Hi-Fi Choice - August 2022

Bu konuda

In Hi- Fi Choice this month:
HiFi Rose’s RA180 integrated amplifier, SME’s Model 60/Series VA belt-driven turntable/tomearm, iFi Audio’s ZEN One Signature DAC, Astell&Kern;’s AK UW100 Bluetooth earbuds, Eclipse’s TD307MK3 single driver desktop speaker, Philips’ Fidelio T1 Bluetooth earbuds, Q Acoustics’ Concept 50 2.5-way floorstanding loudspeaker, NAD’s c399 integrated amplifier and a Group Test of six floorstanding loudspeakers priced between £500-£950 featuring Acoustic Energy’s AE109/2, Fyne Audio’s F302i, JBL’s Stage A190, Klipsch’s R-600F, Monitor Audio’s Bronze 200 and Wharfedale’s Diamond 12.3

Here's looking at you, punk!

Steampunk styling meets luxury audio as the master of touchscreen streaming launches one of the most eccentric-looking, tactile and flexible all-analogue integrated amplifiers HFC has ever seen

9 mins

Take the floor

Looking for speakers that don't just do bass but continue to sound better as your system improves? David Vivian doesn't have the answer, he has six of them

10+ mins

A vinyl-lover's perfect dream

This icon of British hi-fi celebrates its own diamond jubilee with a new super-expensive flagship turntable, which means - amazingly - that the very best just got even better

8 mins

Signature dish

The ever-expanding ZEN range gains another member and Ed Selley thinks this one might be one of the best yet

2 mins

Ton up!

A&K enters the Bluetooth market for the first time, with this affordable earbud offering. Cliff Joseph gives it a workout

3 mins

About time

It's taken Eclipse seven years to update its TD307 desktop speakers, but David Vivian believes it's been worth the wait

2 mins

Higher Concept

The Concept 50 puts the basics of the outstanding Concept 30 into a floorstander. Ed Selley finds out if it is as talented

5 mins

Wide load

The flagship of NAD's classic range borrows from the Masters Series and Ed Selley thinks the results are seriously impressive

3 mins

One for all

Nick Tate remembers the striking-sounding Nineties Marantz CD-72 Bitstream silver disc spinner

5 mins

CHARIOTS OF FIRE

The legendary composer and man behind some of the best film scores, Vangelis had a singular vision. Nigel Williamson honours the recently departed electronic music innovator

8 mins

Hi-Fi Choice dergisindeki tüm hikayeleri okuyun

Hi-Fi Choice Magazine Description:

Hi-Fi Choice is the essential guide to getting the best possible sound from your hi-fi, whether you're buying, tuning or tweaking... It has a no-nonsense approach to reviewing the finest audio products available, from hi-res streaming and downloads to CD, vinyl and valves. Hi-Fi Choice magazine has been at the forefront of audio equipment reviews and buying advice for 40 years and no other magazine has the same passion for sound that we do!