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. 540 May 2026

Norses for courses • New Norwegian speaker range

Wonder wall • Easy-fit in-wall UK audio system

EX appeal • Japanese high-end MC cartridge

Perfect 10 • Range-topping handy turntable import

Music to your ears • Personalised digital audio player

Ahead of the game • Fourth addition to Signature headphone range

Stream of consciousness • Vintage-look network streamer

Four play • A quartet of new releases from iFi

Hear today • Romanian IEM import

Music and movement • Brand new DAP coming straight outta China

Compact and bijou • New Swiss compact player

Keeping it real • Tons of new cables from the US

Bet on Black… and Red • New range of connecting cables

A star is born • IEM support from Down Under

El Supremo • Big bucks, limited-edition Anniversary speaker

A dish called WANDLA • New import DAC/amps portfolio

Believe the hype • New UK cable range

The mighty swoosh • Neat Beats/Nike hook-up

Embracing the process • Expensive new Swiss audio processor

Spellbound • High-priced flagship US speaker

Step back in time • Nick Tate turns back the time machine and discovers NAD’s retro-styled integrated amplifier is more than just a pretty fascia

Back to the Nineties • The idea of a portable CD player in 2026 might seem insane, but Ed Selley thinks FiiO could be on to something here

Velvet wonderground • Recently launched, the ATH-ADX7000 is Audio-Technica’s new flagship headphone. Neville Roberts sees how it fares

One love • The smallest member of the prophecy range represents an ongoing evolution of a PMC classic. Ed Selley is impressed

Band aid • Nick Tate samples a deservedly popular accessory for Rega turntables

Low rider • David Vivian reckons subwoofers don’t have to be foundation rattlers as he asks the MiniVee X to play nice with his setup

Delta force • It’s the turn of the ‘domestic’ direct-drive Technics to receive the latest updates. Ed Selley goes for a spin

Bespoke fit • Audio Origami’s flagship tonearm is an awful lot of money, but Ed Selley feels it’s an awful lot of value too

Taste of the high life • The entry-level cart from AR is intended to give a flavour of its high-end offerings. Ed Selley luxuriates in the experience

King of swing • The first ‘entry-level’ D’Agostino amp was never going to be a budget offering, but the Pendulum integrated still nudges the dial in the direction of ‘affordable’. Start the clock…

“The design fundamentals of the Debut were simple but clever” • Launching a turntable when the market was moving to CD, Pro-Ject has played a huge part in the vinyl resurgence

“I am probably not supposed to talk about this model yet…” • Heinz Lichtenegger, CEO of Pro-Ject Audio Systems

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Factor One • BMU-2500SE balanced mains unit

T1N4 • Water mains power conditioner

The comeback kid • In the midst of the vinyl revival, it looked as though compact disc was on its last legs. But, as Neville Roberts reveals, there’s still life in the old dog

Sympathy for the ‘devil’ • Steve Sutherland reckons those who gripe on about RSD and its negative impact for regular buyers of...