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OLED Nintendo Switch to use new Nvidia chip with enhanced 4K upscaling

Home News (Image credit: Nintendo) We have some more news on the much-rumoured Nintendo Switch Pro. According to Bloomberg, the console will use a new Nvidia chip that allows for 4K upscaling. The chip allows for something called DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling), which is a cutting-edge way of upscaling graphics. This will allow the… Read more

17 of the best British speakers of all time

Home Features (Image credit: ProAc) We’re celebrating all things British hi-fi this week on What Hi-Fi?, so we had to include our newly updated round-up of our favourite sets of speakers to have emerged from these isles. This list includes some big, some small, some heavenly high-end, some much more affordable – but all straight… Read more

12 of the best KEF products of all time

Home Features KEF is one of the most well-respected British brands in world hi-fi and has been for well over 50 years. The company’s ethos is based around engineering, design and development found in trademark technology such as the Uni-Q driver, which still features heavily in its products today. In recent years the brand hasn’t… Read more

Android apps are crashing for some, but Google is working on a fix

Some Android apps are crashing for some people right now, but Google is working on a fix. The issue is due to a system component called Android System WebView that lets Android apps display web content, but it has some kind of problem right now that is causing apps to crash. “We are aware of… Read more

Sony partners with Amazon Music HD for 360 Reality Audio on premium speakers

Home News (Image credit: Sony ) Sony has announced that from 6th April 2021, customers in the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain can enjoy 360 Reality Audio immersive, object-based content on Sony’s premium home wireless speakers when using Amazon’s CD-quality streaming service Amazon Music HD. The two models receiving 360 Reality Audio support (aka… Read more

Welcome to What Hi-Fi?’s British Hi-Fi Week!

Home News (Image credit: Future) It’s time to dust-off your union jack, give any British hi-fi you own an extra workout and polish, and celebrate the best of British hi-fi with us. This week we’re saluting some of the most influential British brands, products and technologies to have appeared in What Hi-Fi?. We’re also speaking to… Read more

6 of the best British hi-fi innovations and technologies

Home Features (Image credit: Bowers & Wilkins) Cambridge Audio’s inaugural P40 integrated amplifier was the first-ever amp to use a toroidal transformer – a significant innovation in 1968. It’s still a standard component inside high-end amps today, irrefutable proof that what Gordon Edge, Peter Lee and a few other noted individuals tried out in their… Read more

Astell & Kern’s new USB-C DAC promises hi-fi audio for phones without headphone jacks

Astell & Kern — the company best known for its high-end portable digital audio players — is making a USB-C DAC (digital-to-analog converter) that’s designed to help get better-sounding audio from modern smartphones and computers that may lack a 3.5mm headphone jack. If you want to use any digital device with a 3.5mm headphone jack,… Read more

What Hi-Fi?’s British Hi-Fi Week kicks off on Monday!

Home News (Image credit: Future) It’s time to dust-off your union jack, give any British hi-fi you own an extra workout and polish, and celebrate the best of British hi-fi with us. Next week we’ll be saluting some of the most influential British brands, products and technologies to have appeared in What Hi-Fi?. We’ll also be… Read more

Astell & Kern’s AK USB-C Dual DAC cable promises to boost your portable listening

Home News (Image credit: Astell & Kern) Portable music player specialist Astell & Kern has launched a USB-C DAC cable to enhance the sound quality of an Android phone, Windows 10 PC, tablet PC or MacOS computer. As we bask in an age of high-quality streaming and increasingly high-performing headphones, the weak link in on-the-go… Read more

Formula 1 to test HDR broadcasts this year

Home News (Image credit: Mercedes AMG F1 / LAT Images) If pre-season testing in Bahrain and the return of Drive to Survive this week weren’t enough excitement for autosport fans, Motorport.com reports that Formula 1 will be carrying out its first HDR (High Dynamic Range) test broadcasts later this year. The revelation came courtesy of… Read more

10 of the best books about hi-fi and audio

Home Features (Image credit: Rega) We’re glad people still enjoy reading about hi-fi; it’s what keeps us in a job, after all. There have been plenty of insightful words committed to paper about our industry and the technologies, brands and history that define it, so we’ve listed some of our favourites in a hope that… Read more

McIntosh’s reference car audio system revealed in 2022 Jeep Grand Wagoneer

Home News (Image credit: McIntosh / Jeep) McIntosh has released details of its reference in-car audio system, which will feature in the 2022 Jeep Grand Wagoneer SUV, due in mid-2021. This is the latest fruits of the American hi-fi brand and car’s partnership (announced last September), following the launch of the McIntosh sound system inside… Read more

Technics Ottava F SC-C70 MK2

Our Verdict It might work for those who need a CD player and streaming in one box, but there are far better alternatives if you can compromise on features For Plenty of weight to sound Good timing CD player can be useful Against Dynamically uninteresting Bass detail is poor With vinyl sales having overtaken those… Read more

Asus’ new ROG Phone 5 Ultimate has 18GB of RAM and a rear-facing OLED screen

Asus is going big with its latest gaming phones. The ROG Phone 5 lineup will start shipping this month across the globe, costing 799 euros (around $950) for the base configuration with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of fast UFS 3.1 storage. Every configuration has a 6.78-inch FHD+ OLED screen with a 144Hz refresh rate… Read more