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.

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Welcome

Peak performance • A trio of speaker additions named after mountains

The difference is clear • New transparent turntable

Marks of respect • Trio of US amps arriving later this year

Play for today • UK cart launch

Luxurious listen • A brace of new products from iFi Audio

Grimm sales • Dutch phono/preamp import

Master pieces • Brace of new UK amps

The right direction • German entry-level turntable

The ultimate! • Soon-come DAP from South Korea

Three and easy • New British desktop speaker

Head of the table • Affordable turntable and speaker setup

Good four-tune • French bookshelf import

Ding dong! • New Bluetooth dongle

Art of noise • Stylish limited-edition goodies from B&O

Hear today… • Premium new noise-cancelling headphones

Famous five • Upgraded speaker range from Wharfedale

Feel the force • Compact power amp launches

Loud and clear • Speaker import from Denmark

Grand standing • Passive speakers from Germany

Highland special • Brand new flagship Scottish speaker

Evolutionary • Mid-range UK DAC

Open sesame! • Open-back version of US-made headphones

The fat lady sings… • New UK loudspeaker cable

X factor • Nick Tate reckons Ortofon’s latest addition – the entry-level MC X10 moving coil cartridge – is a punchy performer

Tiny dancers • Neat’s small speaker with big ambitions has received a refresh. Ed Selley sees if it still defies the laws of physics

Back in black • Denon’s updated earbuds provide an affordable option for everyday use. Cliff Joseph slips ‘em in

Feature comforts • Cliff Joseph checks out this supremely well-equipped all-in-one DAC, amp and Bluetooth receiver

Floating points • This latest upgrade for Michell GyroDec and Orbe decks has a touch of Tomorrow’s World to it. Ed Selley dons his lab coat

Back on tour • JBL’s feature-packed true-wireless earphones get an update. Ed Selley experiences the bells and whistles

Heavy hitter • MoFi’s SourcePoint standmount is hardly dainty, but its floorstanding sibling is a bruiser. David Vivian squares up to the 888

The big bang • Cliff Joseph discovers that B&O’s lightweight portable speaker really punches above its weight

Simply better • Nick Tate remembers Linn’s statement CD12 silver-disc spinner from the late-Nineties – a time when CD still ruled as a format

Model behaviour • SME’s turntable and tonearm evolution – revolution? – is complete with the launch of its new Model 8 and Model 60-inspired ’35, the latter equipped with Series Vi tonearm

“For us, the realistic reproduction of sound is the essential premise” • Starting out in New York in the Fifties, our journey takes us to Japan, the Netherlands and space. Meet Marantz…

“In pursuit of purity” • Sound Master Yoshinori Ogata explains the secrets behind Marantz’s magical mix of “art and science”

Your flexible friends • Neville Roberts traces the origins of the novelty flexible record, so often used for promotions, all the way back to its roots in late-Fifties Japan

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