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.

Welcome

Pearls a’plenty • PERLISTEN INTRODUCES ‘MORE ACCESSIBLE’ R SERIES LOUDSPEAKERS

A new Performer • SPL EXPANDS PERFORMER RANGE WITH S1200

HI-FI NEWS' NUGGETS

Low-key launch • WILSON AUDIO’S TUNETOT GETS A SUB

A classic reborn • MISSION ANNOUNCES A REIMAGINED 770 LOUDSPEAKER

Chord’s PowerHAUS • CHORD COMPANY DEBUTS ITS FIRST AC DISTRIBUTION BLOCK

A curve for all occasions • AURORASOUND’S ALL-ANALOGUE REPLAY SOLUTION

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THE UK hi-fi SHOW Live • The ultimate high-end hi-fi experience

Florida Audio Expo 2022

Under the covers… • Johnny Sharp on the creation of the artwork for Wings’ album Band On The Run

SHOTS FROM HIPGNOSIS

WINGS COVERS

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KEF Blade One Meta • KEF’s flagship Blade cuts to the heart of the music, and with ‘MAT’ on board its edge has never been keener

SPECIAL SOURCE

JACK OCLEE-BROWN

Kalista DreamPlay XC • The first SACD player from French audio artisans, Kalista, is also this spin-off brand’s most comprehensive digital hub to date, with wired/wireless network streaming

MENU À LA CARTE

JEAN MARIE CLAUZEL

Primare A35.8 • With no fewer than eight channels (bridgeable to four), Primare’s most powerful amp to date will service the most ambitious bi-, tri- or quad-amp loudspeaker solutions

MULTICHANNEL POWER

T+A DAC 200/A 200 • Now a full quartet, T+A’s compact but beautifully formed Series 200 has expanded to include a media player, DAC/preamp and Purifi Eigentakt Class D stereo power amp

CONSONANT COEFFICIENTS

Canton Reference 7K • For 50 years and two generations Germany’s Canton has been building ‘audiophile’ loudspeakers. We catch up…

A HALF CENTURY OF SOUND

Ferrum ERCO • This Polish hotshot brand broke onto the audiophile scene with its programmable DC PSU, followed by the OOR headphone amp. Now, with DAC onboard, comes the ERCO

HEART OF IRON

AVID Ionic • The foundation of AVID’s MC pick-up range, beneath the Ruby and Boron, is the Ionic (not the ‘Alloy’!), and featuring more than a little artisan wizardry in its construction

TRAVELLING BY TUBE

Pro-Ject Audio Automat A1 • Austria’s vinyl juggernaut has leveraged German expertise to launch a series of fully-automatic turntables. The range starts spinning with the A1, inc. a built-in phono stage

PHONO ONBOARD

Ravel String Quartet • Young man’s music, emulating Classical ideals while coloured with wistfulness for something lost… Peter Quantrill on the recorded legacy of an elusive masterpiece

Karen Dalton In My Own Time • This 180g reissue of the American folk singer’s second – and final album – gives Steve Sutherland a chance to sample a voice that’s ‘best served with whiskey…’

Joni Mitchell Blue • After the end of her relationship with Graham Nash, the Canadian singer-songwriter...