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.

A MIXED BAG OF TERRIFIC TECH

HOW WE TEST

HOW WE SCORE

Panasonic TX-65LZ2000B • Panasonic’s top 2022 TV is as cinematic as they come

Fyne Audio F502SP • Fasten your seatbelts, the F502SP are a thrill ride

Samsung QE55Q60B • The Korean company’s cheapest 55in Quantum Dot TV doesn’t quite nail it

EarMen CH-Amp • Neither champ nor chump; this headphone amplifier is a mixed bag

Jabra Elite 5 • Small is partially beautiful

Ultimate Ears Wonderboom 3 • Is this small wonder still a winning formula?

Sonus Faber Lumina V • Classy Italian floorstanders that have plenty of charm

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BRISTOL HI-FI SHOW 2023 • After three years without a show, there’s a real buzz around this year’s event. Come and share in the fun

TEN STARS OF THE CONSUMER ELECTRONIC SHOW • We were at the world’s biggest tech show, CES, in Las Vegas last month. Here are just a handful of our particular highlights

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

THE STYLUS COUNCIL • Upgrading your cartridge could be the best thing that ever happened to your vinyl

GOLDRING E3 • A fantastic and affordable all-rounder

SUMIKO RAINIER • Fun and affordable; what’s not to like?

ORTOFON QUINTET BLUE • A modestly priced moving-coil cartridge

VERTERE SABRE MM • A fantastic all-rounder that doesn’t come cheap

TURNTABLE SYSTEM WITH VERTERE SABRE CARTRIDGE

STELLAR CASTE • These premium wireless headphones all have star-quality. But which is best?

APPLE AIRPODS MAX • Apple’s first over-ear wireless headphones justify their premium price

BOWERS & WILKINS PX8 • Excellent ANC headphones push price and performance levels

FOCAL BATHYS • Focal’s deep dive into wireless noise-cancelling headphones proves a worthy exploration

MARK LEVINSON NO. 5909 • As the price tag demands, the No.5909 bring wired-standard sound to wireless convenience

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TEST WINNER MARK LEVINSON NO. 5909 • Everyone comes out of this well, but the ML’s edge it

4K FOR LESS OUTLAY • If money is an object, you could do worse than these six affordable 4K TVs

TCL 55RP620K • All the apps and most of the performance too

TOSHIBA 50UK4D63DB • How does a TV this cheap get so good?

TOSHIBA 55QA5D63DB • Can Toshiba rewrite the value rulebook with this Quantum-Dot toting set?

SAMSUNG UE50BU8000 • The price might look tasty, but the performance lacks flavour

TCL 55C735K • A fantastic bargain for gamers and movie fans alike

SAMSUNG UE55BU8500 • Samsung’s premium non-QLED TV struggles to stand out

dCS Rossini Apex DAC

SPL Phonitor xe

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

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...