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

Flying high • Classic iPod dock remastered

Gold standard • New top-notch precision MC imported to UK

More than zero • New player and in-ears from A&K

Go with the glow • New colour added to popular range of wireless headphones

Pearly king • Tiny new audio system from France

Evolutionary! • Valve amp expert PrimaLuna goes off-piste to produce its first hybrid

Connect and collect • New digital music library from Japan

Reaching the Klimax • Linn upgrades its Sondek LP12 turntable range

Quids in! • Marvellously expensive import preamp from the USA

Ahead of the curve • This hybrid electrostatic promises to deliver a taste of the range-topping Masterpiece loudspeakers at a more wallet-friendly price

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

Needle craft • As the record revival continues to go from strength to strength, Nick Tate compares six high-quality moving-coil cartridges for the more discerning vinylista

AT33Sa £679 • With a proud tradition dating back to the Sixties, expectations are high for this Japanese master

Delos £1,400 • Another cart from the land of the rising sun, the Delos’ skeletal design makes it stand out from the crowd

Umami Red £3,400 • Meaning brilliant and gorgeous in Japanese, can this Hana offering live up to the hype?

Cadenza Black £2,100 • Our first moving-coil cart not to hail from Japan comes with more than 100 years of Danish knowhow behind it

901 III £2,300 • We’re heading East again to sample an artisan cart that is lovingly produced by the hands of a true master

Zephyr MIMC Star £1,100 • The best artisan engineers that the US has to off er come together to hand craft this NYC superstar

Group test verdict • Six moving coils, five of which come highly recommended by Nick Tate, but which beguiled him enough to take the spoils of victory?

Rocking and solid • The aesthetic is stand-out, as is the heft and price of this pre/power amp combo from Boulder’s mountain-inspired range

Tubular belle • Melody might be a new name to the UK, but if this tube amp is anything to go by it will be sticking around predicts David Vivian

Blu notes • Bluetooth convenience meets wired quality in iFi’s new portable DAC/amp. Cliff Joseph is mighty impressed

Big fun • Can Acoustic Energy’s new AE320 successfully plug the gap between its budget and premium range? Nick Tate decides

Desk jockey • As Chord’s headline Ultima amplifier tech guest stars in Anni’s desktop chassis, David Vivian takes a listen

Diamond jubilee • The smallest addition to the 800 Series has some refinements not seen before at this level. Ed Selley judges the results

Silent night • As a new audio-grade computer network switch hits the market, Neville Roberts can’t help but rejoice in its glory

Retro rocket • Eltax remembers when speakers were wide, baffles big and drivers the size of dinner plates. David Vivian jogs down memory lane

Sabre of paradise • Vertere Acoustics’ ‘affordable’ cartridge makes some bold design decisions, but Ed Selley thinks they pay off handsomely

Little sluggers • Looking for a great deal of power from a fairly small box? Ed Selley takes a look at a pair of amplifiers that might fit the...