High-end specialist Metronome launches 'affordable' Le Player 3 CD player
Looking for a CD player that's extraordinary yet affordable? The Metronome Player 3 could be just the ticket...
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3 dream stereo systems for lovers of high-end hi-fi
These are three of the best high-end hi-fi systems a year's wages can buy.
10 of the world's most expensive turntables
We've rounded-up a selection of the world’s most expensive turntables, and they're quite a sight.
Cambridge Audio Edge A review
Cambridge’s range-topping integrated amplifier sets sky-high standards for the price.
Hear the difference: TIDAL Masters tracks to give you a taste of MQA
promoted High-quality music can now be streamed thanks to MQA-powered TIDAL Masters. So why not try it? We have picked some of our favourites to give you a taste of MQA technology.
That Was Then... Wilson Benesch A.C.T. One review
Updated We revisit 1994 and an exotic pair of carbon fibre-clad floorstanders from British speaker brand Wilson Benesch.
Listening to L-Acoustics' futuristic and fantastic 24-channel BluSpace Standard
Updated 30 years in the making, BluSpace 23.1 Standard delivers uncompressed audio on 24 independent playback channels.
Nagra: the military, movies, spying – and serious hi-fi
Updated Nagra has a formidable high-end hi-fi reputation built on premium recording equipment for the broadcast and film industries.
12 of the world’s most expensive pairs of headphones
Whether you demand premium materials, 3D-printed grilles or simply the sweetest, most effortless sound around, these are some of the priciest headphones money can buy.
Audio Research Reference CD9 SE review
Audio Research’s range-topping CD9 SE CD player proves that adding valves to digital replay really can work wonders.
The best What Hi-Fi? high-end products of the past decade
In every issue of What Hi-Fi?, our Temptations section includes reviews of high-end products – we've picked 15 of our favourites from the last ten years...
Harman Luxury Audio: the home of high-end audio?
Some of the biggest names in high-end audio, all under one roof. We found out how that works and what's coming next.
10 of the world's most expensive stereo amplifiers
An amplifier is a key element of any hi-fi set-up, and so you don't want to scrimp. There are limits, however - limits that these amps all breach quite decisively...
July 2020 issue of What Hi-Fi? out now: the high-end special
The July issue features the best amps, streamers, turntables, speakers and headphones your money can buy. And many it can't.
7 examples of high-end audio engineering to savour
Hi-fi with clever engineering solutions that leave us applauding in admiration.
Audio-Technica Kokutan / ATH-AWKT review
Audio-Technica’s Kokutan range-topping wooden headphones are a mightily tempting, but pricey, proposition.
10 of the most collectable (and valuable) vinyl records
You could be sitting on a small fortune if you have one of these vinyl records in your collection.
12 of the world's most expensive loudspeakers
Prohibitively expensive speakers but no harm in a little window-shopping...
10 of the craziest-looking high-end hi-fi products on the planet
Expensive kit that has to be seen to be believed: integrated amps, turntables, DACs, CD players, reel to reel recorders and preamps we can't stop staring at.
