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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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Monitor Audio Hyphn • They started out as a Concept, and have become a reality combining a skeletal form and novel engineering solutions – but do they sound as other-worldly as they look?

PS Audio DirectStream DAC 2 • It’s arguable that the best high-end DACs all feature custom upsampling and conversion architectures – nothing ‘off the shelf’! PS Audio has been part of the club for a decade…

Synthesis Action A100 Titan • From the bottle-focused Italian marque comes an amplifier combining a quartet of power tubes, per side, plus onboard USB DAC, making it more integrated than many…

KEF Reference 5 Meta • The ‘Blade’ models fly the flag for KEF’s speaker tech, but its Reference 5 offers a more accessible route to ‘high-end Uni-Q’

Hegel P30A/H30A • Dubbed ‘The Conductor’ and ‘The Orchestra’, respectively, Hegel’s replacements for the decade-old P30/H30 pre/power amplifiers are flagships worthy of their names

Auralic Aries G1.1 • Based on the Tesla G2 platform used in Auralic’s premier G2.1 range, but lacking the box-in-box build and some circuit detailing, the Aries G1.1 remains a top-flight streamer

D’Agostino Progression S350 • Taking inspiration from the industrial design and key circuit features of D’Agostino’s Momentum series, this second-gen Progression amplifier may upset its own applecart

EarMen ST-Amp • Based in Chicago but with manufacturing in Serbia, the EarMen brand is developing its range at pace. The new ST-Amp DAC/headphone unit is a ‘back to basics’ audiophile hit

Mahler Symphony No 5 • Abstract statement, or central chapter in a musical autobiography? Peter Quantrill sifts the recorded legacy for answers to one of Mahler’s popular but most enigmatic pieces

The Ruts The Crack • The anger-filled debut from the English punk/reggae group sparked fans far and wide, and a near 30-year search for the original cover art, says Steve Sutherland

Kraftwerk Autobahn • Once described as ‘spineless’ and ‘emotionless’, this almost entirely instrumental 1974 album from the German electronica pioneers is now heralded as a classic, and one whose influence can be heard on music stretching from David Bowie to Daft Punk

Windmill Lane Dublin • Opened in 1978, this studio is where Kate Bush, The Cranberries and U2 created songs that sold worldwide. Steve Sutherland goes to the...