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Review: Tim Jarman,  |  Apr 27, 2026  |  First Published: Jun 01, 2026
hfnvintageWith its gorgeous ‘music box’ styling and ease of use, the Pye Black Box – through its ten years of evolution – is considered by some to mark a cornerstone of consumer hi-fi

The Pye Black Box hi-fi record player was a milestone design which seems to have touched the lives of everyone involved in audio from the mid-1950s to the mid-’60s. It arrived at a time when quality listening was becoming a pursuit in itself but much of the equipment on the market was too complicated for the non-technically minded user. The Black Box, on the other hand, made everything simple – all you had to do was to put it somewhere, plug it in and off it went. At a time when even FM radio was a thing of the future its performance was a revelation. If you were a music lover who wanted something small and neat you simply had to have one.

Review: Andrew Everard,  |  Apr 27, 2026  |  First Published: Jun 01, 2026

This month we review and test releases from: Billy Hart, Ethan Iverson, Mark Turner, Ben Street; Chris Cheek; Later; Sankt Otten; and Charles Rouse

Peter Quantrill  |  Apr 27, 2026  |  First Published: Jun 01, 2026

This month we review: Quatuor Ébène, Belcea Quartet, Orch Nat Bordeaux Aquitaine/Bar Avni, Clayton, Aurora Orch/Collon, Ural Youth SO/Alexander Rudin

Steve Harris  |  Apr 27, 2026  |  First Published: Jun 01, 2026

This month we review: Five-Way Split, Jasper Høiby’s 3 Elements, Gregory Hutchinson, Walter Smith III

Mike Barnes  |  Apr 27, 2026  |  First Published: Jun 01, 2026

This month we review: Tedeschi Trucks Band, System 7, Alexis Taylor, Hammock

Ken Kessler  |  Apr 27, 2026  |  First Published: Jun 01, 2026

This month we review: Daryl Hall/John Oates, Andy Smythe, Van Halen, Yes

Ken Kessler  |  Apr 27, 2026  |  First Published: Jun 01, 2026

This month we review: Joe Pass, Joan Baez, João Gilberto, Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Peter Quantrill  |  Apr 27, 2026  |  First Published: Jun 01, 2026

An American opera buffa, a hot political satire, a show too big for 1956 Broadway... Leonard Bernstein’s take on Voltaire is all these things and more, says Peter Quantrill

Steve Harris  |  Apr 27, 2026  |  First Published: Jun 01, 2026

He wrote books on Beethoven and Berlioz while editing not one but two audio magazines. Former Hi-Fi News editor John Crabbe is fondly remembered by Steve Harris

Review: Adam Smith  |  Apr 27, 2026  |  First Published: Jun 01, 2026

From pen-knife engravings to felt tip pen, Adam Smith has become used to discovering traces of previous ownership on his secondhand hi-fi buys. If you must mark it, do it somewhere discreet...

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