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

Greatest honour

It’s getting BTR all the time

Twin peaks

Sevens above!

Call to arms

Three of the best

End game

Spruced up

Bristol Hi-Fi Show 2023 • After a two-year hiatus due to you-know-what, the Bristol Hi-Fi Show has finally returned to the calendar with an impressive array of new products breaking cover

RECORD STORE DAY • 2023 The release list for the 2023 RSD Drop has been announced so we’ve virtually crate-dived to pull out some treasures and rarities for your delectation

Unique group tests • Hi-Fi Choice employs the most methodical test and measurement regime in the business. Here’s how we do it...

Head masters • CliffJoseph casts his expert eye (and ears) over headphones offering the best mix of audiophile sound quality and versatile connectivity features

Apple AirPods Max £550 • Apple set the trend with the original AirPods, but this over-ear model faces stiff competition from its rivals

Bowers & Wilkins Px8 £600 • Loudspeaker specialist B&W’s latest headphone sets a new standard for its popular PX range

Focal Bathys £700 • Focal enters the Bluetooth market for the first time, with its new headphone designed for sounds on the go

Mark Levinson No 5909 £1,000 • Luxury sound – with a luxury price tag to match – from this Bluetooth headphone debut

Master & Dynamic MW75 £550 • M&D introduces its new flagship headphone – offering both wired and wireless listening

Yamaha YH-L700A £500 • Yamaha’s ‘3D’ headphone doesn’t lose sight of the basics, providing good sound at a competitive price

Group test verdict • Wired, noise-cancelling, wireless – you’re spoilt for choice with this pick of audiophile headphones, but Cliff Joseph has no doubt about the winner

Top table service • Money may be too tight to mention, but should we win the lottery the W20SE comes right near the top of the wishlist

AND COUNTING • As HFC reaches the 500-issue milestone, we take a look back over nearly 50 years of kit, music, news, reviews and passion for sound

Open all hours • Grado’s take on a wireless headphone is different from the norm, but Ed Selley reckons it might be just what you need

Four-play • The Elex is the latest Rega amp to receive a refresh and EdSelley can’t help but wonder if it’s the company’s best update yet

Music of the spheres • As the Monty Python team was fond of telling us, now for something completely different. DavidVivian steps back in time

Loch and load! • Looking for record cleaning without the stress? Ed Selleytries out a considered solution from Germany

Try angular • Affordable hi-fi specialist Tangent has broadened its range into pre and power amps. EdSelley checks them out

Hi-fichoices

Setting up your turntable • Proper record player installation pays dividends when it comes to performance. It’s time to shine a light on the dark art

Vinyl: the next generation • A 2022 survey has found that, for a variety of reasons, youngsters as well as older generation music collectors are now buying vinyl. Neville Roberts digs into the data

Banned on the run • Following the decision of Welsh rugby to ditch Delilah from fans’ songsheets, Nigel Williamson struggles with the thorny issue of song lyrics being censored

Look out it’s the P word! • Dusting down his soapbox,...