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Sony 360 Reality Audio: everything you need to know

Home Advice (Image credit: Sony) Stereo and surround sound are fine and dandy, but what’s the next big thing in consumer audio? Sony would like you to believe its 360 Reality Audio format is top of the list. Sony is working with a number of major record labels (including Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group… Read more

Best on-ear headphones 2021

Home Best-buys Best on-ear headphones Buying Guide: Welcome to What Hi-Fi?’s round-up of the best on-ear headphones you can buy in 2021. The best on-ear headphones are a good middle ground between in-ears and over-ears, they don’t burrow in your ears like the former and tend to be more portable than the latter. As the… Read more

TCL 20 SE official at CES 2021, and new smartphones of the new 20 Series are coming

The Series 20 expands with TCL 16 SE, officially announced on the occasion of CES 2021. The company also anticipated the arrival of three other smartphones, including a new model with 5G connectivity of Nino Grasso published on 11 January 2021 , at 17: 26 in the Telephony channel TCL To CES 2021 TCL ha… Read more

Best neckband headphones 2021

Home Best-buys Best neckband headphones Buying Guide: Welcome to What Hi-Fi?’s round-up of the best wireless neckband headphones you can buy in 2021. If you’re aiming to get fit in the new year with runs around the park, workouts in the garden or just a HIIT in the front room, a pair of neckband headphones… Read more

iQOO 7 debuts with Snapdragon 888, 120W charging and Origin OS

iQOO has evolved from its origin when it was vivo’s gaming-oriented sub-brand, but some of that pedigree still shines through in its latest flagship announced today – the iQOO 7. There’s only one model (for now at least) and it brings the Snapdragon 888 chipset, 120W fast charging and several gaming enhancements. The phone runs… Read more

What to expect at CES 2021

The Consumer Electronics Show officially begins this week. Thankfully, the Consumer Electronics Association capitulated in July and switched the whole thing over to being online-only. But it’s hard to know what CES is even supposed to be without giant convention halls filled with ostentatious displays, blinking lights, and hordes of exhausted and smelly people in… Read more

Review: Sennheiser HD560

Sennheiser is a brand that basically every audiophile must have had once. The manufacturer has knowledge and expertise that goes back to the first half of the last century. That sounds nice and far away, but it shows that Sennheiser is a name that certainly belongs in the established order. Bee 75 year you might… Read more

Copland CSA 100

Our Verdict The Copland CSA 100 is a well-equipped and impressively capable amplifier. It’s one of the class leaders at this level For Transparent and detailed Agile and precise sound Good range of features Against No display Needs care with headphone matching Copland is one of the unsung talents of the high-end hi-fi industry. Despite… Read more

Cyrus XR series brings updated aesthetic and premium performance

Home News (Image credit: Cyrus) Cyrus has unveiled an all-new range of premium hi-fi components, designed from the ground up and priced between £1995 (AU$3999) and £3995 (AU$7499). The British audio brand’s “latest and greatest series of products”, the six-strong Cyrus XR series comprises two digital-friendly integrated amplifiers (the i7-XR and i9-XR), a preamp (Pre-XR),… Read more

Review: Rega Aethos (luckily) Does his own thing

Rega is synonymous with a series of award-winning turntables topped with the eye-pleasing Planar 10. Slightly less known is that the British brand also builds other hi-fi equipment that are well received The near-top model among the amplifiers is the Aethos introduced last year and tested at the last minute in 2020 on HIFINL and… Read more

Sony launches new 360 Reality Audio wireless speakers and video streaming service

Home News (Image credit: Sony) Sony has announced two new wireless speakers, and they pack plenty of tech to fill your room with sound. The SRS-RA5000 and SRS-RA3000 both support Sony 360 Reality Audio and feature Immersive Audio Enhancement. 360 Reality Audio is a spatial sound format that allows for 360-degree sound, while Immersive Audio… Read more

JBL presents several headphones, all with Noise Canceling, at CES2021: the Tour series stands out

JBL at CES 2021 has put on the plate several innovations in the sector of Bluetooth wireless headphones, most characterized by the presence of active cancellation technologies Noise: At the top of the range we find the new JBL Tour, declined in the circumaural version JBL Tour ONE and in the True Wireless Stereo JBL… Read more

Sony 2021 TV line-up: models, sizes, specs, everything you need to know

Home Advice (Image credit: Sony) It’s not every year that Sony launches a brand new TV processor to run throughout its range, so we have high hopes for the Sony 2021 TV line-up. It’s headlined by the Cognitive Processor XR chip, which adds an extra layer of cognitive intelligence analysis to the already excellent Sony… Read more

JBL Charge 5 Bluetooth speaker looks to improve on the very best

Home News (Image credit: JBL) There are product lines in consumer electronics that have consistently impressed, time and time again and without fail – and JBL’s Charge Bluetooth speaker range is one of them. So the fact it’s now entering its fifth generation is big news to anyone looking for excellent on-the-go sound from a… Read more

JBL kicks off 75th anniversary celebrations with limited-edition L100 Classic speakers

Home News (Image credit: JBL) 2021 marks JBL’s 75th birthday year, but instead of (or perhaps as well as) kicking back with a vintage wine and penning a memoir, the US audio brand is celebrating the anniversary by launching a limited-edition version of its legendary L100 Classic speakers. The new L100 Classic 75 are based… Read more