Ketan Bharadia
Ketan Bharadia is the Technical Editor of What Hi-Fi? He's been been reviewing hi-fi, TV and home cinema equipment for over two decades, and over that time has covered thousands of products. Ketan works across the What Hi-Fi? brand including the website and magazine. His background is based in electronic and mechanical engineering.
Latest articles by Ketan Bharadia
Sky Glass
By Tom Parsons last updated
Is Sky Glass the ultimate Sky experience or a step too far? And how much does it really cost?
Modern-retro Mission 770 gatecrash the What Hi-Fi? Awards speaker category
By Ketan Bharadia published
What Hi-Fi? reveals the best standmount and floorstanding speakers of 2022...
Rega and Pro-Ject are the big turntable winners in the 2022 What Hi-Fi? Awards
By Ketan Bharadia last updated
What Hi-Fi? picks the best value turntables on the market for 2022
LG C2 (OLED77C2)
By Tom Parsons published
UPDATED If it’s a genuinely massive TV that you’re after, the 77-inch C2 is the perfect combination of size, performance and price.
LG C2 (OLED42C2)
By Tom Parsons published
UPDATED LG has shrunk its awesome C2 OLED to a new, smaller size, and the result is a real crowd-pleaser of a TV.
LG Z2 (OLED77Z2)
By Tom Parsons published
The LG Z2 is the only 8K OLED TV you can buy – but is it a TV you actually should buy?
How to buy second-hand and vintage hi-fi amplifiers
By Ketan Bharadia published
Buying a second-hand amplifier could land you a bargain, but you'll have to take care to avoid pitfalls.
How to buy second-hand and vintage hi-fi speakers
By Ketan Bharadia published
Buying second-hand hi-fi speakers can be a brilliant way to bag a bargain – so long as you avoid some potential pitfalls.
Inside Timberworx, the speaker-building company you’ve never heard of
By Ketan Bharadia last updated
UK-based Timberworx makes speaker cabinets for some of the biggest brands in the market.
The ugly truth behind hi-fi's growing infatuation with nostalgia
By Ketan Bharadia last updated
Why are an increasing number of manufacturers obsessed with past glories?
Revitalised Epos resurrects legendary ES14 speakers with a modern twist
By Ketan Bharadia published
Epos looks back to go forward with the introduction of the ES14N standmounters.
How to digitise your vinyl collection - rip your records to hi-res
By Ketan Bharadia published
The only thing your record collection lacks is portability, but there is a way to take those LPs with you wherever you go...
The very best record players of the 21st century
By Ketan Bharadia published
We look back on the turntables that have made the biggest impact in our test rooms since the turn of the century...
How to clean vinyl records at home (and keep them clean in the first place)
By Ketan Bharadia published
A few pops and crackles may be part of vinyl's character, but it isn't long before they can annoy too.
SME reveals flagship Model 60 record player – and it's immaculately engineered
By Ketan Bharadia last updated
SME's new £50,000 flagship turntable is an immaculately engineered high-end proposition.
Rob Watts: The man (and mastermind) behind Chord's multi-award-winning DACs
By Ketan Bharadia last updated
Chord's digital design consultant talks music, measurements and the benefit of using FPGA-based DACs
High Frame Rate (HFR TV): What is it? Why does it matter? And how do you get it?
By Ketan Bharadia published
High Frame Rate movies are already available, but is this the format of the future or a flash in the pan?
The more boxes the better: why the path to sonic heaven is lined with components, clutter and cables
By Ketan Bharadia published
Neat, compact hi-fi is all very well, but it doesn't tend to be the way to ultimate sonic heaven.
What Hi-Fi? Awards 2021: Rega and Cambridge Audio reinforce their supremacy in stereo amp category
By Ketan Bharadia published
The British brands each win two Best Buys in the What Hi-Fi? Awards stereo amp category and are joined by Marantz and Naim.
Bowers & Wilkins 600 S2 series shines brightly in the What Hi-Fi? Awards 2021 speaker category
By Ketan Bharadia published
We name the best-value speakers you can currently buy as part of the 2021 What Hi-Fi? Awards....
Sony A90J (XR-55A90J)
By Tom Parsons published
Sony’s flagship 2021 OLED is simply one of the best TVs we’ve tested.
That Was Then... NAD 3020
By Ketan Bharadia published
Costing just £71 when it launched in 1979, the NAD 3020 became one of the most important stereo amplifiers of all time
How to get the best from your Bowers & Wilkins 606 S2 and 607 S2 speakers
By Ketan Bharadia published
Have you got a pair of Bowers & Wilkins 607 S2 or 606 S2 standmounters? Here's how to get the best performance from them...
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