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

Dan dares • MONOBLOCK AMPS WITH EPIC AMBITION

Next-gen Auralic • ARIES AND VEGA UPGRADES ANNOUNCED

HI-FI NEWS’ NUGGETS

Route 66 for NAD • MASTERS SERIES GAINS FLAGSHIP ALL-IN-ONE

NuVista integrated reborn • 800.2 TUBE/SOLID-STATE HYBRID PACKS A 330W PUNCH

North stars from MOON • PRE/POWER, NETWORK DAC AND INTEGRATED AMP COLLECTION

Meet ‘The Converter’ • DAC/PREAMP WITH CUSTOM FILTERS OUT OF POLAND

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Stockholm High End 2023

International times • Tim Jarman has the story of Grundig’s DC International cassette format

LISTENING TO THE C 100

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

Döhmann Helix Two Mk3 • From the man behind the iconic Continuum turntable comes this next-generation range, under his own brand, incorporating a ‘negative-stiffness mechanism’ suspension

MINUS K

MARK DÖHMANN

MartinLogan Motion XT F200 • American marque’s flagship Motion tower is a three-way that showcases driver upgrades and a bold new aesthetic

OBSIDIAN FMT

Yamaha R-N2000A • Marrying old-school Yamaha looks with new-fangled digital functions, the R-N2000A streaming amplifier offers convenience in a package to delight vintage devotees

THE MUSICCAST LEGACY

Aurender N30SA • Aurender’s flagship two-box network music library isn’t the traditional PSU/player you might expect. Instead, the functionality is elegantly split between data in and data out

CONDUCTOR IN CONTROL

ARI MARGOLIS

Exposure 3510 Mono • Long-awaited, while the monoblock version of Exposure’s 3510 amplifier series looks just like its Stereo and Integrated models, in practice it is a new and highly refined amp

THE PERFECT PARTNER

VPI Goldy • Informed by the design of Audio-Technica’s AT-OC9 pick-ups and tuned to ‘hit the midrange’, is VPI’s latest cartridge collaboration a no-brainer for its turntable owners?

DIY OR OEM?

Epos ES14N • A mid-’80s audiophile favourite from UK brand Epos is reimagined by the go-to-speaker designer, Karl-Heinz Fink

BACK TO THE FUTURE

Edwards Audio IA1 • The high-value Edwards Audio range from Talk Electronics now includes no fewer than four integrated amps, the IA1 also equipped with motorised volume and remote control

TALK ELECTRONICS

György Ligeti 2001 and beyond • Peter Quantrill takes a personal journey through the music of a Transylvanian-born composer who defined the space age in sound and continued to discover new worlds

ESSENTIAL RECORDINGS

Hanoi Rocks Two Steps… • This fifth album by the glam rock/hair metal pioneers from Finland (and Leamington Spa)...