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.

STARS ON 45: WE CAN WORK IT OUT

HOW WE TEST

Yamaha RX-A2A • The most affordable of Yamaha’s premium Aventage range, this is an AV receiver with bold sound to match its bold looks

BenQ V6050 • With bags of brightness and an impressive speaker, this ultra short throw projector is worthy of consideration

JVC XP-EXT1 • A Dolby Atmos and DTS:X surround system for your ears only

TCL 55RP620K • All the apps and most of the performance too from this barnstorming third UK Roku TV

Chord 2yu • Paired with the 2go, Chord’s 2yu offers an intriguing take on a premium digital source

Grado SR80x • Frontrunners in the field of budget wired headphones

JBL Xtreme 3 • JBL’s rugged wireless speaker serves up a sonic surprise

LG SP8YA • A mid-range Dolby Atmos bar that proves less is more

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11 OF THE BEST SPATIAL AUDIO TRACKS TO TRY ON APPLE MUSIC • Want your music to engulf you? Try these immersive tracks on for size…

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

Cambridge Audio Evo 150 VS Naim Uniti Atom Which is the best streaming system? • Two just-add-speakers systems that major on convenience and value go head-to-head

TOP 45 PRODUCTS • To celebrate our 45th birthday, we’ve chosen the 45 best products we’ve ever reviewed. So come with us on a trip through time – and talent – starting back when flared trousers were bigger than Elvis

45s OF THE PAST 45 YEARS • What Hi-Fi? has been recommending ways to listen to music since 1976, including these best selling singles from every year since

THE DARLING BUDS OF DRE* * AND OTHER, NON-BEATS HEADPHONES • True wireless in-ear headphones have come of age, and Dr Dre’s new Beats Studio Buds are just one of a clutch of great, affordable examples now available

GOOGLE PIXEL BUDS A-SERIES

NOTHING EAR (1)

PANASONIC RZ-S500W

CAMBRIDGE AUDIO MELOMANIA 1 PLUS

SENNHEISER CX TRUE WIRELESS

BEATS STUDIO BUDS

OPPO ENCO X

13 HEROIC TECH FAILURES, FROM BETAMAX TO HD DVD • Unlucky for some – this tech was once hailed as the future of home entertainment. So what went wrong?

Yamaha A-S3200 • EXPENSIVE, YES. BUT YOU KNOW YOU WANT THEM

JBL 4349

BUYER’S GUIDE • The definitive guide to the best home-entertainment kit you can buy

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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

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

SYSTEMS • CONVENIENCE DOESN’T HAVE TO MEAN LOWER QUALITY

TURNTABLES • DECKS TO KEEP THE VINYL REVIVAL THRIVING

Mac FORMAT Everything you need to live the Apple life

WIRELESS SPEAKERS • FREE YOUR MUSIC WITH ONE OF THESE STREAMING WONDERS

BLU-RAY PLAYERS • ENJOY HIGH-DEF MOVIE THRILLS

HOME CINEMA AMPLIFIERS • POWERFUL SOUND THAT TRULY BRINGS MOVIES TO LIFE

PROJECTORS • BECAUSE A...