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 OLED65GX • A new OLED screen from LG aims to set the standard not only for the Korean maker’s 2020 range but across the whole TV landscape. So, is it a sight for sore eyes or an eyesore?

Disney Plus • The movie giant hasn’t so much entered the streaming world as erupted into it with a wealth of content and a neat interface

Audio Pro A26 • These powered speakers break plenty of new ground for Audio Pro but miss the mark in a few key areas

iFi Zen Blue • If you’re not sure how to add comprehensive Bluetooth capability to your set-up, this little box can show you the way to enlightenment

Hisense R50B7120UK Roku TV • If you thought a low price meant limited app access and a poor image, this telly will make you think again

Philips PH805 • They have the look and feel of a premium pair of noise-cancellers, but the asking price is far from premium

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THE MAKING OF: ATC SCM50 • We visit ATC’s factory in Gloucestershire to see the legendary SCM50s being made

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

HIGH-END SPECIAL BEST OF THE BEST • Top-quality equipment is expensive, of course; but it also means you are listening to your music as it was intended

CHORD 2GO / HUGO 2

CAMBRIDGE EDGE NQ

MOON 390

NAIM ND555/555 PS DR

VERTERE ACOUSTICS PHONO-1 MKII

LUXMAN EQ-500

BURMESTER 100

PROAC RESPONSE D2R

JBL L100 CLASSIC

SPENDOR D7.2

WILSON BENESCH PRECISION P1.0

AUDIOVECTOR R3 ARRETÉ

SONUS FABER ELECTA AMATOR 3

ATC SCM50

ProAc Response Two (1989) • ProAc’s original high-end standmount speakers can still measure up to their modern equivalents

REGA PLANAR 10/APHETA 3

VERTERE ACOUSTICS MG-1 MKII/MYSTIC

TECHNICS SL-1000R

SME SYNERGY

CHORD HUGO TT2

DCS ROSSINI DAC/MASTER CLOCK

TECHNICS SL-G700

ATC CDA2 MK2

MARANTZ SA-10

CHORD BLU II/DAVE

Classé CDP-202 (2006) • This high-end CD player from 2006 still looks the part today

COPLAND CTA408

MARK LEVINSON 5805

KRELL K-300I

NAGRA CLASSIC PREAMP/POWER

BURMESTER 088/911 MK 3

AYRE ACOUSTICS KX-R TWENTY/VX-R TWENTY

GRADO GS3000E

SHURE KSE1200

A HISTORY OF THE STRANGEST VINYL RECORDS EVER MADE • And we don’t mean the music: from locked grooves to chocolate discs, this is a celebration of the format’s weirdest physical incarnations

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 wherever you go…

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

RADIOS • THE ORIGINAL WIRELESS IS STILL GOING STRONG

STEREO SPEAKERS • THEY BRING THE MUSIC TO YOUR EARS – SO CHOOSE WITH...