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Best phono preamps 2020: budget to high-end

Home Best-buys (Image credit: Vertere) Best phono preamps Buying Guide: Welcome to What Hi-Fi?’s round-up of the best phono preamps you can buy in 2020. A phono preamp (aka phono stage) raises your turntable’s output to make it compatible with modern amps. At the same time, it adds standardised equalisation. So why do you need… Read more

AMD today releases new Radeon RX 6000 graphics cards – io-tech follows live

Lisa Su, CEO of AMD, talks about the new Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards starting at 18. 00 AMD will release today at 18: 00 new Radeon RX 6000 – series graphics cards. io-tech will be following the release closely and at the same time we will be broadcasting a race studio-like live stream… Read more

Cougar Aqua 240 AIO CPU Cooler Review

While Cougar may not be the most well-known or household name in the enthusiast computing scene, the company does offer some pretty good value gear. Currently the Cougar Aqua 240 all-in-one closed-loop CPU cooler is priced under £55 here in the UK, which sounds like amazing value for a 240mm closed-loop CPU cooling solution. But… Read more

Seagate: We Are On Track with 20TB HAMR HDDs in December

Home News (Image credit: Seagate) Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) technology is expected to enable rather massive increase of hard drives capacity in the coming years. It took the industry several decades to develop this technology and its mass roll-out was delayed several times. In fact, Western Digital even decided to use energy-assisted perpendicular magnetic recording… Read more

New firmware for Sigma lenses and a Canon EF adapter

by Mattia Speroni, published on 26 October 2020, at 20: 31 ?? Sigma lenses (and an adapter) update! This time it’s up to five Canon EF mount lenses to update themselves to allow correct operation with both the MC adapter – 11 EF-E but also with two Canon SLR cameras.?? The update campaign dedicated to… Read more

Review: Panasonic TX 55HZW984

Panasonic offers four OLED models , and that arouses our curiosity. We check what you get with the entry-level model. Extensive HDR support, top image processor, that looks fine. But we also look at what you just don’t get. Because there is no doubt that there are certain compromises against a lower price. Beautifully finished… Read more

Review: KEF LS50 Wireless II

Sometimes a new product seems very very similar to its predecessor. That first impression can be very misleading, we discovered (again) with the KEF LS 50 Wireless II. This recently released version of the successful wireless stereo speakers has been improved in so many ways that you can hardly compare old with new. In particular,… Read more

Century Reveals RAID 0 M.2 NVMe Thunderbolt 3 External Exclosure

Home News (Image credit: Century) If you want super-fast external storage, Century might have just the solution for you: The company has unveiled an all-new M.2 SSD external enclosure featuring M.2 RAID 0 support for what it claims are the fastest read and write speeds from a portable device. The external enclosure sports a 15W… Read more

EVGA Z490 FTW WiFi Review: Looks Can Be Deceiving

Our Verdict Its looks may be polarizing, but the EVGA Z490 FTW has what you need to build a solid Z490-based system. The VRMs are more than capable and the ultra-fast USB Type-C port is a plus. If you’re working on an open benching station, the onboard buttons and debug readouts are also handy. For… Read more

Fujitsu presents extremely light laptops from Tiger Lake and Renoir

Light and slim laptops with low-voltage processors are no longer a surprising picture. Manufacturers have long competed for the thinnest and lightest laptops, which, for example, in a backpack or other bag, we will hardly feel at all. Of course, this is not without sacrifice – the thinner and slimmer, the smaller the battery and… Read more

GMC Hummer EV: Electric agricultural machine with 15,500 Nm and crab steering

General Motors has revived the civilian Hummer, which was discontinued years ago, as an electric utility vehicle. The all-terrain flatbed truck is driven by three electric motors, which together have an output of 737 kW and 15. 500 Nm (sic!) Maximum torque transmitted to both axes. From a standing start, the Hummer EV, which can… Read more

Jared Leto’s Joker is joining Zack Snyder’s Justice League director’s cut

Just when we thought the drama surrounding Zack Snyder’s Justice League couldn’t get any weirder, it seems Jared Leto’s…. controversial take on the Joker will be appearing in the director’s cut of the 2017 superhero team-up when it hits HBO Max next year. Leto, who infamously played the role of the Batman villain in 2016’s… Read more

Acer’s Six New Gaming Monitors Are All IPS

Home News (Image credit: Acer) Acer today announced its next pile of gaming displays aimed at a myriad of uses. With various HDR certifications, sizes, resolutions and refresh rates present, there’s one thing binding the screens together: They all use IPS panels. When it comes to image quality, we love a VA panel. They tend… Read more

For the curves on the doorstep: E-motorcycle Zero SR / S in the test

The press likes to call Zero the motorcycle equivalent of Tesla in cars. The parallels are unmistakable: electric vehicles, financed by investors, produced in California, very nice concepts in places implemented a bit ugly in the details. The concept is the whole point. Although Zero has existed since 2006, i.e. very early on to offer… Read more

Review Sonoro Maestro and Orchestra: successful entry into the hi-fi component market

The German audio company Sonoro is known for its multifunctional and well-built table radios, which only need a power cord to make music. About a year ago Sonoro launched the Maestro. The Maestro is an amplifier, tuner, DA converter, streamer and CD player and the user only needs to connect two passive speakers. Apparently Sonoro… Read more