High End Week

Best high-end record players 2020: the ultimate turntables

Best high-end record players 2020: ultimate premium turntables

By Tom Bailey

Want the best possible sound from your records? These are the high-end decks that will deliver.

Best audiophile headphones 2020: the ultimate headphones

By Joe Svetlik, Andy Madden

Best Buys The best audiophile headphones, ranging from affordable to expensive high-end options, hit all the right notes.

Best Buys

We went to experience L-Acoustics' Island and Ocean and we were blown away

Listening to L-Acoustics' futuristic and fantastic 24-channel BluSpace Standard

By Becky Scarrott

Updated 30 years in the making, BluSpace 23.1 Standard delivers uncompressed audio on 24 independent playback channels.

Updated

50 of the best hi-fi albums for audiophiles

By Andrew Murphy

Whether you're testing a system, pursuing a topic for musical snobbery or simply want something new to listen to, we've created a list that'll be as good a place as any to begin.

That Was Then... Wilson Benesch A.C.T. One review

By What Hi-Fi?

Updated We revisit 1994 and an exotic pair of carbon fibre-clad floorstanders from British speaker brand Wilson Benesch.

Updated

Nagra: the military, movies, spying – and serious hi-fi

By Ketan Bharadia

Updated Nagra has a formidable high-end hi-fi reputation built on premium recording equipment for the broadcast and film industries.

Updated

French high-end firm Metronome introduces 'affordable' new CD player

High-end specialist Metronome launches 'affordable' Le Player 3 CD player

By What Hi-Fi?

Looking for a CD player that's extraordinary yet affordable? The Metronome Player 3 could be just the ticket...

12 of the world’s most expensive pairs of headphones

By What Hi-Fi?

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

By What Hi-Fi?

Audio Research’s range-topping CD9 SE CD player proves that adding valves to digital replay really can work wonders.

10 of the world's most expensive turntables

By What Hi-Fi?, Becky Roberts

We've rounded-up a selection of the world’s most expensive turntables, and they're quite a sight.

Best What Hi-Fi? Temptations of the past decade

The best What Hi-Fi? high-end products of the past decade

By Becky Roberts

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...

Leak is back – and the Stereo 130 amplifier is its first modern-retro masterpiece

By What Hi-Fi?

Promoted After a four-decade hiatus, Leak has been resurrected to bring retro style, classic audio engineering and cutting-edge technology to today’s music lovers.

Promoted

Hear the difference: TIDAL Masters tracks to give you a taste of MQA

By What Hi-Fi?

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.

promoted

Harman Luxury Audio: the home of high-end audio?

By Joe Cox

Some of the biggest names in high-end audio, all under one roof. We found out how that works and what's coming next.

Cambridge Audio Edge A review

By What Hi-Fi?

Cambridge’s range-topping integrated amplifier sets sky-high standards for the price.

Enjoy the best listening experience with the latest MQA partners and products

By What Hi-Fi?

promoted Thanks to MQA’s network of partners, you now have more choice than ever when it comes to listening to MQA audio.

promoted

10 of the world's most expensive stereo amplifiers

By Simon Lucas, What Hi-Fi?

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...