Latest articles by Simon Lucas
A smörgåsbord of wireless winners at What Hi-Fi? Awards 2017
The Sound of Scandinavia is a hit in our wireless speaker category - Audio Pro scores a hat-trick of Awards.
McIntosh's new amplifier is its smallest yet
The MA5300 has a 32bit DAC, supporting DSD256 and DXD 384kHz files, plus a whole host of analogue and digital connections.
Get the big picture with What Hi-Fi? Awards 2017 best projectors
A good projector can really make a home cinema system. Whatever your budget, 2017's What Hi-Fi? Award winners are your best bet to getting the most from your movies.
Tidal brings its 50% off Student tier to UK
Following its launch in the US, the Student subscription is now available in 23 European countries (including the UK), Australia and South America.
Record-breaking turntables category for What Hi-Fi? Awards 2017
We've added two new categories to our turntable Awards this year, reflecting a triumphant 12 months for vinyl and all that comes with it.
14 brilliant pairs of headphones comprise What Hi-Fi? Awards 2017 winners
Whether you want an affordable pair of buds, some high-fidelity home-use headphones or some wireless modernity, look no further...
What Hi-Fi? Awards 2017 for a fantastic pair of CD players
Just because CD isn't the force it used to be doesn't mean you can't buy a high-quality player...
Lucky 13! A baker's dozen of great speakers win What Hi-Fi? Awards 2017
It's been an outstanding year filled with brilliant speakers...
The best 12 TVs of What Hi-Fi?'s lifetime
We salute 12 of the best television sets ever to grace the What Hi-Fi? testing rooms...
10 of the world's most expensive TVs
We've thought long and hard about whether a TV costing north of £6000 could possibly win a What Hi-Fi? Award. But that's a petty consideration when you look at these 10 lavish televisions...
Yamaha launches R-N803D stereo network receiver
We've long enjoyed the way Yamaha's full-size components look, so we're halfway to liking the R-N803D already...
Test your stereo field perception, waste hours and maybe win speakers
The Panning Challenge is up and running - how are YOUR powers of stereo perception?
The+Record Player closes in on its Kickstarter goal
+Audio hopes sourcing components from the likes of Pro-Ject and Ortofon will give its all-in-one turntable immediate respectability...
B&W launches all-new 700 Series speaker range
This extensive new range incorporates technologies from the way-more-expensive 800 Series.
JBL announces Link range of Google Assistant smart speakers
Incorporating Google Assistant voice control and Chromecast built-in, the Link range is JBL's brand new smart offering...
JBL BAR series is a whole new range of soundbars
BAR is a four-strong range of soundbars with a customisable element for greater flexibility
JBL Free wireless earbuds lead affordable headphone line-up
Your choice of wireless, noise-cancelling headphones just got bigger - and so did your children's...
Sony launches three new 4K HDR projectors
True 4K has been hard to come by in a projector - but now Sony has three brand-new models
Sony announces new 1000X-series of wireless, noise-cancelling headphones
Sony is replacing its Award-winning noise-cancellers - and doubling down with new in-ear and neckband variants too.
Technics goes back to the future once more with SP-10R turntable
Described by the company as its "most premium turntable ever", the SP-10R goes on sale next summer.
Panasonic unveils SC-GA10 smart speaker, huge 4K OLED TV and more
As is its way, Panasonic announced a deluge of new products at IFA 2017. Here are the highlights...
Samsung partners with Panasonic and 20th Century Fox for HDR10+
Samsung is rounding up support for its dynamic metadata technology - licensing is due to begin in January 2018
Tangent adds to its Spectrum range to create 5.1 system
A pair of floorstanders, a subwoofer and a centre speaker join X4 and X5 standmounters to complete the Spectrum series
