hi-fi+ Magazine      January 2026

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How Do Audiophiles Attract A Younger Audience?
The high-end audio industry needs to get the new generation aboard.
Editorial By Alan Sircom
According to science-fiction timelines, 2026 plants us in the middle of several dystopian eras. We're lodged somewhere between Soylent Green, Highlander II: The Quickening and Children of Men. So... Happy New Year! In fact, stepping away from international geopolitics and staying in our audio-enthusiast, music-loving lane, things look a lot better. Spotify is rolling out its lossless service to ever more countries, joining Qobuz and Tidal in delivering quality streaming. Meanwhile, LP leads the field in physical formats once more, but reports of CD's demise are greatly exaggerated, and seeing the re-emergence of tape shows people still love listening to music in any way they can. We're also seeing improvements in good audio equipment across the board, too. While it's easy to focus on the big ticket equipment, it's not hard to find outstanding audio products at every price point. And yet, audio companies keep spouting the same mantra; 'how do we attract a younger audience?' Every company is looking for that magic combination of interface, performance and design that will unlock an audience of Generation Alpha buyers.
---> How Do Audiophiles Attract A Younger Audience?

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Equipment Reviews
10 MOON 371 Network Player / Amplifier

23 Wilson Audio Sabrina V Floorstanding Loudspeaker

35 Unitra WSH-805 Integrated Amplifier

46 Davone Reference Three Floorstanding Loudspeaker

56 Audiobyte SuperVOX Digital-To-Analogue Converter

65 Eversolo T8 Streaming Transport

75 Hana Umami Black Moving Coil Cartridge

81 Meze 99 Classics (2nd Gen) Headphones

90 Audio Origami PU8 Tonearm

96 AudioQuest Brave Heart Loudspeaker Cables

102 OePhi Kali Cable System

Tech Talk Features
17 MOON
Dominique Poupart On The MOON 371

31 Wilson Audio
Daryl Wilson On The Sabrina V

41 Unitra
Wiktor Schulfer On Reinventing Unitra

51 Davone 
Paul Schenkel On The Reference Three

61 Audiobyte 
Nicolae Jitariu On Developing The SuperVOX

71 Eversolo Spring Meng
On Digital Audio In The Mid 2020s

78 Hana Masahiro Okada
On Excel Sound's Legacy

87 Meze Antonio Meze
On Remastering The Classics

95 Audio Origami 
Stephen Cosh On 20 Years Of Tonearms

100 AudioQuest
Bill Low Talks Mythical Creatures And More

104 OePhi Joakim Juhl
Ttalks About Kali's Development

Competition
118 AIM NAX
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Music
109 Music Reviews
Contemporary, Classical, And Jazz Music

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119 Advertiser Index

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