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.

JAN/23

NEWS • We reveal the latest products and upcoming events

Audio Video Show, Warsaw

Mini adventures • The Fall to Fugazi, Beastie Boys to Billy Bragg… the mini-album has been used to kickstart careers or capitalise on the promise of projects to come. Johnny Sharp brings you his pick

The hi-fi news & 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

Wilson Audio Alexia V • It’s V for Victory as Wilson’s Alexia loudspeaker is more than simply ‘tickled-up’ with a host of detailed revisions

ALEXIA 2 VS ALEXIA V

RICARDO FRANASSOVICI

WILSON AUDIO ALEXIA V

SME Model 12 MK2 • SME’s flagship Model 60 turntable was more than an aspirational torch-bearer for the UK brand – it set the tone for revisions that will trickle down through the entire range

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING

SME MODEL 12 MK2

HiFi Rose RS520 • Combining the network streaming capability of the RS150 flagship with the GAN-FET Class D amplification of the RS180, the RS520 aims to be the ‘all-in-one’ for everyone

GRAPHIC GRAPHICS

HIFI ROSE RS520

Icon Audio ST40 MkIV 6L6 • Designer David Shaw has stripped the best-selling Stereo 40 tube amp back to its basics and replaced its KT88s with 6L6/KT66s for a less ‘power hungry’ musical experience

POWER SQUEEZE

ICON AUDIO STEREO 40 MKIV 6L6

Triangle Magellan Cello 40th Anniversary • Anniversary celebrations continue with this four-strong Magellan series and trickle-down from the ‘Grand Concert’

COOL UNDER PRESSURE

TRIANGLE MAGELLAN CELLO 40TH

Musical Fidelity M6x 250.7 • The Austrian brand’s first multichannel power amp is designed not just for home theatre systems but also to service bi- or even tri-amped stereo set-ups. Is this a trend?

CLASS WARS

MUSICAL FIDELITY M6X 250.7

Nagaoka MP-500 • The flagship of Nagaoka’s ‘Moving Permalloy’ range can trace its lineage back to ADC’s 10E pick-up from 1964. Has this top-of-the-range cartridge stood the test of time?

MOVING PERMALLOY

NAGAOKA MP-500

Simaudio MOON 250i • Traditional, all-analogue amplifiers have an advantage over their digitally-packed contemporaries as there’s simply less to go ‘out of date’! That’s the theory…

JOURNEY TO THE MOON

SIMAUDIO MOON 250I

Apogee BOOM • This 2+2 hardware/software audio interface was crafted with budding musicians, video producers and live streamers in mind. So, is there anything here for the audiophile?

CRAFT YOUR SOUND

APOGEE BOOM

Pablo Casals Cellist, conductor, Catalan • To focus on a few celebrated solo recordings is to miss the bigger picture of a complete musician, says Peter Quantrill, paying tribute to a cellist who played for Queen Victoria

The Beatles Revolver (180g) • Featuring sitar, violins, backwards recordings and some sage words from Peter Fonda, this 1966 album found the Fab Four firing on all cylinders, says Steve Sutherland

The B-52’s The B-52’s • When five young friends...