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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HI-FI NEWS’ EXPERT LINE UP: THE FINEST MINDS IN AUDIO JOURNALISM BRING THEIR EXPERIENCE TO BEAR ON ALL AREAS OF HI-FI & MUSIC

Copland flagship

Super Audio Mac • MCINTOSH LAUNCHES NEW CD/SACD PLAYER

HI-FI NEWS' NUGGETS

Focal’s crown • ‘HIGH-END’ CELESTEE HEADPHONES ARRIVE

DAC to the future? • LPCM-ONLY ‘LEGACY DAC’ FROM MERASON OF SWITZERLAND

Custom-tuned iFi • ZEN DAC AND ZEN CAN UPGRADES TO ‘SIGNATURE DISHES’

Blast from the past • MORE VINTAGE-INSPIRED HI-FI FROM JBL

HI-FI NEWS? JUST ASK…

Under the covers… • Johnny Black on the creation of the iconic artwork for the sleeve of The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s

THE PEPPER LEGACY

COVER STORIES

Rock ’n’ roll reads • Barry Fox brings you his pick of the books that offer insights into audio

MUSIC STREAMING…

SIX OF THE BEST…

Jadis JPL MkII/SE300B & DeVore Fidelity O/96 • First from a hand-selected portfolio of ‘artisan’ Hi-Fi separates, this pairing of low output tubes with high sensitivity speakers boasts a very special synergy… and sound

JADIS JPL MKII/SE300B

JOHN DEVORE

DEVORE ORANGUTAN O/96

Thorens TD 148A • Fully auto turntables went out of fashion in the late ’70s but Thorens has the history and experience to revive the format. Is the TD 148A in the vanguard of a new trend?

THORENS TD 148A

Sonus faber Maxima Amator • First floorstander in Sonus faber’s Heritage range takes its Electa Amator III standmount and raises it up high

SONUS FABER MAXIMA AMATOR

Rotel Michi X3 • The ‘entry-level’ model in a range of two new, fully-featured Michi integrateds, the X3 is a distillation of Rotel’s award-winning pre/power design with astonishing power on tap

ROTEL MICHI X3

Canor CD 2.10 • What is the connection between this Slovakian-built CD player/DAC and global turntable giant Pro-Ject, and does its triode tube output stage give it an edge?

CANOR CD 2.10

AVID Boron • AVID’s trio of MCs are distinguished, principally, by choice of cantilever. The mid-range model uses boron in place of ruby, saving a whopping £2000. Is this the sweet-spot?

AVID BORON

Octave Audio V70 Class A • Stalwart of Germany’s single-ended tube scene, Octave Audio also produces hybrid and push-pull amplifiers, including the ‘Class A’ V70 integrated featured here

OCTAVE AUDIO V70 CLASS A

Cambridge Audio SX-80 • Designed by Cambridge Audio’s in-house team in London, the refreshed SX-80 is a big speaker on a small budget

CAMBRIDGE AUDIO SX-80

Igor Stravinsky 50th Anniversary • When the Russian composer Stravinsky died in April 1971, he left a legacy of definitive recordings. Half a century on, Peter Quantrill finds that his music lives beyond his time

Suede The London Suede • Steve Sutherland looks back to the ’90s and a group heralded before they’d even released a record. Some thirty years on, their debut LP is reissued on 180g vinyl

The Doors The Soft Parade • In 1969 the band were riding on the success of a hit single and would play a concert at Madison Square Garden, but the year also saw the singer’s arrest, cancelled shows and The Soft Parade,...