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

Second coming • Upgraded system from France

Mojo working • Updates to British-made DAC/headphone amp

Star player • Upgraded network player from Hong Kong

Premium league • New flagship floorstander from Switzerland

Wizards of Oz • New bookshelf and subwoofer from Adelaide

Get this party started • Bangin’ new portable Bluetooth speaker

Square deal • New UK power amp

40 not out! • Limited-edition integrated amp

Ahead of the game • A host of new releases from FiiO

Rega-nomics • New pre and power amps plus an updated moving-magnet cart range

Master crafts • Cart series and TRUE OPEN-AIR headphone launch from A-T

Titans of industry • Arty new soundbar and monster speaker from Denmark

Tiny titan • Arrival of the smallest Nu-Vista integrated amp

Boom! Shake the room! • Flash new French boombox and Duran Duran cassette player

Floor fillers • A brace of new headphones aimed at DJs

Boss level • Low-power turntable mains supply

Cutting edge • Value-for-money upgrade to UK speaker range

Fire away! • Scottish-made compact floorstander

We’ve got the power! • Swiss import power supply

Lounge wizard • Suspicion OePhi has taken its foot off the gas with its new standmount is allayed as David Vivian takes the Lounge 2 for a spin

Get the party started • Audio Pro updates its speaker range, starting with this compact, yet powerful option. Cliff Joseph gets down and dirty

Bigger brother • The SA35 is larger, cleverer and more capable than any Arcam Radia we’ve seen so far. Ed Selley explains how it stacks up

Moon dance • Nick Tate is impressed as he auditions Michell’s new Apollo high-end phono stage and matching Muse power supply

Just one Sonetto • The smallest member of the Sonetto G2 series is as elegant as ever. Ed Selley thinks it’s deceptively capable too

Parklife • California’s finest unleashes its headphone designed for studio and listening on the go. Neville Roberts puts it through its paces

Ruby Tuesday • Fresh out of the Vertere stable comes this new high-end moving-coil cartridge. Neville Roberts gives it a workout

Phantom of the opera • A spectacular overhaul to a long-loved wireless favourite gets an enthusiastic thumbs up from Mark Craven

Turn the air blu • Cliff Joseph discovers that this compact Bluetooth DAC provides surprising power and sound quality

Getting ahead • The DX5 II promises a specification that seems almost impossible for the £300 asking price. Ed Selley sees if it delivers

Walk like an Egyptian • Eye-catching, certainly, but what’s going on within is even more unusual. We do our best to unravel the riddle of the Sphinx…

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Pro-Ject • VC-E2 record cleaning machine

NODE Audio • SS-1 equipment support system

Bach to the future • It is widely known that music has a huge effect on the brain. Neville Roberts examines new research that uses familiar piano pieces to understand how it changes with age

Hi-fi choices • YOUR LETTERS & QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Music Reviews

Qobuz playlist FEBRUARY • This month’s pick of the best happening tunes to stream in hi-res from Qobuz

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