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

Hi-Fi Show Live 2013-18

UK Hi-Fi Show Live 2019

AVID Boron

DS Audio Grand Master

Linn Majik LP12

Mark Levinson N°5105

Ortofon 2M Black LVB 250

Pro-Ject Debut PRO

Soundsmith SG/SG-230

Thorens TD 124 DD

VPI Prime 21+

Hegel V10

Musical Fidelity M3x Vinyl

Thorens MM-008

Zesto Andros Deluxe II

Audio Analogue AAdac

Auralic Altair G2.1

Cambridge Audio DacMagic 200M

Grimm Audio MU1

HiFi Rose RS150

Matrix Audio Element X

McIntosh MCD85

Meitner Audio MA3

Merason DAC1

Astell&Kern KANN Alpha

iFi Audio NEO iDSD

Naim Audio Uniti Atom Headphone Edition

SPL Phonitor xe

Audio Research Reference 80S

Audia Flight FLS 9

BAT VK-3500

Bricasti M20/M25

Boulder 1110/1160

Bryston BR-20

Cambridge Audio Edge NQ/M

Classé Audio Delta PRE/MONO

Copland CSA150

Engström ERIC Encore

Marantz Model 30

Mola-Mola Kula

NAD C 298

Pass Labs INT-25

PS Audio M1200

Rotel Michi X3

VAC Master Preamp & Signature 200iQ

Yamaha A-S3200

B&W 603 S2 Anniversary

Cambridge Audio SX-80

DeVore Fidelity O/96

FinkTeam KIM

Franco Serblin Accordo Essence

KEF LS50 Meta

Klipsch Heresy IV

Kudos Audio Cardea C20

Magico A5

MBL Radialstrahler 101 E MkII

Monitor Audio Bronze 200

Paradigm Founder 100F

PMC fact fenestria

Rogers LS5/9 Classic SE

System Audio Legend 60.2 Silverback

Wilson Audio SabrinaX

AudioQuest William Tell Zero

CrystalConnect van Gogh

Ferrum Hypsos

In-akustik Reference LS-204 XL Micro Air

Sony PS-Q7

Philips CD10

Sharp DX-411H

B&O Beomaster 6000 4Ch

Yamaha C-2a/M-2

Technics SB-7000

Weltanschauung • Has your ‘world view’ been altered by the seismic events of the last two years or, like Paul Miller, are you so immersed in the joys of our audiophile universe that nothing will dent your passion?

Thinking outside the box • Can traditional hi-fi dealers still compete in a world of cut-price online retailing boosted by the effects of the pandemic? Yes they can, says Barry Fox, as he looks back over the past 12 months

A note from midsummer • Barry Willis consults a number of industry observers in his quest to make sense of the year that’s been, and concludes that it was a tale of two online music ecosystems, one old and one new

Let’s get physical • It was another fine year for vinyl, says Adam Smith, who drills down into the sales of physical media before picking out those products that lit up his listening landscape this year

Low-cost champs • Another dozen months of listening and never a dull moment, says Andrew Everard, who is happy there’s always something to hold the attention and which is often highly affordable too

Pipe and slippers...