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.

BIG SOUND AND BIG SCREENS

HOW WE TEST

TCL 98C7K • A huge, brilliant and surprisingly affordable slice of home cinema heaven

Monitor Audio Bronze 50 7G • Fighting spirit from attractive standmounts

Beyerdynamic DT 990 Pro X • Insightful, balanced and comfortable open-backs

Samsung The Premiere 5 • A compact ultra-short-throw projector that isn’t as showstopping as its name suggests

Fell Audio Fell Amp • Ambitious, keenly priced and well-featured – but does it sound good?

Bose SoundLink Plus • Light on features, big on sound

Fell Audio Fell Disc • Fell Audio’s first attempt at a CD player falls flat

Sony Bravia Theatre U • Sony’s personal audio system is weird but kind of wonderful

Epson EF-72 • Epson’s latest lifestyle projector is a strong entry to the market

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UNITY, NOT UNIFORMITY • Why Bowers & Wilkins’ new owners won’t be tinkering with the brand’s sound

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

Pillars of strength • These premium floorstanders are all solidly made, but it’s in the sound department that they put in a really strong performance

£2000 PMC Prodigy 5 • PMC’s slimline floorstanders deliver a sonic masterclass

Fyne Audio F502S • Fyne strikes gold once again

Neat Mystique Classic • Small towers that go big on fun

Focal Aria Evo X No3 • Big, refined and composed-sounding floorstanders

ProAc D20R • Easy to accommodate, beautifully made and as musical as they come

Fyne Audio Vintage Classic X • A thoroughly modern performance housed in an olde-worlde wrapper

PMC Prophecy 7 • Exceptional clarity and seamless presentation from compact high-end floorstanders

Sonus Faber Sonetto V G2 • Classy and talented premium floorstanders

Winners for spinners • Three great phono stages at around the same price go head to head to claim an essential spot in your musical chain

Graham Slee Reflex M • Minimalist feature count, functional design, but exceptional sonic talent

Lindemann Limetree Phono II • A no-frills moving magnet/moving coil option of considerable ability

Moon 110LP v2 • A well-built and capable entry-level phono stage

Graham Slee Reflex M • Three top-quality phono stages all of which would do a great job in your system. But, there can only be one winner

System of the month • Enjoy your vinyl collection alongside digital streams with this retro-looking yet totally modern combo

The future is bright • Mini LED televisions have an inherent capacity for superior brightness, and the best models paint a very rosy picture indeed

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

LG QNED93 • LG finally proves that it’s not only good at OLED

Sony Bravia 7 • Sony’s step-down Mini LED TV is a mid-range marvel

Hisense U8Q • Further proof that Hisense is now a serious TV player

Samsung QN90F • No onscreen reflection pain, plenty of bright room gain

Pathos Inpol Remix MkII • EXPENSIVE, YES. BUT YOU KNOW YOU WANT THEM

Cyrus 40 PPA • EXPENSIVE, YES. BUT YOU KNOW YOU WANT THEM

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

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