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.

Welcome

Audio-dacious! • First launches from brand new flagship range

Head masters • New headphone from Japan

Boxing clever • Two new amps from Austria

Tape it to the limit • New carbon fibre tape reels

London calling • Portable speaker born in Brixton

Hot source

Making the grade

Elexion time • Rega’s renovated stereo integrated amp

Mission statement • Complete makeover for an Eighties classic

Hang on! • New wallmount addition to speaker system

The A-team

Modern vintage • Integrated amp from revitalised classic British brand

Get ready to rumble! • New headphone lets you feel the music

The bird’s the word • A brace of ornithologically-themed headphones from China

Sparkling dual • Compact mono amp boasting valve and solid-state crossover tech

Flash and carry • New headphone amp from South Korea

It’s a kind of magic • Bank account-busting flagship floorstander

Vinyl virtuoso • Tracing its lineage back to 1964, does the flagship offering from Nagaoka’s ‘Moving Permalloy’ range still stand the test of time?

Unique group tests • Our Group Tests are supported by rigorous and exhaustive listening tests carried out by experts

Get smart • Whether you need a compact main system or sound in another room, premium wireless speakers have much to offer says Ed Selley

Bluesound Pulse 2i £750 • Thanks to the outstanding BluOS platform, your finger won’t need to be anywhere near the Pulse 2i

Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin £700 • Widely available at a reduced price, this highly capable B&W offering looks like very strong value indeed

Denon Home 350 £600 • This smartly-finished speaker exudes a quiet competence that many will find irresistible

Elipson W35+ £900 • The striking-looking W35+ presents a different but compelling take on the wireless speaker ideal

Naim Audio Mu-So Qb 2nd Generation £800 • The Naim might be small, but it packs a hefty punch and a formidable all-round specification

Technics Ottava FSC-C70MK2 £800 • Introducing a rather different take on the wireless speaker concept with some unique features

Group test verdict • Six innovative wireless speakers, but there can only be one winner. Ed Selley walks us through the final standings

Model of excellence • New turntable that benefits from a trickle down of engineering from SME’s magnificent flagship Model 60

Cocobolo chorus • Grado expands its RS range with a headphone that offers some twists on its classic recipe. Ed Selley tests the results

Loud and clear • Cliff Joseph takes this powerful, portable DAC with 4.4mm headphone output out for a test drive and gives it a proper going over

New baby • Jamo is reborn, and with it comes a new speaker range. Nick Tate wets the head of this entry-level standmount

Melody maker • We’ve had a taste of Melody’s entry-level tube amp. Now it’s time for something a little more serious reckons David Vivian

Top loader • Nick Tate remembers Cyrus’ fine-sounding, unique-looking dAD7 CD spinner from the heady days of the Nineties

DESTINATION: STROUD • Outsiders, weirdos, miscreants and beatniks – this one’s for you. Simon Berkovitch takes a trip from Ayler to Zappa at this new Gloucestershire hub of counterculture

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