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KEF unveils Mu3 true wireless headphones with active noise cancelling

Home News (Image credit: KEF) UK Audio specialist, KEF, has just introduced the Mu3: the company’s first set of true wireless headphones that also boast noise cancelling. They’re designed by Ross Lovegrove – of KEF’s high-end Muon speakers and bijou Bluetooth Muo fame – and engineered by the firm’s Maidstone acoustic team. 2021 sees KEF celebrating… Read more

7 tips to improve your computer sound quality

Home Advice (Image credit: Ruark) Be it at work or at home, a lot of us spend a whole lot of time at our desks. For many, a 9-to-5 job is likely to have you sitting in front of your computer for upwards of 1,500 hours every year. But look at it another way: that’s… Read more

Q Acoustics Q Active 200

Our Verdict Q Acoustics bravely enters uncharted waters, but out-of-character sonic shortfalls let down an otherwise decent first effort For Thoughtfully designed Vast hub connectivity Punchy, room-filling sound Against Lacks dynamic and rhythmic expression No dedicated control app Stands are expensive extras It’s a simple fact of life that the more there is to do,… Read more

Focal Arche

Our Verdict The Arche is well-built and beautifully designed in its simplicity, and is a great choice if you’re after a high quality DAC for your headphones, but if you’re using the Arche in your main setup, stick with the XLR outputs, as the RCA alternatives are sporadically noisy. For Beautiful, solid design Exceptional isolation… Read more

KEF’s tiny KC62 subwoofer delivers unprecedentedly deep bass for its size

Home News (Image credit: KEF) KEF has released an absolutely tiny (246x256x248mm) powered subwoofer, KC62, that uses three new KEF technologies to deliver unprecedented levels of deep bass. “KEF’s new 1,000-watt KC62 subwoofer surpasses traditional expectations of what a subwoofer can achieve based on its size,” said Nigel Ng, of Advance Audio, which distributes KEF… 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

Best wireless speakers 2021: wonderful wi-fi speakers for all budgets

Home Best-buys Best wireless speakers Buying Guide: Welcome to What Hi-Fi?’s round-up of the best wireless speakers you can buy in 2021. The category of wireless speakers evolves and multiplies at a rate similar to new titles on Netflix. When it comes to driver-housing sonic boxes (cylinders, oblongs, spheres, wedges, jewels and teardrops) if you… Read more

The 86-cent question: Urgent applications rejected, broadcasting fee remains at 17.50 euros

For households in Germany, 16, 50 Euro radio license fee. An increase blocked by Saxony-Anhalt in December to 18, 36 Euro is not affected by urgent requests from ARD, ZDF and Deutschlandradio. Judges at the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe rejected the urgent requests of the public broadcasters on Tuesday. That does not say whether… Read more

Bugatti Royale: quite literally the Bugatti of active speakers

Home News (Image credit: Bugatti) It’s not the first time a high-end audio brand has collaborated with an aspirational automobile manufacturer to produce audio kit not intended for use behind the wheel of your hypercar – in the past few years Porsche has teamed up with KEF to produce headphones and wireless speakers and Klipsch… Read more

Review: KEF LS50 Meta

When I saw press releases about the new KEF LS 50 Meta earlier this year, a kind of childlike excitement took hold of me This successor to my LS 50 how that is I will tell you later I promised to offer a very interesting evolution and so I wanted to have a couple in… Read more

Review: Cyrus Audio i9 XR

As Cyrus Audio for Ã © Ã One thing, it is a British hi-fi sound in a small, living room-friendly format. The brand is now launching the new XR family: more high-end and powerful but still very compact. The i9-XR that we are testing here is the top model and overwhelms with enormous connectivity and… Read more

Review LEAK Stereo 130 and CDT classic hi-fi in retro jacket

When I got the new LEAK Stereo 130 amplifier with matching LEAK CDT CD transport was first seen a while ago in a press release, my hi-fi heart jumped happily. In 2011 a colleague gave me an old LEAK Delta 30 integrated amplifier. That stubbornly designed little amplifier from the late days of the transition… Read more

Best KEF speakers: budget, premium, bookshelf and standmount

Home Best-buys Best KEF speakers Buying Guide: Welcome to What Hi-Fi?’s round-up of the best KEF speakers you can buy in 2020. KEF is one of the finest purveyors of British hi-fi, with an illustrious heritage that stretches back more than 50 years. It’s had a few ups and downs in that time, but hasn’t lost… Read more

Review LEAK Stereo 130 and CDT classic hi-fi in a new retro look

When I got the new LEAK Stereo 130 amplifier with matching LEAK CDT CD transport was first seen a while ago in a press release, my hi-fi heart jumped happily. In 2011 a colleague gave me an old LEAK Delta 30 integrated amplifier. That stubbornly designed little amplifier from the late days of the transition… Read more

Review: Hegel H95 sounds better for the same price

With the slim H 95, Hegel presents an accessible amplifier that can do a lot and yet is not overly complicated. Minimalistic in appearance, perhaps, but certainly not in terms of sound quality or possibilities. The recipe is recognizable from the high-end Hegel’s, but consistency is at the heart of the success of these smart… Read more