTION NOTES

Alternate Format Discography

Rockfield Studios • Steve Sutherland kicks off a new series with the story of a farmhouse that became the world’s first residential recording studio, and a home to hitmakers for over 50 years

AUDIOPHILE: VINYL

AUDIOPHILE: DIGITAL

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