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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

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

Review: Focal Aria 936 K2

Long ago, the French speaker brand Focal , then still under the name JMlab, loudspeakers with a very distinctive yellow cone. A Kevlar cone made from a sandwich of aramid fibers. Recently, because of the 40 anniversary of Focal released a Spectral anniversary model in a limited edition of 400 pair, now a limited edition… Read more

Review: Sonos Arc soundbar

Sonos has launched a new premium soundbar this summer that should be the successor to the Playbar and the Playbase. The new Sonos Arc comes with HDMI and has extra overhead speakers to display Dolby Atmos. We have examined the newcomer extensively in several living rooms. Trendsetter Sonos You may think of Sonos what you… Read more

Review: Monitor Audio Bronze 500 (sixth generation)

With the sixth generation of the affordable Bronze family is the last major renewal operation of Monitor Audio (almost) complete. The Gold and Silver updates brought significant technical and visual improvements to the table, but is all of that possible at a much lower price point? To investigate, in this review we look at the… Read more

Review: Telos Audio Design

RESUME The Quantum Noise Resonator and the Quantum Magnetic Tuning CD Demagnetizer from Telos Audio Design are beautiful devices that can make the sound of a top system clearly purer and more natural. There is no detectable adverse effect. The Demagnetizer sets a new standard for handling CDs. Unfortunately, Telos’s accessories do have hefty price… Read more