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Best soundbars 2024: options for every need, recommended by …
Sep 17, 2024 · I'm What Hi-Fi?'s TV & AV Editor, and I've been testing soundbars ever since they became a serious category in the mid-2000s. While I personally love AVRs and dedicated speaker systems, I'm well aware that they are not for everyone. A soundbar, on the other hand, is an easy way to massively upgrade your home cinema experience.
Where can you buy hi-res music? Here are the top download sites
Sep 6, 2022 · (Image credit: 7digital) • Hi-res sampling rates available: 24-bit/44.1kHz to 24-bit/192kHz • Hi-res file formats available: FLAC. With a strong catalogue of hi-res music from all genres and a website that makes buying music easy, 7digital is a good all-rounder.
What is a DAC? And why do you need one anyway?
Aug 22, 2024 · Built into the likes of computers, tablets and smartphones, a DAC is fundamental to unlock digital music. It converts the countless reams of a digital song's data into analogue signals that are intelligible to the likes of speakers and headphones – and the human ear.
Best music streaming services 2024: free streams to hi-res audio
Sep 27, 2024 · Tidal is our overall pick for hi-res audio listening and the current What Hi-Fi? Award winner for 'Best music streaming service'. Offering MQA and now FLAC playback, Tidal is an excellent streaming service with a wide library of diverse music.
Best hi-fi systems 2024: CD, vinyl and streaming music players for …
Oct 2, 2024 · Each kind is covered in this buying guide's top 10 picks, as well as our Also Consider section, but they all share one thing in common: class-leading performance at their price. They all combine best-in-class features and intuitive control too. Our expert in-house reviews team tests hi-fi systems throughout the year and across the market, with every one benchmarked against its closest competitors.
Apple Music lossless: which devices will (and won't) play lossless …
Oct 31, 2023 · (Image credit: Future) Another new addition to Apple Music is Spatial Audio, which is designed to provide "multidimensional sound and clarity" delivering surround sound and 3D audio via your headphones (and other devices).. Spatial Audio was initially launched as part of iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, and the newer Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos feature for Apple Music arrived as part of the iOS 14.6 ...
Which TV screen size should you buy? - What Hi-Fi?
Feb 4, 2024 · When it comes to the ever-popular premium 4K OLED TVs, the smallest panel size you could get until recently was 55 inches. In the past few years that has extended down to 48 and then 42 inches.
Best floorstanding speakers 2024: all models tested by …
Sep 26, 2024 · The 5000 range has signalled a new age for British manufacturer Q Acoustics, showing a desire to crack more premium price points and enter new territories.The 5050 take many of the design concepts from their outstanding 5040 counterparts, with bigger twin mid/bass drivers (15cm vs 12.5cm) and a larger cabinet aiming to dominate greater spaces at …
We tested 20+ compact hi-fi systems – and these are the 5 we'd …
Oct 25, 2022 · For the just-announced What Hi-Fi? Awards 2022, we tested more than 20 systems in our ‘Systems’ category alone, from just-add-speakers streaming amplifiers to all-in-one and active speaker systems.We saw examples of the former from the likes of Naim, Marantz, Mission, Technics and Audiolab, and those of the latter from KEF, Audio Pro, Triangle, Q Acoustics and JBL.