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.

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Nagra sets the stage • MANUFACTURER GOES COMPACT WITH PLUG ’N’ PLAY PHONO PREAMP FOR MC CARTS

Valves for vinyl • MUSICAL FIDELITY EXPANDS NU-VISTA RANGE

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Piega’s Premium flagship • REVISED RIBBON FOR SIX-DRIVER, THREE-WAY FLOORSTANDER

UK-made titanium arm • CONNECTED-FIDELITY CF-1010 READY TO PARTNER TT HUB DECK

Lumin DAC has X appeal • TWO-BOX RANGE-TOPPER REBORN WITH CUSTOM CONVERSION

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Lights, camera, action… music! • Bob Dylan, fire-breathing dragons and a certain bespectacled wizard… Ken Kessler spotlights 20 recent stage and screen soundtrack albums available on vinyl and SACD

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

Quad ESL 2912X • As old as Hi-Fi News itself, Quad’s iconic full-range electrostatic stays fresh courtesy of new upgrades

Halcro Equinox • Aussie brand Halcro is in no rush – three years after the rebirth of its iconic turn-of-the-century Eclipse power amp, it has released a partnering preamp. Line-only, of course!

AVID Relveo/Altus V2 • This Cambridge-based turntable brand celebrates its 30th anniversary in style – the Relveo is its first ‘new’ deck design in 12 years, complete with 2nd-gen Altus tonearm

dCS Varèse Transport • Completing the now six-box Varèse ‘stack’, dCS’s latest CD/SACD transport caters for those who want physical media as well as streaming. But does it have a ‘sound’?

AudioSolutions Figaro M2 • New to the UK is this Lithuanian speaker brand with an artisanal approach. We hear its mid-level floorstander

Canor Virtus A3 • Celebrating 30 years since the launch of its first amplifier, Canor’s latest ‘Performance Line’ model is a novel tube/transistor integrated with touchscreen volume rotary

DALI Kupid • From the Danish loudspeaker brand that brought us the £85k KORE flagship comes this colourful pint pot with an arrow aimed straight at the heart of the budget scene

Topping D900 • Chinese brand Topping is a hi-fi forum favourite – with its flagship DAC packed with innovative technology and selling for under £2k, its reputation looks to be deserved

Atlas Ailsa Duo OCC • Scottish cables are made from stern stuff, and Atlas has created three ranges to match your system’s mettle.

Biber Rosary Sonatas • The summit of solo-violin writing before Bach, this 17th century cycle of devotional sonatas attracts highly individual responses on record, finds Peter Quantrill

ZZ Top Tres Hombres • Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard broke things wide open with this 1973 LP that corralled a mixture of blues, country and R&B into a new-fangled, rock’n’ roll stew. Just don’t mention the 1980s re-recorded version that sought to give it an MTV polish…

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