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. 547 December 2026

Super Novas • A quartet of new UK subs

Do the twist • Headphones that turn into a speaker!

Have faith! • New music system and over-ear headphones

Power play • Japanese pre and power amp imports

Cool wool • Danish speaker gets a winter jumper

Tuk shop • A pair of Canadian powered speaker imports

Family fortunes • Four new products from Cambridge-based brand

Steady as she goes • New range of speaker stands

Magic numbers • US subs upgrade

Cool communicators • Debut of new wireless open-backs

Cartridge family • New Swiss phono stage

Northern light • Danish direct-drive turntable

Bundle up! • Ace UK cable deal

Showtime! • Refreshed UK cable range

Under control • Handy new Bluetooth remote

Round and round • Flagship over-ears from the US

On the up • Pair of Bluetooth transmitters plus an ingenious IEM cable

Season of the switch • Small MM/MC phono stage

Head spinner • New comfy over-ears and a CD player

Quality control • UK mains conditioning range

Ghost in the machine • New Canadian cable series

Head strong • Hot off the launch of its £4k-plus Phantom DAC/amp, here’s iFi’s more affordable option. Cliff Joseph gets to grips with it

Family affair • Marantz has been making amp and CD combos for decades. Ed Selley sees how the 70 Series fits into 2026’s hi-fi landscape

Power couple • David Vivian wonders if true high-end clarity and power can be had at a distinctly low-end price. Emotiva provides the answer

You tube • Musical Fidelity resurrects one of its most iconic Nineties designs. Nick Tate auditions the X-Tube valve buffer stage

Super troopers • Neville Roberts puts a pair of Fyne Audio’s uniquelooking S-Trax super tweeters through their paces

Silver service • Now eight generations in, The Silver 100 has a whole new form factor. Ed Selley sees how it shapes up

Party starter • Cliff Joseph checks out this affordable wired headphone designed for DJs, musicians and content creators

English Heritage • Wharfedale’s latest heritage speaker takes a different approach to the rest of the family. Ed Selley thinks it’s a rather good one

Sibling rivalry • Affordable floorstanders are rare things these days. Ed Selley thinks that the newly launched 3040c is a very welcome arrival

Sign of the times • Nick Tate sets the time machine for the Seventies as he takes this handsome, classic-styled turntable for a spin

Born in the USA • The American marque’s flagship pre/stereo power amps show plenty of refinements under the hood, while the new ‘Tectonic’ aesthetic promises ground-shaking sonics

QED • Performance Audio RCA interconnect

Black Rhodium • Minuet speaker cable

To have and to hold • Younger music devotees are looking for more from their music collection than simply the opportunity to listen to their favourite tunes. Neville Roberts joins the connoisseurs

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