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.

MAR/25

ARC amp unleashed • REF 330M RAMPS UP THE TUBE POWER!

’Tosh box of tricks • ‘JUST ADD SPEAKERS’ AMP WELCOMES ALL

HI-FI NEWS' NUGGETS

See-thru sonics • NEW M SERIES DECK FROM MUSICAL FIDELITY

How low can you go? • PORTED OR SEALED, THESE SVS SUBS ARE READY TO RUMBLE

DS Audio’s touch of glass • NEW EQUALISER BLENDS TUBE TECH WITH OPTICAL CARTRIDGES

PMC looks to the future • PROPHECY SERIES ANNOUNCED

HI-FI NEWS? JUST ASK…

Upcoming Events • INTERNATIONAL DATES FOR YOUR HI-FI DIARY

Hi-Files Show ’24, Belgrade

One-channel wonders • From Sinatra to Buffalo Springfield, Otis Redding to Tangerine Zoo… Ken Kessler brings you 20 monophonic masterpieces that prove stereo is not always the superior choice

AUDIOPHILE VINYL

The hi-finews & Record Review & Reader Pledge • Hi-Fi News’ readers can take full confidence in the fact that every product featured on our front cover, across the magazine and on our website has been comprehensively examined (inc. photography), lab tested and auditioned at our purpose-built facility

Estelon XB Diamond Mk II • All six of Estelon’s ‘Classic Collection’ loudspeakers have been given a Mk II makeover, including the beautiful XB Diamond

EMM Labs DA2i • EMM Labs’ head honcho, Ed Meitner, played a pivotal role in the early days of SACD and that single-bit technology still informs the current, network-attached flagship DAC

Thiele TT01/TA01 • The man behind more than a few iconic and longstanding turntable designs – including Thorens – has distilled that lifetime’s experience into his own brand. Welcome, Thiele…

T+A Solitaire S 530 • Germany’s T+A has long been a champion of ‘line source’ floorstanders and its S 530 is the entry model to the concept

Musical Fidelity M8x Vinyl • The M series now has a new flagship – a fully discrete, fully balanced phono preamplifier with loading and gain options to accommodate a huge range of MM/MC pick-ups

Skyanalog G-1 MKII • Skyanalog’s mid-range G series is refreshed with MKII models boasting lower downforces and impedance, with little impact to output or tracking. We test the entry model…

PS Audio Stellar Strata MK2 • Based on the same ICEpower Class D amplifier module as the Stellar Strata, the ‘MK2’ trades streaming functions for an MM/MC phono stage. But power is increased…

KEF Q11 Meta • Now in its ninth iteration over nearly 35 years in production, the Q series gets a ‘MAT makeover’ headed by the Q11 tower

Charles Ives American visionary • Modernist, patriot, man of faith, insurance broker: a new box illuminates one of classical music’s most singular voices, and his recording legacy, explored by Peter Quantrill

John Cale Fear • The Velvet Underground founder’s fourth solo LP is the perfect distillation of his genre-crossing genius, says Steve Sutherland, as he faces up to the 180g reissue

Genesis Selling England… • Released in 1973, this very-much-progressive album from Genesis – with two tracks clocking in over the ten-minute mark – was intended to ‘protect and preserve’ English culture in rock music. Yet it also exposed the band to a wider audience

PRODUCTION...