Hi-Fi News | January 2025
Vinyl & Record Reviews
With its wicked riffs and haunting hooks, the band’s second LP would launch them into hard rock’s premier league. Johnny Sharp on Black Sabbath’s 1970 LP Paranoid, p86. Iconic indie anthems, chart-topping 2-Tone tracks and unheard demos by Duran Duran... Steve Sutherland has the story of Highbury Studio, p92
Definitive product Reviews:
Crystal-clear sound from Pro-Ject’s XA B turntable, complete with a ‘balanced’ MM pick-up, alloy tonearm and record puck, p52. We have the first in-depth test of HiFi Rose’s flagship RD160 DAC. Will the masters of disruption create more waves? p66
Music:
Black Sabbath cast their reputation in metal with Paranoid, ourVinyl Icon, p86, while Steve Sutherland retraces Julian Cope’s journey as Saint Julian is re-released on 180g LP, p84
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Hi-Fi News January 2025.