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

Up to eleven • TOPPED BY R11 FLOORSTANDER, KEF R SERIES IS REBORN IN META GUISE

Sweet-spot hi-fi • AUDIOLAB 7000 SERIES TARGETS UPGRADERS

HI-FI NEWS’ NUGGETS

Beefy Burmester • SIGNATURE MONOS INSPIRE STEREO AMPS

Something for everyone • MEET MARTINLOGAN’S FOURTH-GENERATION MOTION SERIES

Swiss tubes touch down • TRIODE-BASED PRE/POWER AMP DUO FROM ZEILER AUDIO

Strong arm tactics • AVID HI-FI ADDS TWO TONEARMS TO VINYL REPLAY STABLE

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Florida Audio Expo 2023

A bit on the side • Multifaceted musicians have a history of breaking away from their regular groups to make music on the side, but which projects are worth pursuing? Johnny Sharp is your guide…

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

PS Audio aspen FR20 • Less than a year after PS Audio launched its inaugural loudspeaker, this flagship floorstander has already inspired a trickledown sibling. Will the FR20 unseat the FR30?

dCS Bartók APEX • Debuted in the flagship Vivaldi, and now trickled down to the Bartók, dCS’s APEX upgrade brings enhancements to the PSU, Ring DAC clocking and analogue output

Manley Jumbo Shrimp/Mahi • ‘Tubes Rule’ is the Manley Labs mantra as we catch up with an aquatically-inspired pre/monoblock combo that have been at the core of its range for the best part of 20 years

MoFi SourcePoint 10 • Hi-fi’s ‘go-to’ speaker innovator, Andrew Jones, is behind MoFi’s first loudspeaker – a robust standmount featuring a dual-concentric driver with nothing less than a 10in cone

Lehmannaudio Decade Jubilee • This artisan phono stage from Germany has been on a journey of refinement lasting rather longer than a decade, culminating, for the time being, in this Jubilee version

Lumin T3 • Arguably the ‘sweet spot’ in Lumin’s range of network-attached players, the new T3 retains the core features of its costlier models, including full use of the super-slick app

NAD C 3050 LE • It may look like the 3030 from 1976, but beneath the faux-retro exterior of NAD’s celebratory, limited edition C 3050 integrated beats the heart of a 21st century amp

Pro-Ject MaiA DS3 • Nearly ten years on from its first ‘My audiophile integrated Amplifier’, or MaiA, Pro-Ject launches its latest compact, but feature-packed, phono/digital integrated amplifier

Brahms Piano Concerto No 1 • Brahms the beardless, Brahms the keyboard revolutionary: the D minor Concerto sorts out pianistic sheep from goats. Peter Quantrill surveys almost a...