The current Hi-Fi News Yearbook “celebrates the hardware that sparked our senses and the music that stirred our souls throughout 2022.” Two “jewels of high-end audio” worth savouring – and, importantly, which won’t break the bank –  are from UK brand Exposure: the VXN phono and 3510 integrated amplifier. 

The VXN phono amplifier was created with the serious vinyl enthusiast in mind, and is designed to be partnered with Exposure’s VXN power supply, forming a two-box set-up in which the phono circuits are completely isolated from the power supply circuitry for the lowest possible noise and highest possible performance. For the absolute peak experience, two VXN power supplies can be used, one for each channel, in a three-box dual mono configuration.

“This phono stage can whisper delicately or thunder magnificently, and with all the sense of effortlessness that marks out the best,” writes Hi-Fi News, while delivering “excellent clarity and insight, allied to commanding control.”

The 3510 integrated amplifier, meanwhile, is far from being “just another integrated” and “illustrates just how much fun a simple system of source / amp / loudspeakers can be” – from delivering “the kind of impact you might expect of a heavyweight, high-end amplifier” to treating an aching ballad with “great finesse by the bushel.”

“It works faultlessly, sounds superb and drives hungry speakers with ease. You want painless hi-fi? You got it.”

Find out more about the VXN phonostage and 3510 integrated amplifier and track down your nearest retailer at exposurehifi.com

Read the review, and discover the complete list of ‘The Ultmate Hi-Fi 2022’, in the Yearbook issue of Hi-Fi News