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Audio Research Reference 80S power amp offers flagship design at lower price point

Home News (Image credit: Audio Research) Audio Research has some impressively spec’d valve amplifiers under its belt, as demonstrated by its near-flagship Reference 160M (mono) and Reference 160S (stereo) power amps. They’re roughly £30,000 ($30,000) and £20,000 ($20,000) two-channel offerings respectively, though, so we’re pleased to hear the American audio giant has packed similar features… Read more

TechStage | Guide: tablets for homeschooling and learning portals

Testing Tests overview Smartphone Oppo Reno 4 Pro in the test: Top smartphone for 500 € Motorola Moto G 5G Plus test: A lot of battery for little money Huawei P Smart 2021: Budget model with room for improvement Asus Zenfone 7 Pro: Turbo smartphone with flip camera Samsung Galaxy Xcover Pro in the test:… Read more

Best portable projectors: the best mini projectors 2021

Home Best-buys Best portable projector Buying Guide: Welcome to What Hi-Fi?’s round-up of the best portable projectors you can buy in 2021. Projectors are typically neither convenient nor cheap. To get the most out of the best projectors you need to paint entire rooms black, buy yourself a screen, an AVR, a speaker package and… Read more

Intel Core i5-11400 slightly faster than Core i5-10400 in Geekbench test. A surprisingly low score for the Rocket Lake system

The leaks so far indicate that the upcoming Intel Rocket Lake processors will literally dethrone their predecessors and raise the Blue on the seat again a leader in the segment of gaming systems. Everything clearly indicated that the new Cypress Cove architecture will bring a noticeable increase in performance, while the network has seen quite… Read more

Best wireless headphones for TV 2021: budget and premium

Fed up with watching television with the volume down? Invest in a pair of wireless headphones for your TV and everything will be fine.

Best headphone amplifiers 2021: budget and premium

Here are our favourite headphone amplifiers, including affordable, portable models and premium amps for the home.

Best cartridges 2021: budget and premium options for your turntable

You can improve your turntable without buying a brand new model – upgrading the cartridge can have remarkable results.

Rumor: RTX 2060 and 2060 Super Getting OEM Re-Releases

Home News (Image credit: Gigabyte) Nvidia’s Turing architecture isn’t throwing in the towel just yet, according to a new report from French hardware site Overclocking.com . According to the site’s unnamed sources, Nvidia is currently prepping its OEMs to re-release the RTX 2060 and RTX 2060 Super lines of GPUs. This comes about a month… Read more

Best Beats wireless headphones 2021: Bluetooth Beats for every budget

Home Best-buys Best Beats wireless headphones Buying Guide: welcome to What Hi-Fi?’s round-up of the best Beats wireless headphones you can buy in 2021. Beats had already established itself as the headphone make of choice for youngsters, athletes and hip-hop artists alike, but since it was bought by Apple in 2014 the brand’s profile has… Read more

Semiconductor supplier ASML achieves record sales of 14 billion euros

The Dutch semiconductor supplier ASML has 454 made more money than ever before: almost 3.7 billion euros in profit at almost 13 billion euros in sales. The fourth quarter 2020 accounted for almost 4.3 billion euros in sales and 1.1 billion euros in profit. ASML has almost a third of its annual turnover with the… Read more

Microsoft Surface Laptop Go review: Style on a budget

(Pocket-lint) – The Microsoft Surface Laptop has, through all three of its release iterations, proven to be our favourite premium Windows laptop time and again – winning the Pocket-lint Awards in its category in both 2019 and 2020. So when Microsoft decided to bring out a more affordable version, called the Surface Laptop Go, it… Read more

Qualcomm launches Snapdragon 870 SoC for 2021 smartphones

Matthew Wilson 2 hours ago Featured Tech News, Mobile While Qualcomm has already announced the next-gen Snapdragon 888, there is another chip coming that we may see more commonly used in Android smartphones this year. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 launches this month, bringing some improvements over last year’s Snapdragon 865, which was widely used in… Read more

MSI announces two new entry-level AM4 MAG series motherboards

MSI is getting ready to launch two budget-oriented AM4 motherboards belonging to the MAG series: the A520M Bazooka WiFi and the B550M Vector WiFi. Both feature a similar black and grey design and rear I/O connectivity, but there are still some differences that might make users choose one over the other. The MSI A520M Bazooka… Read more

Chuwi HeroBook Pro +, the budget notebook with 3K screen is on sale: all the details

Sponsored Content Chuwi’s new budget notebook features a 3200 x 1800 Samsung-made pixels, and low-end hardware to keep prices down. Excellent for productivity and multimedia, at low prices by Editorial team published 19 January 2021 , at 12: 29 in the Portable channel Chuwi Chuwi recently launched a new low-cost notebook, called HeroBook Pro +… Read more

Piega unveils Ace Series: affordable speakers boasting premium sound

Home News (Image credit: Piega ) With an aesthetic shaped by Swiss designer Stephan Hürlemann and acoustics developed at Piega’s Lake Zurich based factory, Piega’s new Ace series loudspeakers represent the most affordable aluminum cabinet Piega loudspeaker to date. Drawing on technology and acoustic development trickled down from the Master, Coax and Premium models, the… Read more