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.

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Acoustic Energy AE120

Bowers & Wilkins 603 S2 Anniversary Edition • Celebrating 25 years as the entry point to B&W’s speaker range, this floorstander has a suitably commendable sense of occasion

DALI Spektor 6

Falcon Acoustics IMF200 • Hearing a transmission line speaker for the first time can be a dazzling experience, even if you have to put it together yourself to do so

Fyne Audio F502SP • Will this hot-rodded version of Fyne Audio’s original floorstander have the required sonic change of gear to impress?

Neat Acoustics Orkestra

PMC twenty5.23i

Sonus faber Lumina V • The largest member of the Lumina range is an imposing-looking speaker. Having met the rest of the family, it’s time for big brother

Spendor D7.2

Triangle Borea BR08

Bowers & Wilkins 607 S2 Anniversary Edition

Bowers & Wilkins 606 S2 Anniversary Edition

Falcon Acoustics LS3/5a Gold Badge

Fyne Audio F1-8 • You might need to move a few things around to accommodate this giant standmount, but it’s well worth the eff ort

JBL L82 Classic

KEF LS50 Wireless II

Kudos Cardea C10

Mission QX-2 MkII

PMC twenty5.21i

Q Acoustics M20

Sonus faber Lumina II • Sonus faber has already impressed with its Lumina V floorstander, but can the smaller Lumina II bottle the same magic?

Spendor Classic 3/1

System Audio Legend 5.2 Silverback • System Audio has hard-bitten audiophiles in its sights with its box-reducing wireless speakers, but can they hit the spot?

Audio-Technica AT-LP5X

AVID Volvere SP • AVID’s philosophy of high-mass platter, suspended sub-chassis and torquey motor continues, and is mightily impressive

Edwards Audio TT4

Mark Levinson N°5105

Origin Live Calypso

Rega Planar 10

Technics SL-1200G

Thorens TD 1601 • One of the oldest names in Hi-Fi returns with a classic sub-chassis turntable from the seventies with 20th-century sensibilities

VPI Prime 21+

Balanced Audio Technology VK-3500

Copland CSA150

Electrocompaniet ECI 8OD • This new entry-level integrated promises more fans for the iconic Norwegian brand. Will you be among them?

Marantz PM6007

NAD D 3020 V2

Pass Labs INT-25

Rega io

Rotel A14MkII

Rotel Michi X3

Technics SU-R1000

VAC Sigma 170i

XTZ Edge A2-300 Edge A2-400 • If you’re looking for a great deal of power from boxes that won’t take up too much room, these might just have the edge

Arcam ST60

Auralic Vega G2.1 • Auralic’s Vega G2.1 is a highly capable single-box streaming DAC preamp that will leave you suitably impressed

Auralic Altair G2.1

Bluesound Node (3rd Generation)

HiFi Rose RS150 • With a design that rivals would be smart to emulate, this South Korean network-attached music player looks set to impress

Matrix Audio Element X • Forget the movie, this Matrix off ers a vision of functionality, where DACs, headphone amps and preamps live in perfect harmony

Novafidelity N25

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Qobuz Studio Premier

Tidal HiFi

iFi Audio Neo iDSD

iFi Audio Zen DAC V2

Matrix Audio Mini-i Pro 3

Pro-Ject Pre Box S2 Digital

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