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

Room pleasers • ‘Reinvented’ Brit compact speaker range

Fret happy • Guitar-inspired limited-edition headphones

Shoot for the moon • Extremely limited-edition new UK high-end DAC, pre and power amp

Heaven sent • Flagship Brit series redeveloped

Highly intelligent • A brace of new streaming speakers

Braid in Britain • High-end braided interconnects

Moving on up • New wireless ‘phones

The missing Link • Affordable ways to upgrade your kit

They will rock you! • Affordable retro phones

Power arrangers • A couple of new source regulators

Summer stunners • New speaker range from France

Small wonder • Affordable new DAC/headphone amp

Twin peaks • Two new pricey American floorstanders

Core values • US headphone import

Five alive • Scots active bookshelf speaker

Diva Las Vegas! • High-end French speaker imports

Sign of the times • New UK integrated amp and CD player

Bold play • New NTS radio player

Just got lucky • Affordable ‘phones with ENC

Name of the game • High-end Danish speaker import

Eighties throwback • Beeb-inspired new Brit monitor

Top Forty • Brit series-completing affordable floorstander

Shard core • Most speakers don’t look like these svelte, almost triangular contenders, but they conceal a rare sonic talent says David Vivian

Play time! • BA’s entry-level DAC and headphone amp takes a different approach to audio bliss. Ed Selley shakes it down

Nice cubes • Nick Tate finds much to like about this cute, quirky, hand-made mini-monitor

Lift off! • Devialet’s updated earbuds offer great sound and features at a (surprisingly) competitive price. Cliff Joseph slips ‘em in

DAC’s the way to do it! • Eversolo’s take on a DAC is one that differs from almost anything else on the market. Ed Selley says vive la différence

Have it large! • Bigger is definitely better for Denon’s new flagship smart loudspeaker. So says HFC home boy Cliff Joseph

Raider of the lost ARC • The CXN100 was already very capable, but Cambridge has given it the Special Edition treatment Ed Selley sees how special it is

The Italian job • …But not quite as we know it. David Vivian comes to terms with an Italian classic that’s had a characterchanging sonic reboot

Air apparent • This latest TechDAS turntable sees all the core technologies of its premium models, including an air bearing and vacuum LP hold-down, engineered into a compact chassis

Gekko Cables • Floaters equipment supports

Furutech • Flow-28 NCF inline power filter

False pretences • Creative marketeers have always used the dark arts to make their bands popular. Steve Sutherland looks into some of the dodgy ways bands make it big these days

Billion dollar baby • If recent reports are to be believed, it appears that vinyl sales topped a billion dollars in 2025. Neville Roberts wonders if this is a record

Hi-fichoices • YOUR LETTERS & QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Musicreviews

Qobuz playlist SEPTEMBER • This month’s pick of the best happening tunes to stream in hi-res from Qobuz

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