Features

Now Playing: 5 songs we've had on repeat in the test rooms as we head into autumn

By Harry McKerrell Published 3 September 26

A hip-hop surprise, doom rock, and, of course, Dolly Parton

The What Hi-Fi? readers have spoken and the age of streaming is not a golden one for home cinema – all hail the Blu-ray

By Alastair Stevenson Published 2 September 26

Forget 4K – when you "shuffled into town to hire or buy a video" was the real golden age of home cinema

As someone who lives with both previous Sonos Beam models, here are the 5 Beam Ultra things I’m most excited about – and my 3 disappointments

By Tom Parsons Published 1 September 26

Let’s face it, a Beam with dedicated up-firing drivers is cause for celebration, but it's not automatically perfect

I'm excited by the Sonos Beam Ultra’s Dolby Atmos upgrade, but gutted it didn't borrow this feature from the Arc Ultra

By Lewis Empson Published 1 September 26

I've been waiting for this one...

“We know the home, we know audio, we know music” – we speak to Sonos about its operating system rebrand, its "customer-led" focus and app updates

By Kashfia Kabir Published 1 September 26

Diving into the details and thinking behind the Sonos 27 ecosystem rebrand

Could Sonos one day support DTS:X? “The door isn’t closed”

By Tom Parsons Published 1 September 26

But it isn’t built into the new Beam Ultra “at this time”

Bose’s disappointing Dolby Atmos soundbar, Naim drops a surprise, McIntosh’s glowing new preamplifier and more

By Andy Madden Published 31 August 26

Another interesting week of hi-fi and home cinema news and reviews

Adventures in AV: I've convinced my friends that OLED is king, and now I have a secret weapon to encourage them to upgrade

By Lewis Empson Published 29 August 26

OLED is an essential upgrade for this upcomming video game

Now Showing: discover the top home cinema testers for picture and sound this month

By Robyn Quick Published 29 August 26

From Hammer Horror to Nolan's latest

Quiz! Can you name the first film in these home cinema formats?

By Daniel Furn Published 28 August 26

So many formats, but they all started somewhere...