Best systems 2024 - What Hi-Fi?
What Hi-Fi?, founded in 1976, is the world's leading independent guide to buying and owning hi-fi and home entertainment products. Our comprehensive tests help you buy the very best for your money, with our advice sections giving you step-by-step information on how to get even more from your music and movies.
Best surround sound systems 2025: home cinema speakers and …
Dec 6, 2024 · Looking for true cinematic sound? You've come to the right place, as we take home cinema surround sound deadly seriously. Whether it's a traditional 5.1 system, a modern wireless surround alternative, or even an Award-winning Dolby Atmos soundbar complete with wireless surround speakers and subwoofer, we've rooted out the best options on the market that …
Sony WH-1000XM5 review - What Hi-Fi?
Dec 13, 2024 · The plastics used are nice to touch, even if the older model still feels a bit more premium. They are made predominantly from Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS), a material formed by taking certain car parts made in the US and Japan, recycling and refining them and blending them with mica to get that final finish.
Sony WF-1000XM5 review - What Hi-Fi?
Nov 5, 2024 · (Image credit: What Hi-Fi?) To help improve call quality with the XM5, Sony has approached it from a couple of different angles. Firstly, that new sleeker design incorporates what Sony refers to as a wind noise reduction structure so …
Best stereo amplifiers 2024 - What Hi-Fi?
What Hi-Fi?, founded in 1976, is the world's leading independent guide to buying and owning hi-fi and home entertainment products. Our comprehensive tests help you buy the very best for your money, with our advice sections giving you step-by-step information on how to get even more from your music and movies.
Sony WH-1000XM4 review - What Hi-Fi?
Nov 22, 2023 · (Image credit: Sony) The headline feature for the WH-1000XM4 is the introduction of what in 2020 was a brand-new sound processor. Sony switched from DSEE HX to the newer DSEE Extreme engine, which it has stuck with for the XM5.
Apple HomePod Mini review - What Hi-Fi?
Nov 11, 2024 · Apple HomePod Mini review What Hi-Fi? Awards 2024 winner. Apple’s Siri-powered smart speaker is tiny and mighty Tested at £99 / $99 / AU$149
Best Dolby Atmos soundbars 2025: our reviewers curated …
Oct 23, 2024 · The Bravia Theatre Bar 9 is the successor to the Sony HT-A7000 which previously sat at the top of this list. Testing the two directly against one another, we found the Bravia Theatre Bar 9 isn’t just a solid step up on its older sibling – it’s …
Sonos Arc Ultra review - What Hi-Fi?
Nov 13, 2024 · There are plenty of non-Sonos rivals that should also be considered, most notably the Award-winning Sony Bravia Theatre Bar 9, which is officially a fair bit more expensive (£1399 / $1400 / AU$1795) but is already available from time to time with big discounts.The Samsung HW-Q990D is a new favourite in this category, too. Again, it's a fair bit more expensive than the …
Apple AirPods Max review - What Hi-Fi?
Nov 6, 2024 · Assuming you are a keen Apple user, the AirPods Max are among the very best wireless headphones you can buy. Their authenticity, detail, crispness and spaciousness elevate them so far above the previous crop of wireless noise-cancellers deemed 'premium' that the comparison starts to become a little redundant, and you instead begin to consider them …