What Hi-Fi?

What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision is the world's leading independent guide to buying and owning hi-fi and home cinema products. Our comprehensive tests help you buy the best equipment for your cash, with the magazine's advice sections giving you step-by-step information on how to get even more from your music and movies.

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Q Acoustics Q Active 200 • The British company’s enviable reputation for fine-quality speakers bodes well for its first all-in-one streaming system

Sony Xperia 5 II • Sony aims to deliver premium audio and video performance in a compact, affordable package

JBL HDI 5.1 • This speaker package offers a timely reminder of just how the cinema should sound

Philips 65OLED935 • Philips’s latest OLED TV features an integrated B&W soundbar, but does this slice of AV convenience offer the best of both worlds?

Astell & Kern Kann Alpha • Combining portability with premium high-resolution sound is no easy task, but Astell & Kern is hoping that the Kann Alpha can pull it off

iFi Zen Phono • This phono stage is one of the cleanest sounding components we’ve heard at the price

Panasonic TX-55HZ2000B • A new OLED panel takes this telly to the top of Panasonic’s impressive range, where it looks terrific. But things are not quite as they should be

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ADDING A MUSIC STREAMER TO MY HI-FI SYSTEM HAS BEEN A REVELATION (AND A FRUSTRATION) • Streaming has changed the home music listening habits of our hi-fi editor Becky Roberts, but it hasn’t been without some irritation

TOP FIVE LAUNCHES • Five products to look out for this month

Speaker of the house • Your domestic stereo system deserves a pair of authoritative speakers that can keep good sonic order. Here’s our pick of the bunch around £1000

B&W 707 S2

Revel Concerta2 M16

Wharfedale Linton

KEF LS50 Meta

Monitor Audio Silver 200

Triangle Borea BR08

Fyne Audio F501

25 OF THE BEST 1990s ALBUMS TO TEST YOUR SYSYEM • From shoegaze to jungle, the best of a decade

Smart choices • Now with better audio quality, these multi-talented little devices are a more enticing prospect than ever

Amazon Echo Dot (4th Generation)

Google Nest Audio

Apple HomePod Mini

These buds are blooming brilliant • In a few short years, true wireless in-ear headphones have gone from sci-fi to practically genuine hi-fi

SONY WF-1000XM3

JABRA ELITE 85t

TECHNICS EAH-AZ70W

APPLE AIRPODS PRO

BOSE QUIETCOMFORT EARBUDS

GRADO GT220

SENNHEISER MOMENTUM TRUE WIRELESS 2

Stax SR-L700 Mk2 / SRM-700T • EXPENSIVE, YES. BUT YOU KNOW YOU WANT THEM

Copland CSA 100

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AMPLIFIERS • THE BEATING HEART OF YOUR HI-FI SYSTEM

CD PLAYERS & TRANSPORTS • GET THE RIGHT PLAYER AND CD CAN STILL SHINE

DACs • A DIGITAL-TO-ANALOGUE CONVERTER IS A MODERN HI-FI MUST

How to digitize your vinyl collection • Turntables might not be cutting-edge tech, but for their look and feel – not to mention thrillingly articulate analogue sound – you can’t beat them. The only thing your record collection lacks is portability, but there is a way to take those LPs with you wherever you go…

MUSIC STREAMERS • THE BEST WAY TO SHARE YOUR TUNES AROUND THE HOUSE

RADIOS • THE ORIGINAL WIRELESS IS STILL GOING STRONG

STEREO SPEAKERS • THEY BRING THE MUSIC TO YOUR EARS – SO CHOOSE WITH CARE

Positioning your speakers • It’s no good spending hundreds of pounds on your...