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Hi-Fi Choice

Mar 01 2025
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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.

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Welcome • hifichoice.com Issue No. 525 March 2025

Maker’s mark • Soon-to-come new powered speakers from Japan

Three’s company • FiiO gets busy with a trio of brand new products

Disc jockey • Brand new CD player

The Ultimate • Wireless bookshelf speaker for late Summer

Party on, dudes! • A trio of new good-time speaker imports

Top-tables • Three new affordable UK decks and a stabiliser

A bigger splash • Bluetooth in-ears for sporty types

Mat’s entertainment • UK-made stabiliser and mat to enhance record playing experience

Viva la Evolution! • Three turntable variants from Pro-Ject

Follow the leader • New “reimagined” UKmade speaker cable

Highland swing • Retro-styled Scottish speaker range

Cheer up! • A bunch of Swedish headphone imports

Triple whammy! • Customisable streaming processor from America

Inch perfect • US in-ear monitor import with Nine Inch Nails’ approval

The sound of colour • Introducing a bundle of affordable products from the US

Fatal attraction • Why exactly should one consider demagnetising an LP? Neville Roberts seeks to set the record straight

Flex appeal • Mark Craven puts the latest of Emotiva’s many affordable products through its considerable paces

The contender • There’s probably never been a better time to buy a budget standmount speaker, but is the R-60M the one? David Vivian finds out

Freshly laundered • Fresh from updating the SL-1200, Technics has created the more ‘domestic’ SL-1300G. Ed Selley takes it for a spin

Max Headroom • iFi’s latest portable powerhouse gets a dual-DAC upgrade. Cliff Joseph signs up for the ride

Head first • To celebrate 50 years since its debut headphones, AT unveils this open-back offering. Neville Roberts sees how it fares

Double decker • David Vivian wonders if a smaller, more affordable version of MF’s double-plinth flagship turntable sounds as good as it looks

Tangerine dream • REL’s T/9x subwoofer gets a multicoloured Special Edition makeover. Living basshead Richard Stevenson checks it out

Spaced out! • Neville Roberts slips on a set of Audeze ’s latest flagship planar magnetic headphones to see how they fare

Think inside the Box • Not content with having a turntable for every occasion, Pro-Ject has unveiled a new CD-fronted system. Ed Selley checks it out

Freshly laundered • Clean records are vital to the best analogue performance, so Ed Selley sees how this interesting two-stage solution scrubs up

Having it large… • Flagship of the new KORE-derived Epikore range, DALI’s big floorstander boasts impressive tech and in-room presence

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Silence is golden • Tinnitus is one of the most common problems associated with hearing and can interfere with our enjoyment of music. Neville Roberts listens in to the latest research

The life of a record • As a friend is reunited with some long-forgotten, albums Steve Sutherland savours the personal stories hidden inside every vinyl collection

Hi-fi choices • YOUR LETTERS & QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Musicreviews

GIK Acoustics • 6A Alpha Pro Series Panel Diffusor/Absorber

Black Rhodium • Groove Tonearm Cable

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