Hi-Fi Choice

Hi-Fi Choice is the essential guide to audio excellence in the home. It is a no-nonsense guide to the finest products available, from vinyl and valves, to multi-channel digital audio and high-fidelity video. Hi-Fi Choice sorts the best from the rest with rigorous test processes and a highly experienced team of reviewers.

Welcome

Naim of the game • Brand new range and limited-edition releases from UK company

Head start • Flagship analogue headphone amp from iFi

Surreal deal • New floorstanders and headphones from Denmark

SONNY ROLLINS BOXSETS! • Vinyl and CD boxsets up for grabs of the legendary jazz saxophonist’s Go West!

Prodigious! • Two new speakers from the UK

Strike the right Chord • New pair of amps from the UK

Coming soon... • Early news of a new network streaming transport from Korea

Classical gas • Handsomely expensive new update for an Italian master

Punky retro party • Neat turntable from Thailand

Orange crush • A brace of new Bluetooth speakers from the ace amp manufacturer

New generation • High-end release from Swiss giant

Poetry in motion • Limited-edition retro beauty from Denmark

Reborn to be wild

It’s (nearly) showtime!

Unique group tests • Our Group Tests are supported by rigorous and exhaustive listening tests carried out by experts

Music and movement • Cliff Joseph ditches the cables as he puts six true wireless in-ear headphones through their paces on road, rail and in the sky

Apple AirPods Pro (2nd generation) £250 • Apple’s uber-earbuds continue to improve, but non-Apple users still aren’t invited to the party

Audio-Technica ATH-TWX9 £280 • So much more than an Apple clone, AT’s earbuds use hi-res drivers to provide excellent sound quality

Bowers & Wilkins Pi7 S2 £350 • The most expensive offering provides attractive sound quality and an innovative ‘semi-wired’ mode

JBL Tour Pro 2 £250 • Decent battery and a versatile case ensure that many travellers will want to take the Tour on their tour

Logitech Zone True Wireless £320 • A newcomer to the audiophile market, Logitech’s Zone provides good sound and impressive digital features

Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 3 £230 • Third time is the charm for Sennheiser’s in-ear headphone with a bigger sound and smaller price

Group test verdict • All of these in-ear headphones have their strong points, but for Cliff Joseph there’s a clear winner for sound quality and all-round value for money

Vinylista’s Valhalla • From the man behind the iconic Continuum turntable comes this next-generation range, under his own brand, incorporating a ‘negative-stiffness mechanism’ suspension...

Cartoons • The Vestia range arrives featuring design input from the company’s automotive division. Ed Selley takes it for a spin

Flying high • Nick Tate starts to feel his age as he takes the sleek new KT-200 turntable from young pup Kestrel Audio for a spin

DAC’s entertainment • A high-end DAC with 3.5mm and 4.4mm headphone outputs at a low-end price, Cliff Joseph catches up on a few zeds

Cheap thrills • Nick Tate steps out of the boardroom and is pleasantly surprised by Edwards Audio’s new entry-level integrated amplifier

Make space • Sonos embraces Dolby Atmos and spatial audio for its new flagship smart speaker. Cliff Joseph finds himself surrounded

Glow with the flow • NickTate finds himself warming to the classic charm of English Acoustics’ latest valve amplifier, the Stereo 21c

LETTERS

Headphones • With more headphones to choose from than ever before, how do you tell your circumaurals from your noise...