Hi-Fi Choice

Hi-Fi Choice is the essential guide to audio excellence in the home. It is a no-nonsense guide to the finest products available, from vinyl and valves, to multi-channel digital audio and high-fidelity video. Hi-Fi Choice sorts the best from the rest with rigorous test processes and a highly experienced team of reviewers.

Welcome

Audio Evo-lution • Cambridge Audio launches its new all-in-one music player

Good lux! • New luxury headphones from Bang & Olufsen

Tape that and party

Wood tidings

Sonic boom!

Power up! • Merason’s new PSU for its frérot DAC

Gold standard

Table’s turning

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RECORD STORE DAY 2021 - FIRST DROP!

Automatic for the people • Who wants the inconvenience of having to get up and lift the needle out of the groove at the end of every LP? Thankfully, Thorens has a retro solution to an age-old problem

Unique group tests • Our Group Tests are supported by rigorous and exhaustive listening tests carried out by experts

REFERENCE SYSTEM

Stand the test of time • The contest to deliver the best-sounding premium standmount has never been tougher and Ed Selley has been looking at six keen contenders

Bowers & Wilkins 705 Signature £2,700 • The Signature updates to B&W’s 705 have created a very compelling standmount indeed

Fyne Audio F1.5 £3,000 • The Fyne is small in stature, but much bigger in terms of charm and capability

JBL HDI-1600 £1,500 • It might be comfortably the most affordable speaker, but it more than holds its own in impressive company

PMC twenty5.21i £2,200 • PMC tweaks its recipe to deliver a compact but seriously capable speaker in the form of the 21i

Q Acoustics Concept 300 £2,500 • When is a standmount not a standmount? Q Acoustics pushes the concept to its limits with the Concept 300

Spendor Classic 3/1 £2,730 • The aesthetics might be a little ‘pipe and slippers’ for some. The performance is anything but

Group test verdict • An exceptionally capable selection of standmount speakers, all with some singular talents. Ed Selley picks his winner

Bottle rocket • Back under its own steam ARC lays out a blueprint for a thrilling future with the superb Reference 80S

Viva las Vega • Auralic’s Vega G2.1 is a highly capable single-box streaming DAC preamp, says a suitably impressed David Price

Three dimensional • A trifecta of products from three companies in three different countries, tied together by real-world inspiration. Ed Selley explains all…

When in Roam • Cliff Joseph hits the great outdoors and throws another shrimp on the barbie with this compact and versatile portable

Dutch master • Philips has thrown everything at this wireless ANC headphone, but does it actually sound any good? David Vivian reveals all

From Zerø to hero • David Price is mighty impressed as this hummingbird-inspired standmount hailing from New Zealand takes flight

Zen master • iFi‘s latest phono stage is very ambitious. Ed Selley sees if it lives up to the promise

Block busters • These mono block power amps will lead you into temptation, says David Price

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Hi-fichoice YOUR LETTERS & QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Bands on the run • Nigel Williamson mourns the lack of camaraderie in this year’s charts as he asks: where have all the bands gone?

Sound investment • Is the purchase of recorded music a wise investment? Neville Roberts certainly thinks so and if the current state of affairs is anything to go by, he isn’t alone

A TOKEN GESTURE? • To NFT or to not NFT? That is the question. So is it an art form? Is it...