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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Mk3 MaiA • THIRD-GEN COMPACT AMP FROM PRO-JECT

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Sensational spin • ANNIVERSARY TURNTABLE FROM ESOTERIC

KEF’s clever compact • LS50 WIRELESS II AND LS60 WIRELESS TRICKLE DOWN TO LSX II

T+A ‘wherever you are’ • T+A LAUNCHES SOLITAIRE T WIRELESS HEADPHONES

Bite-sized GO bar • IFI-AUDIO’S SMALLEST EVER USB DAC/HEADPHONE AMP

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Upcoming Events • IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR HI-FI DIARY

THEUKhi-fiSHOW The ultimate hogh-end hi-fi experience Live • Last hosted at the prestigious Ascot Grandstand in 2019, the UK’s dedicated high-end audio show returns in 2022 with the ‘who’s who’ of world-class hi-fi

High End, Munich 2022

Machine music… • From ’70s synths to vocodered vocals, British trip-hop to Detroit house… Johnny Sharp looks back over 50 years of electronic music to bring you the most influential recordings

The hi-finews Reader Pledge & Record Review • Hi-Fi News’ readers can take full confidence in the fact that every product featured on our front cover, throughout the magazine and on our website has been comprehensively reviewed (auditioned, photographed and lab tested) at our facility

D’Agostino M400MxV • A bigger PSU, more power transistors and a new input/driver stage – all inspired by the ‘Relentless experience’ – gives D’Agostino’s M400MxV monoblocks more Momentum!

ARE YOU WARM YET?

Rotel DT-6000/RA-6000 • Rotel remains a family-owned hi-fi marque that boasts a three-generation, 60-year history. Now it celebrates its Diamond Anniversary with a very fine disc player and amp

60 YEARS AND COUNTING

Vertere SG-1/SG-1 PTA HB • Based on Vertere’s flagship RG-1 Reference Groove turntable, and differing only in the bearing and platter, there’s a host of innovation in the brand’s SG-1 Super Groove…

PIVOTAL HISTORY

TOURAJ MOGHADDAM

Canton Reference 9K • This well-established German brand’s Reference K loudspeaker series starts off with a compact, but deep, standmount design and it sounds as polished as it looks…

TUNGSTEN TUNING

Nagra Classic Phono • Replacing the longstanding VPS, Nagra’s Classic Phono is not only significantly more flexible but its technical and sonic performance also marks an equally significant uplift

A FAMILY BUSINESS

Lindemann Musicbook Source II • Now in mkII guise, Lindemann’s network-attached DAC and analogue preamp sees a raft of internal updates and the promise of ‘production secured for upcoming years’

LINDEMANN APP

Perlisten Audio R7t • No mere trickledown, the R7t floorstander inherits a full flood of technology from its flagship stablemate

SILK ARRAY

iFi Audio xDSD Gryphon • Replacing both the xCAN and xDSD, iFi Audio describes the xDSD Gryphon as its most ambitious portable headphone amplifier yet. Is this another boost to the success story?

GRYPHON GROWL

Dimitri Mitropoulos Olympian maestro • Mentor to Bernstein and Karajan, controversial chief of the NYPO, Mahler pioneer, the Greek conductor is finally receiving his due. Peter Quantrill says it’s not before...