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.

SHORT THROW, BIG SCREEN

HOW WE TEST

Yamaha RX-A6A • A future-proofed AVR with sparkling sound

Bowers & Wilkins Px7 S2 • Wireless noise-cancelling headphones that supply style with substance

Sony Xperia 1 IV • The best Android phone just got (slightly) better

Rega Elicit MK5 • Rega’s premium integrated amp is more versatile and better sounding than ever

Sony SRS-NS7 • Sony promises you will be neck-deep in surround sound

Mark Levinson No. 5909 • Their aim is to bring wired-standard sound to wireless convenience. Target acquired…

BenQ X1300i • Great for gamers, solid for movie fans

JVC DLA-NP5 • JVC’s latest projector doesn’t need lasers to be brilliant

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EVERYONE IS BUYING VINYL, BUT IT ISN’T (AND SHOULDN’T BE) THE END FOR CDs • Can CDs be the new vinyl? Managing editor Becky Roberts believes there’s plenty of life in the shiny compact disc yet

TOP FIVE LAUNCHES

SOUNDBARS • The best home cinema experience doesn’t stop at being a treat for your eyes. Here’s our pick of the best soundbars for immersive cinematic sound

MAJORITY SIERRA PLUS • A DOLBY ATMOS SOUNDBAR THAT WON’T BREAK THE BANK

SONOS BEAM (GEN 2) • AN EXCELLENT DOLBY ATMOS INTERPRETATION

DALI KATCH ONE • DALI LITERALLY SETS THE BAR HIGH WITH THIS ONE…

SONOS ARC • SONOS’S FIRST ATMOS BAR IS AN ABSOLUTE BELTER

BLUESOUND PULSE SOUNDBAR+ • THE ARC HAS A NEW CHALLENGER

SONY HT-A7000 • POWERFUL AND MUSCULAR ROOM-FILLING DOLBY ATMOS FROM A SINGLE SOUNDBAR

AV RECEIVERS • Once you decide to get serious about your home cinema, you are going to need a top-quality, well-specified receiver. Here’s our pick of the best…

SPEAKER PACKAGES • A surround-sound set-up is an investment and a commitment, but the pay off of immersive home cinema is well worth it. Here are our recommendations

SHORT-THROW PROJECTORS • If you are looking to recreate the full cinema viewing experience in your home, it’s a quality projector rather than a TV that will serve you best

EPSON EH-LS300 • AN ULTRA-SHORT-THROW PROJECTOR THAT DELIVERS ABOVE ITS PRICE

XGIMI AURA 4K • ENTERTAINING SHORT THROW PROJECTOR WITH PUNCHY COLOURS AND SOUND

BENQ V6050 • A SHORT THROW PROJECTOR GUNNING FOR YOUR TV

SAMSUNG THE PREMIERE LSP9T • LIKE A TV, ONLY BIGGER

HISENSE 100L9GTUK • A PROJECTOR THAT WANTS TO BE A TV

ULTRA SHORT THROW PROJECTORS Everything you need to know • Are ultra short throw projectors the future of home cinema? We are about to find out, as we run through the tech, the pros and the cons of UST

McIntosh MA8950

Sonus Faber Minima Amator II

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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...