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WiiM waltzes into our expert hi-fi system buying guide with its multi-tasking streaming machine

✇ What Hi-Fi
15 July 2025 at 18:19
By: rebecca.roberts@futurenet.com (Becky Roberts)
Adding a much-needed budget option for the most blossoming product category

WiiM Amp Pro streaming amplifier

Fleetwood Mac’s breakthrough album gets Dolby Atmos Blu-ray Audio mix (and two vinyl releases) for 50th anniversary

✇ What Hi-Fi
14 July 2025 at 15:17
By: rebecca.roberts@futurenet.com (Becky Roberts)
The eponymous album follows last year's Rumours in getting the Blu-ray Atmos treatment

Fleetwood Mac Blu-ray disc, case and linear notes bundle displayed against a white background

Cambridge Audio CXA81 MKII

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11 July 2025 at 17:50
By: rebecca.roberts@futurenet.com (Becky Roberts)
Cambridge Audio moves its legendary CXA81 on by a country mile with this MKII model – but has it come far enough to claim the top spot?

Cambridge Audio CXA81 MkII stereo amp on wooden rack in hi-fi test room

Just hours left! 7 cheap vinyl, hi-fi and TV accessories to bag before Prime Day ends – from £8.50

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11 July 2025 at 14:51
By: rebecca.roberts@futurenet.com (Becky Roberts)
Handy accessories that won't break the bank

Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max (2nd Generation) video streamer

Cambridge Audio is winning Prime Day hi-fi deals – save hundreds on six superb components

✇ What Hi-Fi
10 July 2025 at 16:07
By: rebecca.roberts@futurenet.com (Becky Roberts)
Available not only at Amazon but also Richer Sounds and Cambridge Audio itself

Cambridge Audio AXC35

Elevate your vinyl experience this Prime Day with these handy accessories under £20

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10 July 2025 at 12:59
By: rebecca.roberts@futurenet.com (Becky Roberts)
Reap maximum reward from your records without spending a fortune

The O Turntable from Orange Amps, on a wooden cabinet between two pot plants.

Sonos Ace headphones hit record-low price for Prime Day – but buy them at your peril

✇ What Hi-Fi
8 July 2025 at 17:21
By: rebecca.roberts@futurenet.com (Becky Roberts)
While the wireless headphones are up to 40% off, you can do much better

Sonos Ace noise-cancelling headphones

Prime Day deals make it impossible to pass up WiiM's five-star budget music streamers

✇ What Hi-Fi
8 July 2025 at 15:47
By: rebecca.roberts@futurenet.com (Becky Roberts)
Juicy Prime Day prices on two awesome affordable streamers

WiiM Ultra music streamer

Prime Day has thrown up a rare hi-fi deal on one of our favourite desktop DACs – now at its lowest-ever price

✇ What Hi-Fi
8 July 2025 at 12:19
By: rebecca.roberts@futurenet.com (Becky Roberts)
Cambridge Audio's hugely versatile DAC and headphone amp is 37% off

Cambridge Audio DacMagic 200M lifestyle with Sennheiser headphones

I've found two sneaky ways to get Sony's award-winning XM5 headphones even cheaper in the Prime Day sale

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8 July 2025 at 10:31
By: rebecca.roberts@futurenet.com (Becky Roberts)
Forgo a certain accessory or get a 'Grade A' refurbished pair

A black pair of Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones on a soft yellow surface.

3 reasons why video streaming devices remain relevant TV upgrades – but probably not for long

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4 July 2025 at 11:55
By: rebecca.roberts@futurenet.com (Becky Roberts)
I believe video streamers are in danger of becoming obsolete

Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max (2nd Generation) video streamer

How to optimise your 4K TV settings for Blu-ray, DVD and TV viewing

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2 July 2025 at 16:46
By: rebecca.roberts@futurenet.com (Becky Roberts)
Your DVDs don’t have to look shoddy

A stack of Blu-ray cases on a wooden shelf

The top-rated movie of 2025 with 100% on Rotten Tomatoes hits home streaming this week

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2 July 2025 at 12:58
By: rebecca.roberts@futurenet.com (Becky Roberts)
A compelling modern fable, streaming from Friday

the side profile of the main actress in the on becoming a guinea fowl movie

This popular amplifier feature is super practical on paper but almost pointless in practise

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26 June 2025 at 18:25
By: rebecca.roberts@futurenet.com (Becky Roberts)
I’m all for digital integration, but it should stop at physical connections

JBL SA550 Classic amplifier

Leaked Spotify HiFi code reveals higher audio quality than was promised – and it's good and bad news

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19 June 2025 at 19:01
By: rebecca.roberts@futurenet.com (Becky Roberts)
'CD quality' was announced back in 2021, but Spotify may well go one better

Spotify launches Spotify Mixes

Bowers & Wilkins and Abbey Road Studios celebrate their iconic 45-year partnership with limited-edition 801 speakers

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18 June 2025 at 12:06
By: rebecca.roberts@futurenet.com (Becky Roberts)
140 pairs of these studio-inspired 801 D4 are up for grabs

Bowers & Wilkins 801 Abbey Road Limited Edition speakers in a studio setting

Our favourite Dolby Atmos soundbar package is very close to its lowest-ever price

✇ What Hi-Fi
17 June 2025 at 12:20
By: rebecca.roberts@futurenet.com (Becky Roberts)
Soundbar, rear speakers and a subwoofer – now 55 per cent off

Samsung HW-Q990D soundbar system

Elipson’s Prestige Facet II speaker series flies the flag for both hi-fi and Dolby Atmos home cinema

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5 June 2025 at 15:04
By: rebecca.roberts@futurenet.com (Becky Roberts)
Elipson's most traditional range has no fewer than 10 models

An Elipson Prestige Facet II speaker in a living room environment

Gryphon Audio honours 30 years of its best-selling power amplifier with the brand-new Antileon Revelation

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16 May 2025 at 08:00
By: rebecca.roberts@futurenet.com (Becky Roberts)
The fifth-gen Antileon arrives in the Danish company's 40th year

Gryphon Audio Antileon Revelation amplifier on a grey marble background

Watch out, Apple! WiiM is launching a HomePod lookalike and another surprising product ‘first’

✇ What Hi-Fi
14 May 2025 at 13:00
By: rebecca.roberts@futurenet.com (Becky Roberts)
We’d bet our reference system that the smart speaker will undercut Apple’s, too

WiiM Amp Ultra, WiiM Sound and WiiM Sub Pro in living room setting

The all-new Amp Ultra is exactly the WiiM product we wanted next

✇ What Hi-Fi
14 May 2025 at 13:00
By: rebecca.roberts@futurenet.com (Becky Roberts)
Ultra streamer skills plus amplification? It’s a promising proposition

WiiM Amp Ultra in a living room setting

The best music movie of 2025 has finally hit home streaming in 4K, Dolby Vision and Atmos

✇ What Hi-Fi
9 May 2025 at 11:00
By: rebecca.roberts@futurenet.com (Becky Roberts)
The eight-time Oscar nominee is available on Disney+ (UK, Australia) and Hulu (US)

A movie still of a silhouetted guitar player on stage

Our favourite budget bookshelf speakers return to their lowest price

✇ What Hi-Fi
9 May 2025 at 07:52
By: rebecca.roberts@futurenet.com (Becky Roberts)
The best standmounts in our budget speaker buying guide are 36 per cent off

Standmount speakers: Elac Debut B5.2

Harman is buying Bowers & Wilkins, Marantz and Denon as Masimo sells its consumer audio business

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7 May 2025 at 02:59
By: rebecca.roberts@futurenet.com (Becky Roberts)
The $350m transaction is expected to close by the end of the year

Bowers & Wilkins 606 S3 5.1 Home Cinema Speaker Package (607 S3 Rears)

Spotify finally has a feature I'm truly envious of as a Tidal user

✇ What Hi-Fi
14 April 2025 at 10:00
By: rebecca.roberts@futurenet.com (Becky Roberts)
The new feature is a blessing for gig-goers.

Spotify screenshot

Audio-Technica's “perfectly charming” Sound Burger portable turntable gets a fresh rival from an unexpected brand

✇ What Hi-Fi
14 April 2025 at 09:00
By: rebecca.roberts@futurenet.com (Becky Roberts)
It has a neat sleeve-displaying party trick

Toshiba Aurex AX-RP10 turntable on a desk with a notebook, mug, plant pot and lamp

This year's Oscar-winning thriller is finally streaming this weekend – and it’s a terrific TV picture tester

✇ What Hi-Fi
11 April 2025 at 10:00
By: rebecca.roberts@futurenet.com (Becky Roberts)
2025’s Best Adapted Screenplay is coming to Prime Video

Ralph Fiennes in Conclave about to give a speech at a lecturn

I just spent a week with Yamaha's teased YH-C3000 headphones – and they're the cream of the closed-back crop

✇ What Hi-Fi
3 April 2025 at 10:11
By: rebecca.roberts@futurenet.com (Becky Roberts)
Yamaha has also shed light on upcoming YH-5000SE evolutions.

Black Yamaha YH-C3000 headphones next to a headphone amplifier and plant pot

When do wireless speakers stop making sense? I believe one crucial sound element determines their ceiling

✇ What Hi-Fi
27 March 2025 at 13:00
By: rebecca.roberts@futurenet.com (Becky Roberts)
Even the very best-sounding one-box wireless speakers are limited.

Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin Pro Edition

Calling all headphone lovers – the Sennheiser HD 599 are back at their lowest-ever price in Amazon's spring sale

✇ What Hi-Fi
25 March 2025 at 09:00
By: rebecca.roberts@futurenet.com (Becky Roberts)
The wired over-ears are currently less than half-price

A side-on view of a man wearing the Sennheiser HD 599 headphones

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