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

Wireless for sound • Streamlined version of UK speakers

Ton up! • New network player from the UK

Great Scots • A duo of new speakers from Glasgow

Channel hopping • A brace of new amps from France

Boxing clever • Plug-and-play turntable system

Point of perfection • Special Edition moving-coil cart

Mini maestros • New wireless audio system

In bloom • New integrated amp from Korea

Super swish! • Stunningly expensive new speaker system from Kent

Spin doctor • New UK turntable offering

Altered states • A couple of new amps and a new music system from the US

Dancing on the ceiling • New ceiling speakers from Sonos

Northern lights • New collection from Canada

Deep filling • Classic UK speaker design reborn

Bristol Show 2024 CHOICE PICKS • Bristol ’24 was the usual hothouse of product releases and this year’s event revealed some interesting new arrivals. Ed Selley brings us the lowdow

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

Space invaders • Money’s too tight to mention, so they say. With this in mind, Nick Tate is tasked with sampling six of the best affordable, compact standmount speakers going

Acoustic Energy AE500 £1,050 • There’s no denying the provenance of this British company when it comes to small speakers

Bowers & Wilkins 707 S3 £1,300 • B&W’s entry-level offering is a conventional bass reflex design with some tech from further up the range

Monitor Audio Gold 100 5G £1,600 • Going for gold? If Monitor Audio has anything to do with it, it looks like fifth time is indeed a charm…

PMC prodigy1 £1,250 • The Professional Monitor Company has been making speakers for recording studios for over 30 years

Q Acoustics Concept 30 £900 • Good looks, great sound and knock-down price tag? It’s ticks all round for QA’s Concept standmount

Quad Revela 1 £1,800 • Coming in at twice the price of the cheapest offering and with heritage in spades, this is the one to beat

Group test verdict • After days of comparisons, Nick Tate works out the final ranking and discovers a worthy winner for this standmount shootout

Upstairs downstairs • Unusual, if not unique – does this Canadian company’s idea of stacking two speakers for each channel pay sonic dividends?

Gladiator, ready! • Nick Tate battles with this Roman-named, premium-priced floorstanding speaker

Walking the line • If you fancy a single-ended valve amp that can definitely pull the skin off a rice pudding, David Vivian reckons he’s found the answer

Red, willing and able • iFi Audio’s iDSD Diablo 2 aims to move head-fi to the next level. Jamie Biesemans takes it for a spin

Positively radiant • The first all-new Arcam range in a number of years is finally here. Ed Selley takes a gander at the flagship offering

Honor’s even • Honor’s entry-level earbuds provide a low-cost rival to Apple’s Airpods. Cliff Joseph puts them through their paces

Going solo • Having wowed us with the DMP-A6, Eversolo is back with an even cleverer box. Ed Selley finds out if it delivers

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