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.

Welcome

HI-FI NEWS’ EXPERT LINE UP: THE FINEST MINDS IN AUDIO JOURNALISM BRING THEIR EXPERIENCE TO BEAR ON ALL AREAS OF HI-FI & MUSIC

New Nu-Vistas • RANGE-TOPPING PAIRING FROM MUSICAL FIDELITY WITH NUVISTOR VALVES AND OUTBOARD PSUs

Magico S3 reborn • CABINET, DRIVERS AND MORE UPGRADED

HI-FI NEWS’ NUGGETS

Double big Mac • MONOBLOCK BLENDS VALVE AND SOLID-STATE

Animal instinct • THREE-STRONG LOUDSPEAKER RANGE FROM TOTEM ACOUSTIC

iFi Audio makes the Link • DIMINUTIVE DAC/AMP TARGETS DEVICES WHERE 3.5MM IS MIA

S marks the spot for Rotel • JAPANESE MARQUE LAUNCHES FIRST EVER ‘ALL-IN-ONE’ AMP

HI-FI NEWS? JUST ASK…

Upcoming Events • IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR HI-FI DIARY

Audiojumble, Tonbridge

Under the covers… • Johnny Sharp on the creation of the sleeve artwork for Tapestry by Carole King

JIM MCCRARY

KING’S OTHER ’70S COVERS

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

Western Electric Type 91E • If you’re a fan of the legendary 300B triode, who better to produce an application for that valve? Western Electric’s 91E integrated amplifier may be your dream come true

FOUNDED IN SOUND

CHARLES WHITENER

Audiovector R 8 Arreté • For over 40 years and two generations, this family-run speaker specialist has epitomised the best of Danish design

AN AUDIENCE WITH AUDIOVECTOR

Lyra Kleos SL • Coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the company’s founding, Lyra introduces a refinement to the popular Kleos moving-coil cartridge – the SL with, yes, lower output

HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?

ELAC Miracord 80 • ELAC revived the Miracord name for its 90th anniversary with a brand-new turntable – a celebratory model now trickled-down into the new Miracord 80, complete with MM

UNTANGLING ELAC

Kroma Atelier Stella Xtreme • These ‘artisanal’ speakers hail from Spain and combine Purifi and Mundorf driver tech with Krion cabinets

PURIFI’S PROGRESS

HiFi Rose RS250A • Korea’s Citech group continues apace with yet another ‘full colour widescreen’ offering from its HiFi Rose brand – this time with an updated network-attached media hub

CONFIGURE YOUR ROSE

Constellation Centaur II Stereo • Available in both monoblock and stereo chassis, the Centaur II has been a mainstay of the Constellation range for over six years. It’s clearly not broken, so why change it?

QUASI-COMPLEMENTARY

T+A MP 200 • The final, or should that be first, component in T+A’s 200 series quartet is a CD-playing, network-attached media transport that boasts a proprietary ‘SYS-Link’ connection

POWERFUL PARTNER

Alta Audio Alec • Do your speakers make the earth move? If not then Alta Audio may have the answer with its XTL bass loading…

RADICAL TUNING

Shostakovich String Quartet No 3 • An overlooked masterpiece of the mid-20th-century – but how Soviet, or even Russian, should the Third Quartet sound?...