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 TOP TRIO OF TIGHT TUSSLES

HOW WE TEST

NAD C 3050 (with MDC2 BluOS-D module) • Retro charm combined with a forward-looking nature

TCL 65C8K • TCL launches its 2025 range with a high-end bang (& Olufsen)

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 • Samsung’s new flip phone is fun and feature-packed, but not exactly subtle

Marshall Heston 120 • Can Marshall hit a home run with its home cinema debut?

Focal Bathys Mg • Brilliant flagship wireless headphones with a price tag to match

Ruark MR1 Mk3 • Stylish desktop speakers get a powerful upgrade

Eversolo Play CD Edition • Great features and design – but ultimately it’s all about the sound

Panasonic Z90B (TV-48Z90B) • The Z90B is Panasonic’s latest step-down OLED, making it a key rival to two of LG and Samsung’s best

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WHY VINYL IS GREENER THAN MUSIC STREAMING • What Hi-Fi? writer Joe Svetlik argues that listening has never been so environmentally friendly – provided you do it right

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

Cabinet approval • All five of these mid-priced standmounter speakers get the thumbs-up from us. But which is the best?

Acoustic Energy AE300 Mk2 • An understated but ever-so-capable performer

Bowers & Wilkins 606 S3 • These grown-up standmounters represent a bold step forward

Focal Theva No.1 • A capable standmounter that excels in delivering scale and sonic authority

KEF Q3 Meta • KEF’s mature standmounts are impressive all-rounders

Ruark Audio Sabre-R • Beautiful with voices – charmingly musical and agile small speakers

Acoustic EnergyAE300 Mk2 • We rarely have to choose a winner from such a high-quality field. There is no weak link here – but the AEs break the tape first. Just

KEF XIO vs Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar Max: which premium soundbar should you buy? • Strap in for a soundbar battle for the ages

Your new best buds • If in-ear wireless headphones are a constant companion, you deserve the best – so which premium earbuds are right for you?

Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds (2nd Gen) • Bose’s latest Ultra buds are the complete wireless package

Bowers & Wilkins Pi8 • Bowers & Wilkins’ new flagship wireless earbuds hit the spot

Technics EAH-AZ100 • A serious contender in the premium wireless earbuds category

Technics EAH-AZ100 • All three pairs of premium wireless earbuds in this group test are excellent, but one pair impressed us just that little bit more

Let the panel games begin • As the rival OLED TV-panel makers battle for prominence, we have pitted four of the leading screens against each other

LG G5 • The first Primary RGB Tandem OLED TV represents a generational leap

Panasonic Z95B • Panasonic’s latest flagship OLED can deliver an excellent image – if you’re willing to put in the work

Samsung S95F • Not only Samsung’s best-ever OLED, but perhaps its best-ever TV, period

Sony Bravia 8 II • Better, brighter, sharper…

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Sony Bravia 8 II • These TVs are all bound to please, but one really is a cut above. In the battle of the flagship OLEDs there can be only one winner

Eversolo DMP-A10 • EXPENSIVE, YES. BUT YOU KNOW YOU WANT THEM

ATC SCM20ASL • EXPENSIVE, YES....