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 • hifichoice.com Issue No. 512 March 2024

French connections • New speaker range from across the channel

Golden receiver • Limited edition audio player from A&K

American beauties • New speakers from the USA

Teutonic tones • New bookshelf speaker from Germany

Seventh heaven • New wireless buds

Amp it up! • First new range in over a decade

Winging it • New sports buds from Finland

Height of luxury • A trio of components from Japan

Swiss bank-buster • Pricey new analogue preamp

Bach to the future • Classy new ‘furniture’ speaker from Italy

Tubeway army • New components coming straight outta Oxfordshire

Gaining Momentum • A duo of new earbuds plus headphones

Upstream! • New player/streamer and DAC amp plus USB headphone DAC/amp

Swede sounds • New active speaker from Sweden

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

Into the groove • No record collecting audiophile sits on the fence when it comes to cleaning vinyl. Let these six ‘solutions’ join the RCM debate, says David Vivian

ON TEST

Degritter Mark II £2,540 • The Degritter’s name couldn’t be more at odds with its styling or the suave way it goes about its business

HumminGuru S-DUO £130 • If finding room for a full-size RCM is too much, this bijou ultrasonic solution might be all that’s needed

Keith Monks Prodigy Plus £1,200 • From one of the seminal names in record cleaning comes an RCM unlike any other, made from bamboo

Nessie Vinylcleaner Pro+ £1,600 • Here it is, your semi-automatic, RCM that has nothing to do with Scotland, but monsters the task

Pro-Ject VC-S3 £500 • Turntable giant Pro-Ject knows how to get the most out of vinyl and the same goes for its premium RCM

Spin Clean MK II £80 • A true original, the Spin Clean takes things back to first principles and is powered by pure elbow grease

Group test verdict • Alighting after a week on the record cleaning magic roundabout, David Vivian is ready to pick a winner from this fascinating group

The heaviest of hitters • Less is very much more in BAT’s flagship stereo power amp where its third-generation ‘SuperPak+’ PSU meets a fully balanced output stage featuring N-channel MOSFETs

Gradual evolution • The newest iteration of the 600 Series looks much the same as before, but Ed Selley finds small changes make a big difference

Pearly king? • With a new look and clever acoustic tech, Denon’s latest earbuds deliver striking sound. Cliff Joseph gives them a whirl

X appeal • This new top-of-the-range moving-coil cartridge from Vertere has Neville Roberts seriously impressed

Concrete plays jungle • The latest speaker from Rega isn’t simply all-new, it could be the template for future models too. Ed Selley listens in

Special one • Nick Tate auditions this interesting compact British floorstanding speaker that has nothing to do with fire starters…

Raising the bar • Cliff Joseph checks out these updated Bluetooth earbuds which provide impressive sound quality, but nothing in the way of noise cancelling

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