What Hi-Fi?

How does the cheapest model in the new iPhone range perform for AV tasks?

UPDATED Do the AirPods Max, Apple’s only noise-cancelling over-ear headphones, justify their premium price tag?

UPDATED Elegant and dynamic-sounding floorstanders that delight at every turn.

Updated PMC says the Prodigy 5 floorstanders will bring studio-grade sound to the hi-fi mainstream – we put that claim to the test.

Updated The Q Acoustics 5050 deliver a mature and insightful performance for the money.

Updated The 5040 features a new cone technology and marks a shift in sonic character for Q Acoustics, but the results are excellent.

UPDATED The Wharfedale Diamond 12.3 aren’t quite budget speakers, but they offer a great performance for an affordable price.

Updated Austrian Audio has brought its sonic talents to the wireless market with the Hi-X25BT Bluetooth headphones. To our ears, it’s been an utterly seamless transition.

Updated Bowers & Wilkins’ new flagship wireless earbuds are pricey –can they deliver where it counts?

Updated Sony’s premium wireless earbuds push the sonic boundaries even further to set a new standard in the product category.

Updated Sony’s wireless earbuds deliver comfort, noise-cancelling and sensational sound quality for an affordable price.

Updated Sony proves great comfort and sound quality are possible from a cheap pair of wireless earbuds.

SVS throws its engineering might at the Ultra Evolution Tower but the results are mixed.

Updated Elac’s Debut ConneX DCB41 is a compact system for those that need a neat and talented hi-fi solution.

UPDATED Mission’s resurrected 770 speakers are excellent alternatives to the established class leaders, even before any nostalgic appeal is considered.

Updated Epos’s ES-7N standmounters are small, hugely capable and unfussy.

Updated The Prodigy 1 open PMC speakers up to a wider audience, and that audience should pounce on them immediately.

UPDATED KEF’s uprated LS50 make use of innovative technology to set new standards at their price.

Updated Big, clean, open and easy to listen to, the 606 S3 standmounters are a huge step-up in performance from B&W’s previous Award-winning model.

Updated Wonderfully refined, detailed and heaps of fun, B&W’s smallest, most affordable speakers are a terrifically entertaining listen.

Updated Wharfedale’s new Diamond 12.1s are surprisingly sophisticated performers for the money.

Updated This year’s flagship soundbar from Samsung delivers Dolby Atmos in very impressive fashion.

UPDATED Sennheiser’s first soundbar is huge, expensive and rather fussy – but also totally brilliant.

Updated Sony’s new flagship Dolby Atmos soundbar surpasses expectations.

UPDATED Sonos might have been late to the Dolby Atmos soundbar party, but the Arc continues to impress years after its launch.