The essential guide to getting the best possible sound from your hi-fi, whether you're buying, tuning or tweaking...
Essex-based Monitor Audio has launched its new Gold Series 6G range of loudspeakers. There are half a dozen new models in this sixth-generation of the Gold Series boasting a new metal cone advancem...
Welcome to the November issue If you’re one among the many of us who’ve re-mortgaged the house in a bid to raise funds to pay for a rock superstar’s second divorce – aka trying to attend the Oasis...
The massive rise in popularity of all-in-one systems has been one of the key characteristics of the last decade and it’s easy to see why. The best of the crop don’t simply offer a range of features...
Hong Kong-based company OneOdio has announced the launch of a new open-ear headphone: the OpenRock X, designed to be used while exercising. At the heart of these buds is a custom dynamic driver and a...
There’s a lot to like about hybrids. In the past three decades I’ve tried valve, Class A solid-state, Class AB solid-state, and a combination of the first and last. Going totally thermionic is a big...
Californian company Rocksteady Audio has announced the launch of the newest version of its Stadium speakers and subwoofers – Rocksteady Stadium 2.0 – which it says will offer all the features of the...
Three years after releasing the commemorative Debut PRO (HFC 847) turntable, which was originally made to mark the company’s 30th anniversary, Pro-Ject Audio Systems is updating the deck with a new...
Japanese optical phono cartridge pioneer DS Audio has introduced its new entry-level DS-E3 cart, featuring the company’s third generation of optical cartridge technology. DS Audio explains that its...
KEF has traditionally focused on more conventional passive speakers for the bulk of its product lines. Its decision to create an active version of the LS50 was shaped not so much as a challenger to...
Zeitgeist Germany is: “on a mission to bring art and soul to the mundane world of in-ear monitors”. How is it going about it? “By creating high-quality, high-comfort IEMs from extraordinary organic...
Now that its consumer division is owned by Sonova, a Swiss company best known for hearing aids, the IE 300 could be one of the last products that’s produced by the traditional family-owned Sennheiser...
Cambridge Audio has unveiled its Evo One one-box wireless speaker, designed by Red Dot Award-winning designer Ged Martin. Taking the hi-res capabilities of the company’s Evo 75 and Evo 150 (HFC 477)...
If there’s one golden rule in hi-fi circles, it’s surely: ‘Always read the owner’s manual first’. For instance, you could spend ages trying to illuminate the VAC Sigma 170i’s iQ warning lights when a...
The Uk’s Monitor Audio Group has launched a new reimagined collection of Stax 2G high-fidelity furniture via its Blok brand. The units feature small, concealed, flush-fitting rubber bungs within the...
Notwithstanding the fact that the constant upgrading, development and introduction of new components is the absolute lifeblood of HFC, how these upgrades are often named can quite frankly be a copy...
Dyson has introduced its first high-fidelity, audio-only headphone: the OnTrac. Each ear cushion is crafted from ultra-soft microfibre and high-grade foam for comfort and acoustic seal. With multi-...
Why only a brief review for a meticulously made, high-end Swiss streaming conduit? It’s simple. No, that’s the reason. Making the Wattson Emerson Digital network bridge work is fall-off-a-log simple....
They’ve been very busy over at FiiO, where the Chinese company is launching its new DM13 Portable CD Player and K11 R2R Desktop DAC/amplifier. Featuring both 3.5mm single-ended and 4.4mm balanced...
While the look and feel of the A5 is very much that of the company’s A1 writ large, in practice the common ground diverges beyond the shared 28mm beryllium dome tweeter and use of 6061-T6 ‘aircraft...