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.

THE SYNERGY OF A SUPER SYSTEM

HOW WE TEST

Sony Bravia Theatre Quad • Super-convenient, sonically sound and really quite expensive

Dyson OnTrac • Bold ideas, with room for improvement

Beats Pill • Is Beats finally finding its stride?

Hisense U8N (65U8N) • Hisense’s latest premium Mini LED TV takes the fight to OLED with mixed results

Anker Nebula Mars 3 Air • Sometimes little goes a long, long way

JBL Live Beam 3 • Fancy some buds with a difference? Try these

Triangle Capella • Neat and talented but not quite a rounded package

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 • Samsung’s latest foldable smartphone is a portable AV delight

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CAN MINI LED BEAT OLED IN 2024? • 2024 was meant to be a big year for Mini LED TVs, but all the signs suggest OLED’s dominance isn’t going anywhere

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

MATCH FIT • Our ten recommended hi-fi systems are guaranteed to play together beautifully

MICRO MAGIC • A compact system that ticks the boxes with fewer boxes

CUTTING-EDGE RETRO • A thoroughly up-to-date set-up with old fashioned appeal

EASY BREEZY • Just getting into vinyl? Try this superb, fuss-free turntable set-up

BEST OF ALL WORLDS • Vinyl and streaming smarts in a space-saving set-up

FIVE-STAR MARVELS • Two top-rated products and an Award-winner

TWO-CHANNEL TRIUMPH • The best of both analogue and digital music in one prime package

PUNCHING UPWARD • Serious sound from a fun system that performs above its weight

SMALL BUT SERIOUS • A grown-up hi-fi system with bijou yet mighty speakers

TURNTABLE UTOPIA • A system for the ages built around a superb deck

POWER TRIO • Three easy steps to big sound of real quality

10 ICONIC ALBUMS celebrating their 30th anniversary this year • Join us as we pay homage to three decades’ worth of great music

STARRING PARTNERS • Each of the elements in our selection of AV systems puts in a performance worthy of top billing

SOUNDBAR SUPERSTAR • The benefits of a surround set-up, without the fuss

CINEMATIC STUNNER • A truly immersive system for both gaming and movie nights

GAMING GEM • Serious gamers will be well served by this serious rig

DREAM CINEMA • An incredible high-end home cinema experience, at a price

MOVIES ON THE MOVE • Great pictures and quality sound–wherever you are

THE BIG PICTURE • This projector-based home cinema set-up aims to please

SME Model 20 Mk 2/Series V

YG Acoustics Carmel 3

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

MUSIC STREAMERS • THE BEST WAY TO SHARE YOUR TUNES AROUND THE HOUSE

RADIOS • THE ORIGINAL WIRELESS IS STILL...