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.

DEC/25

Silver disc flagship • CD/SACD TRANSPORT ADDS PHYSICAL MEDIA TO DCS’S VARÈSE SHOW-STOPPER

Quad integrated • AMP HEADLINES BRAND’S NEW PLATINA RANGE

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Slim and sonic • SIMAUDIO MOON 371 COVERS ALL SOURCES

Gyro deck reimagined • COMPREHENSIVE UPGRADE FOR A CLASSIC TURNTABLE DESIGN

Float like a butterfly… • INNOVATIVE AIR-BEARING TONEARM TO MATCH TECHDAS DECKS

Digital music exposed • EXPOSURE INTRODUCES OUTBOARD DAC/DIGITAL PREAMP

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Upcoming Events • INTERNATIONAL DATES FOR YOUR HI-FI DIARY

UK Hi-Fi Show Live 25 #1

Discs of discovery • Various artists sets keep the variety levels high and boredom at bay, while being the perfect way to discover new artists and genres. Ken Kessler spins 20 of the latest

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, across the magazine and on our website has been comprehensively examined (inc. photography), lab tested and auditioned at our purpose-built facility

Sphinx Audio Element 3 • Eye-catching, certainly, but what’s going on within is even more unusual. We unravel the riddle of the Sphinx…

Pathos Acoustics InPoL Legacy • The Italian manufacturer has adopted a no-compromise philosophy for its flagship ‘InPoL’ amplifier – the result is a 140kg, all-analogue integrated blending tubes and transistors

HiFi Rose RS451 • Korea’s HiFi Rose continues to move apace as its second-gen streamer/DAC platform is trickled down within just six months to a more affordable but still fully-fledged solution

Takumi TT level 2.1DC • Electronic speed control, decoupled DC motor, all-acrylic plinth and platter, and custom titanium-tubed tonearm. Takumi is out of the blocks and racing into the lead…

MoFi SourcePoint V10 ME • The American manufacturer’s flagship floorstander adds two dedicated woofers, and ABRs, to its concentric driver array. Is this the bang-for-your-buck loudspeaker to beat?

Exposure 5510 • Leading the charge in Exposure’s flagship 5510 series is a new integrated amplifier that leverages technology from the 3510 monoblock. But what’s this… an OLED display?

Kensington Audio C-600 • From the Talk Electronics clan comes a range of MCs named after ‘one of London’s most iconic musical districts’. Fortunately, they cost less than a foothold in the Royal Borough!

Rotel DX-5 • Is the compact hi-fi form-factor witnessing a resurgence? Rotel certainly thinks so as its DX-5 ‘personal audio amplifier’ looks likely to be the first in a wave of bijou separates

Sir Roger Norrington Laughing cavalier of the baton • Peter Quantrill celebrates the work of a conductor whose crusade on behalf of ‘pure tone’ divided opinion but also changed the way we listen to music

Def Leppard Pyromania • Built upon the fire and fury of punk and metal, but infused with undeniable pop harmonies and meticulous production values, this game-changing 1983 LP from the Sheffield-based five-piece band set them well and truly on the road to global stardom

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