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

Mission control • Freshly engineered step-up British speaker range

Alp yourself! • A pair of new affordable anniversary turntables from Switzerland

Ample assets • New upgrade to popular British integrated

Hi ho Silver! • All hail MA’s seventh generation speaker series

Sound and vision • Audio eyewear arrives in style

Feel the pulse • New portable Bluetooth speaker import from Asia

Fyne and dandy • Affordable new bookshelf speakers and stands from Scotland

Get your rocks off! • Whole new range of hi-fi kit from Monitor Audio off shoot

French connection • Fresh additions to the Aria K2 range

Slimline tonic • Ultra-skinny new home audio system

Audio on the go-go • New wireless cans from Japan

Pole position • New speaker range available from Canada

Alien invasion • New high-end headphones from Romania

Action-packed super hero • Boasting extraordinary power with exquisite tube finesse, BAT’s new VK-3500 integrated matches the brand’s REX 3 triode preamp with a beefy solid-state output

Old’s cool. • The new Dynaudio Heritage Special. Classic premium hi-fi, handmade with love in Denmark.

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

The next level • We’re moving on up with this gathering of phono preamps, each promising to make the most of your vinyl investment. David Vivian takes them for a spin

The Wand EQ £1,400 • There’s always room for a magic box in a roundup and, hailing from Down Under, this one fits the bill rather well

Agena £3,950 • Leema really has thought of everything with the Agena, but – as ever – sound quality is at the top of the list

Chinook £2,700 • Manley isn’t a household name in the UK, but its valve expertise has been celebrated Stateside for years

PH 9.0 £2,900 • This two-box combo from the States looks like the quietly spoken type, but underestimate it at your peril

Nu-Vista Vinyl £3,300 • It’s an awful lot of premium preamp for the money, but has the Nu-Vista Vinyl got it where it counts?

Aura £4,000 • In any analogue arena, Rega always has skin in the game, and posh phono preamps are no exception

Group test verdict • After a week of dividing his time between DIP switch dominoes and on-the-fly load fettling, David Vivian is ready to reveal his thoughts on a bruising battle

A master stroke • Trickle-down technology at its finest, DS Audio’s DS 003 photo-electric pick-up borrows from the Grand Master

Chop and change • A&K’s ongoing mission to provide buyers with a range of choices reaches new heights. Ed Selley gets his modules out

Beat this… • New affordable in-ears from Apple for high-quality sound on the go. Cliff Josephputs them through their paces

Go for gold • Leben’s smallest integrated amplifier is different to almost any other valve amp on the market and Ed Selley is rather smitten

RAD for it! • The RAD-0 is a planar magnetic headphone with a unique aesthetic detail. Ed Selley considers its inner and outer beauty

The famous Five • The largest member of the Lumina range is an imposing-looking speaker. Having met the rest of the family, Ed Selley takes it on

Bolt-on brilliance • The Debut Carbon Evo is a tremendously talented turntable,...