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.

NOV/22

Power by PS Audio • FLAGSHIP PERFECTWAVE BHK 600 MONOBLOCKS

Audiojumble, Tonbridge

Playing doubles • One artist, four sides of vinyl–and even a dual-pack CD or two… Johnny Sharp looks at the history of the double album and picks out sets that reward from beginning to end

The hi-finews & Record Review Reader Pledge • 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

dCS Lina system • Aimed at very high-end headphone users, dCS’s Lina Network DAC, Master Clock and Headphone Amplifier might also be the ideal compact system front-end for audiophiles

Lowther Almira • One-time royalty of the horn-loaded full-range driver, Lowther is reclaiming its crown. We hear the ‘princess’

Exposure 3510 pre/power • Replacing the outgoing 3010 series with trickledown experience from the costlier 5010 range, Exposure’s 3510 stable just got busier with the launch of a new pre/power

Clearaudio Jubilee MC • Crafted as part of Clearaudio’s 40th anniversary celebrations, the Jubilee MC features the brand’s proven moving-coil mechanism housed in a ‘bullet-proof’ jacket

Canor Precision Tube DAC 2.10 • This Slovakian-built DAC retains the brand’s signature triode-tube analogue stage from the companion CD 2.10 disc player, but its digital engine beats to a very different tune

AVID Reference Three • The largest standmount in AVID’s all-alloy Reference range is bigger and heavier than most floorstanders…

Pro-Ject Debut PRO S • The longest serving, and arguably most diverse of Pro-Ject’s turntable ranges is the Debut, launched in 2000. Now there’s a new model, with an equally new S-shaped arm

Emotiva BasX TA1 • Better known for high-end behemoths, the US is also home to high-value hi-fi from Emotiva. We pick up the story as the feature-rich TA1 integrated replaces the TA-100

DS Audio ES-001 • Ever worried about off-centre LP pressings? Neither did we–until we tried DS Audio’s mind-boggling ES-001 Eccentricity Detection (and correction) Stabiliser

Dvořák ‘New World’ Symphony (No 9) • From walking sticks to sliced bread… the Ninth has been used to sell everything, not to mention cultural identities. Peter Quantrill returns to a landmark of the repertoire

The Staple Singers Be Altitude: Respect… • This uplifting R&B and gospel album from the family band was the highlight of a long career, evangelises Steve Sutherland as he hears the 180g reissue

The Stranglers The Raven • Psychedelic rockers? Punks? Flag-bearers for the New Wave? This fourth album from the UK quartet proved they could be all of the above and now ranks as one of their best, even if it meant their regular producer would walk away, saying they were ‘losing it’

Alternate Formate Discography

Polar Studios • Built originally for pop sensations ABBA, this studio inside a disused cinema has rocked to the sounds of Genesis, The Ramones and Led Zep. Steve Sutherland has the story

AUDIOPHILE: VINYL

AUDIOPHILE: DIGITAL

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