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Mission QX-2 MKII

It's seconds out, round two for Mission's attractive standmounters

Sonos Ray

Sparkling vocal clarity abounds, but there's an uncharacteristic flaw here

Linn Series 3 Wireless

ALL-IN-ONE MUSIC SYSTEM

Devialet Phantom 1108dB

ALL-IN-ONE MUSIC SYSTEM

Neat Iota Alpha

SMALL FLOORSTANDERS

Eclipse TD307 Mk3

PASSIVE DESKTOP SPEAKERS

Q Acoustics M20

SMALL SPEAKERS

Ruark Audio MR1 Mk2

POWERED SPEAKERS

Spendor Classic 4/5

SMALL SPEAKERS

Dali Menuet SE

PASSIVE SPEAKERS

Neat Iota

Look, nobody tell the Neat Iota loudspeakers they are really small, right? If we all keep schtum, they might just keep on turning out a big, weighty and detailed sound, capable of amazing all who hear them.

Wharfedale Diamond 12.1

PASSIVE SPEAKERS

Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra

Is this the new benchmark for flagship phones?

Maintaining Its Lead On LED

Android TV has made way for Google TV, and Sony has found more reasons to update their line-up, yet again!

Everything You Need To Know About Apple Spatial Audio

What is it? How do you get it? Apple’s 3D audio tech for Apple Music and movie soundtracks explained

11 Of The Best Tracks To Test Your Headphones

Get your ears around these can-tastic test tracks

Cyrus CDi-XR

Cyrus has dominated the premium CD player market for more years than we care to remember. Its long-running and still current CDi model has won the premium CD player category in our Awards every year since its introduction in late 2013. That level of success says as much about the CDi’s quality as it does the state of competition in the CD player market.

KEF LS50 WIRELESS II

And now for something a little different. The KEF LS50 Wireless II is an all-in-one speaker system with streaming smarts and built-in amplification which requires no other boxes than the two familiar KEF LS50 stereo speakers you see here.

Rotel Michi X3

Back in the early ’90s, Rotel was best known as a producer of excellent value, affordable hi-fi. Its budget amplifiers, CD players and turntables were usually considered front runners, and rightly so. So the introduction of the high-end Michi sub-brand at that time was somewhat of a surprise, and an extremely pleasant one at that, considering the exquisite build quality and remarkable sonic talents of that original range.

Naim CD5si

With so much focus on music streaming in recent years, it’s easy to overlook the value of a good CD player.

Marantz CD6007

You would need to go back over a decade and four model cycles to find a CD6000 model that looked notably different. Thankfully, the engineers responsible for the sound haven’t been taking things so easy.

Cyrus CDi

Cyrus hasn’t put a foot wrong with its CD players for as long as we can remember. In fact it would be fair to say that the company’s track record has been phenomenal. So it’s no surprise that the Cyrus CDi – the successor to the Cyrus 6SE and Cyrus 8SE – is a typical gleaming example of the company treading the right path.

Xgimi Aura

An entertaining short-throw projector with punchy colours and great sound

Rega System One

Fuss-free and a glorious listen, Rega’s System One is the new entry-level vinyl system to beat

LG OLED65G2

LG dazzles with its finest OLED TV yet

NAIM NDX 2

Naim Audio’s formidable reputation may have been built on the excellence of its amplification, but in recent years it is the quality of the company’s streaming products that has impressed the most.

CHORD 2GO/ HUGO 2

The Chord 2go is a brilliant way to add streaming capability to the company’s Award-winning Hugo 2 DAC. Together, they add up to one of the most capable premium music streamers on the market.

NAIM ND5 XS 2

When Naim describes its ND5 XS 2 network streamer as entry-level, it actually means that it’s the cheapest dedicated component the company makes in the range. But if this is the best your system ever sounds you will be doing your ears mightily proud.

TECHNICS SL-G700

Technics may be better known for its turntables, but the SL-G700 shows that it has more than just analogue strings to its bow.

NAD C 658

You have to feel for whoever is in charge of box-ticking in the product design chain of a music streamer. The range of desirable features available gets ever wider as more services, codecs and technologies continue to work their way into the vast and volatile world of streaming.