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.

WHAT PRICE MUSICAL BLISS?

HOW WE TEST

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Apple HomePod 2 • The much-missed HomePod is back – and it sounds better than ever

Philips 65OLED937 • One of the most all-round spectacular TVs ever made

Atacama Nexxus 600 Essential • Looking for some decent stands for your speakers? Here’s a neat, versatile option

Rega Elex Mk4 • Rega’s updated stereo amplifier delivers a wonderfully revealing and accomplished performance

Final UX3000 • On paper, these well built, keenly priced over-ears tick all the boxes

Tribit Stormbox Micro 2 • Tiny budget speaker with a big impact

Samsung UE43BU8000 • Stripped back, but still packs a punch

Fyne Audio F8SP AV • It may be Fyne, but is it refined?

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THE SECRET BEHIND THE AIRPODS PRO 2’S AUDIO SUCCESS • We spoke to Esge Andersen from Apple’s acoustics team to find out how the AirPods Pro 2 manage to sound so good

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

STAND AND DELIVER • We are adamant you will find something to love with the talented premium standmount speakers we have on test here

ATC SCM19 • Partnered with a suitably powerful amplifier, the SCM19 wow us with a dynamic, detailed and rhythmic sound

Bowers & Wilkins 705 S3 • B&W sets an impressive level of speaker performance, but is it enough?

Dynaudio Special Forty • Classic in looks but cutting edge in ability

Mission 770 • Taking inspiration from the old ways can give great results

TEST WINNER MISSION 770 • Four great speakers that all deliver, but only one is a winner

When base metals become gold: the art of sonic alchemy • JBL’s Principal Engineer Chris Hagen talks to us about speaker design, compression drivers and a life lived around music and hi-fi

FLOORED GENIUS • Four talented floorstanding speakers that will supercharge your hi-fi system, and look great doing it

ProAc Response DT8 • These unusual-looking towers deliver a sparkling performance

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

Spendor A4 • Spendor plays to its traditional strengths but adds a dose of entertainment

Fyne Audio F501SP • These turbo-charged speakers are a thrilling listen

DOWN TO THE WIRE • Wireless headphones are basking in the limelight but, when it comes to sound quality, a cable makes all the difference

AKG K92 • AKG strikes gold with these great value headphones

Austrian Audio Hi-X15 • Talented and affordable wired headphones for the home

Grado SR80x • Frontrunners in the budget wired headphones field

Røde NTH-100 • No school like the old school

Beyerdynamic DT 900 Pro X • Do the Beyerdynamic DT 900 Pro X work as well in the home as the studio?

Austrian Audio Hi-X55 • These over-ears head towards the top of the class

Meze Audio 99 Classics • These wired over-ears are as classic as their name suggests

With portable DACs boosting phone audio, is the world still big enough for new Walkmans? • Budget hi-res music players still have a (very niche) place

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