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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Naim’s New Classics • NEW 200 SERIES STREAMING PREAMP, POWER AMP AND OUTBOARD PSU MODELS FROM UK MARQUE

Denon disc player • CD/SACD PARTNER FOR PMA-1700NE AMP

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The new wave • PS AUDIO FLAGSHIP DSD-BASED DAC REBORN

Speakers pay Homage • SONUS FABER REVISITS LONG-RUNNING PREMIUM LINEUP

A&K’s DAC ’n tube amp • COMPACT HEADPHONE AMP/DAC/PLAYER ADDS TUBE STAGE

Retro vinyl style from JBL • TT350 PRIMED FOR PAIRING WITH CLASSIC SERIES AMPLIFIERS

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Stories from the studio • Barry Fox on books that reveal how our favourite recordings were made

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Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista PRE/PAS & PSUs • Look familiar? This new four-box pre/power stack from Musical Fidelity shares the styling of 2014’s Nu-Vista 800 integrated, but is it a high-end contender? You bet it is!

B&W 703 S3 • The third iteration of B&W’s 703 floorstander is the first to feature the brand’s iconic ‘tweeter-on-top’ module

Aurender W20SE • Pitched as ‘the music server against which others are judged’ and featuring a battery supply, 4TB SSD storage, a 1TB cache and custom upsampling, this is no idle boast

Pro-Ject Audio Systems X8 • Inspired by the longstanding Xtension 9 turntable, the new X8 features a 9cc EVO arm with balanced connections to better serve the ‘bundled’ Ortofon Quintet Blue MC

Boulder 866 • Boulder by name and industrial design, the 866 integrated is no mere rolling stone. With optional streaming and huge power under the bonnet, it’s an unstoppable force

DeVore Fidelity O/93 • The smaller of DeVore’s ‘Orangutan’ loudspeakers still achieves that elusive goal of offering high sensitivity and an amp-friendly load, but without full-fledged horn-loading

McIntosh MI502 • With its rack-mount ‘ears’ and 2U chassis, Mac’s MI502 amplifier has its sights set on the custom install market. But is this Class D powerhouse also a treat for purist stereophiles?

iFi Audio NEO Stream • Built into the same chassis as the NEO iDSD, with the same DAC onboard, this new version loses the headphone amp in favour of a bespoke, app-driven streaming platform

Supra Sword Excalibur • Sweden’s Supra brand was in the vanguard of the cable revolution in the late ’70s so its new and vibrant Excalibur flagship is no mere stab in the dark.

L’homme armé From Josquin to Jenkins • Peter Quantrill listens back to five centuries of Mass settings and 50 years of recordings and asks how did one French folk song become the seed for an entire musical genre?

Steely Dan Can’t Buy A Thrill • Musically accessible, lyrically inscrutable, and buoyed by stellar session work, this...