Becky Scarrott
Becky has been a full-time staff writer at What Hi-Fi? since March 2019. Prior to gaining her MA in Journalism in 2018, she freelanced as an arts critic alongside a 20-year career as a professional dancer and aerialist – any love of dance is of course tethered to a love of music. Becky has previously contributed to Stuff, FourFourTwo, This is Cabaret and The Stage. When not writing, she dances, spins in the air, drinks coffee, watches football or surfs in Cornwall with her other half – a football writer whose talent knows no bounds.
Latest articles by Becky Scarrott

PSB unveils premium M4U 8 MKII wireless headphones with aptX HD and noise-cancelling
By Becky Scarrott last updated
Featuring Personal Sound by Audiodo, the next generation of PSB’s immersive RoomFeel and the latest all-digital noise cancellation tech.

Huawei FreeBuds Lipstick wireless earbuds combine hi-fi sound and high-end cosmetic appeal
By Becky Scarrott published
Red hue? Tick. Reassuring 'click' when you snap the case shut? Yes. Scented packaging? Also yes.

Astell & Kern unveils successor to Award-winning A&norma SR25 hi-res music player
By Becky Scarrott last updated
The SR25 MKII adds new features to an Award-winning recipe, including a balanced 4.4mm headphone jack and tweaks to its already eye-catching design.

Melco launches its most affordable SSD music library to date
By Becky Scarrott last updated
The new Japanese-crafted N50 offers an SSD-based digital music library, plus dedicated USB connectivity.

Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers can now stream music mixed in spatial audio
By Becky Scarrott published
New music mixed in Sony’s 360 Reality Audio and Dolby Atmos is streaming now on Amazon Music Unlimited, from artists including Alicia Keys, Lil Nas X, and Remi Wolf.

The world's 12 best-value headphones have been named What Hi-Fi? Award winners
By Becky Scarrott published
The best headphones you can buy in 2021 span wired and wireless, in-ear and over-ear, and a wide range of budgets...

Jerry Garcia's 'Budman' McIntosh MC2300 power amp sold for $378,000 at Sotheby's
By Becky Scarrott last updated
Sotheby's 228-lot 'From the Vault: Property from the Grateful Dead and Friends' auction took place at 2pm in New York on 14th October.

Astell & Kern's angular AK Zero1 earbuds feature three different drivers
By Becky Scarrott last updated
Composed of a micro planar dynamic driver, dual balanced armature drivers and one dynamic driver, the unique configuration promises unprecedented sonic capabilities.

Audio-Technica unveils limited edition ‘Lantern Glow’ ATH-M50xBT2 headphones
By Becky Scarrott published
The hue was actually chosen by more than 13,000 A-T fans in a global online poll

iFi hip-dac 2 promises even better performance and full MQA decoding
By Becky Scarrott published
If the five-star iFi hip-dac is anything to go by, this new and improved hipflask-esque portable USB DAC should be just the tonic for music lovers on the move.

QED's new Reference Audio 40 interconnect boasts Analoc2 upgrade
By Becky Scarrott published
Analoc2 substitutes high-rigidity thermoplastic material for both the inner support structure and the cable strain relief.

Cabasse launches Pearl Pelegrina limited-edition flagship spherical speakers
By Becky Scarrott last updated
Each Pearl Pelegrina features exclusive materials and stands almost 130cm tall, with its sphere and base measuring 48cm in diameter.

NAD launches C 399 Classic Series amplifier with BluOS multi-room streaming
By Becky Scarrott published
The new flagship Classic Series integrated amp features Masters Series grade HybridDigital nCore amplification, Ess Sabre DAC and MDC2 Modular Design Construction Architecture.

iOS 15 brings next-level spatial audio to Apple Music – but there's a catch
By Becky Scarrott published
If you're running iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, you can now enjoy dynamic head tracking for spatial audio in Apple Music – as long as you're using Apple's premium AirPods...

Audeze unveils all-new ultra premium LCD-5 planar magnetic headphones
By Becky Scarrott last updated
LCD-5 features an all-new driver design with Audeze’s own patent-pending Parallel Uniforce voice coils, plus a new Fluxor magnet assembly (yes, those are the real names).

SoundMagic P23BT wireless headphones boast aptX HD and 60-hour battery for just £50
By Becky Scarrott published
SoundMagic is a name regular readers will certainly know. But you may not know the name P23BT, the firm's all-new affordable wireless headphones. Allow us...

T+A unveils three-strong 200 Series of premium hi-fi separates
By Becky Scarrott published
Although the 200 series is based on the 2020-issue HA 200 headphone amp and DAC in terms of tech, the external design of the Series 200 reaches as far back as 1993.

Vinyl is still winning: sales are up 94% in 2021 with $467m revenue Stateside
By Becky Scarrott published
The Record Industry Association of America has spoken, and it says that takings from CD sales have increased just 44% to $205m in the first half of 2021...

Don't hold your breath for an inexpensive Apple TV+ dongle, report claims
By Becky Scarrott published
A fresh bulletin from the Information details the number of paid-for Apple TV+ members and explains why the tech giant has canned the idea of a new wallet-friendly streaming dongle.

Atacama introduces NeXXus, its first modular, upgradable speaker stand
By Becky Scarrott last updated
NeXXus is the first Atacama speaker stand to feature tube diameters to match the performance of the speakers.

Paramount+ has quietly upgraded more movies to 4K, HDR and Dolby Atmos
By Becky Scarrott published
Skyfall, Annihilation and Star Trek: Into Darkness are now available in 4K on Paramount+, and more are being upgraded as we type...

LG unveils new transparent OLED screen 'suitable for brightly lit environments'
By Becky Scarrott last updated
The latest see-through OLED tech was demonstrated for the first time at this week’s International Motor Show in Munich, Germany.

Meze Audio Elite is the company's most advanced planar magnetic headphones yet
By Becky Scarrott last updated
Elite is the result of three years of research and development and includes the all-new diaphragm material, Rinaro Parus.
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