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.

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HOW WE TEST

LG Z3 (OLED77Z3) • Is 8K on an OLED worth £15k from your wallet?

Bowers & Wilkins 603 S3 • Pressure makes diamonds, but are these 603 S3 towers true gems?

Fiio FT3 • Fiio’s first-ever over-ear headphones are a fine debut

TCL 55C745K • TCL redefines ‘bang for your buck’. Again

Pro-Ject Phono Box DS2 • Pro-Ject’s Phono Box DS2 is capable, flexible and well-built

Optoma UHZ66 • This 4K laser device has excellent green credentials, but how do the other colours fare?

Sennheiser Accentum Plus Wireless • Sennheiser’s mid-range on-ear noise-cancellers try to fill rather a large gap in the market

Samsung Q990C • This flagship soundbar bundle delivers a convincingly immersive sound

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SUPER-BRIGHT TVS MAKE NO SENSE • The colourists at the busiest post-production studio in Hollywood have no interest in going over 1000 nits. Tom Parsons finds out why

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

TRANSPORTS OF DELIGHT • The compact disc is alive and well, as our pick of the finest CD players and transports proves. Long live the original digital format!

Marantz CD6007 • A small but significant improvement keeps Marantz’s CD player class leading

Cambridge Audio CXC • If you already have a DAC, this superb-sounding CD transport makes perfect sense

Arcam CD5 • Affordable, capable and enjoyable

Cyrus CDi • An entertaining and revealing disc player at its level

TEAC VRDS-701 • Premium price, premium build and an excellent sound

SOUND AS 500 POUNDS • Improve your TV’s sound without breaking the bank, with our pick of the best soundbars for less than half a grand

SONOS RAY • An assertive, punchy and petite soundbar with sparkling vocal clarity

JBL BAR 300 • JBL is offering a truckload of features at a reasonable price, but how does this bar sound?

SONY HT-S2000 • Sony’s budget soundbar promises a no-frills approach to enhancing your TV’s audio

SONOS BEAM (GEN 2) • The Beam comes of age with an excellent Dolby Atmos interpretation

SONY HT-A3000 • Cinematic sound and Dolby Atmos at an affordable price

BUDGET-BUSTERS • A new TV need not be beyond your reach if you’re on a tight budget. Here we round up three great sets that represent fantastic value for money

HISENSE 43A6KTUK • Hisense returns to its value roots

AMAZON FIRE TV OMNI QLED QL50F601 • A budget TV with rare all-round ability

SAMSUNG CU8000 (UE55CU8000) • Samsung gets some of its budget TV mojo back

OPEN BUDS NOW IN FULL BLOOM • A new species of earbud has emerged – and it looks well adapted to the needs of the market. We look at three of the first models

SONY LINKBUDS • A new breed of wireless earbuds

HUAWEI FREECLIP • Unusual and surprising in equal measure

BOSE ULTRA OPEN EARBUDS • Bose enters the brave new world of ‘open’ wireless earbuds

System of the month • The best of modern streaming smarts with retro appeal and top-notch analogue performance

Leema Neutron/Graviton • EXPENSIVE, YES. BUT TOU KNOW YOU WANT THEM

SPL Diamond DAC • EXPENSIVE, YES. BUT TOU KNOW YOU WANT THEM

BUYER’S GUIDE • The definitive guide to the best...