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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Four-way flagship • ELAC RELAUNCHES CONCENTRO RANGE WITH M 807 FLOORSTANDER

V for victory? • RANGE-TOPPING SUBWOOFER UNLEASHED

Amp in fifth gear • MEET GRYPHON’S NEW CLASS A POWERHOUSE

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Mid-range MCs • X MARKS THE SPOT FOR ORTOFON QUARTET

Luxman celebrates 100 • BLACK EDITION MODELS AND MORE IN ‘CENTENNIAL’ SERIES

Lateral thinking for LPs • FLAGSHIP SOULUTION TURNTABLE SPORTS MOVING PLATTER

Rotel amp with DX factor • NEW-LOOK RANGE CONTINUES WITH DX-5 INTEGRATED

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Upcoming Events • INTERNATIONAL DATES FOR YOUR HI-FI DIARY

THE Ukhi-fi SHOW The ultimate high-end hi-fi experience Live • First hosted at the prestigious Ascot Grandstand in 2019, the UK’s dedicated high-end audio show returns in 2025 with the ‘who’s who’ of world-class hi-fi

High End, Munich 2025

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Devialet Astra ‘Opéra de Paris’ • Fifteen years after the French boutique brand stunned the hi-fi world with its unique ‘Analogue/Digital Hybrid’ D-Premier amplifier, the technology gets a reboot… and an app

Technics SL-1300G • A half century on from its launch, Technics’ latest SL-1300 turntable is still a direct-drive design featuring an S-shaped tonearm, but the tech has evolved beyond compare!

Michell Apollo/Muse • With a history stretching back 60 years, the brand responsible for the iconic Reference Electronic and GyroDec turntables launches a new phono preamp. And it’s a knockout!

Nagaoka MP-700 • Decades of precious jewel/ceramic engineering and cartridge manufacturing gel in Nagaoka’s new flagship that takes the ‘moving-permalloy’ principle to new heights

Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista 600.2 • Sharing the same casework as its Nu-Vista PRE and 800.2 amplifiers, Musical Fidelity’s ‘lower powered’ 600.2 nuvistor/bipolar hybrid integrated is no less of a big beast…

Revival Audio Atalante 7 Évo • Big, bluff and promising plenty of bass from its 38cm woofer, the flagship of the French speaker company’s range combines an imposing presence with old-world charm

AirTight ATM-1e • How do you improve on a classic valve amp? Japan’s AirTight has been making its ATM-1 stereo power amplifier since 1986, and it’s now been revised for its third generation

Perlisten D15s • Leading the US marque’s range of certified ‘THX Dominus’ single-driver subwoofers, the D15s aims to keep its massive 380mm woofer on a tight leash via state-of-the-art DSP

Volumio Preciso • Streamer specialist Volumio claims ‘maximum audio integrity without excess’ in its first standalone USB DAC. With this elegant dual-mono chassis, it’s off to a fine start

Pierre Boulez Organiser of Delirium • There’s much more to Boulez than the abrasive provocateur, says Peter Quantrill, as he picks out highlights from a life’s work driven by an ambition to fuse poetry and music

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