Audio-Technica ATH-AL5NC. The open-back headphone finally cuts the cord
Open-back headphones and Bluetooth have spent years being treated as a contradiction. Open-backs leak sound, let the outside world in…
Sky Go. Full HD arrives with a Sky OS-inspired makeover
Sky Go has finally caught up with the screens it borrows from. On Tuesday 8 September 2026, Sky launched a…
Technics SL-1500CS. Delta Sigma Drive trickles down to the everyday deck
Technics has spent years telling anyone who will listen that a direct-drive motor lives or dies by the signal feeding…
Rega Planar 6 RS Edition. Six contenders on the What Hi-Fi test bench
Awards season has What Hi-Fi?'s listening rooms working overtime, and the magazine's September 2026 intake reads like a shopping list…
Bowers & Wilkins 801 D5. Inside Abbey Road with the studio’s speaker partner
There are studios, and then there is Abbey Road. As the official loudspeaker partner of the London institution, Bowers &…
Sonos Ace Ultra. Ten mics, a Wi-Fi handshake and a battery you can swap
Sonos took its second swing at wireless headphones on September 1, 2026, and the Ace Ultra lands with the thing…
Sony WH-1000XM4C. A discontinued classic returns with a swappable battery
Discontinued headphones almost never come back. Sony's WH-1000XM4C, announced on September 7, 2026, is the rare exception — a revised…
LG xboom Series. The will.i.am-tuned party fleet lands in Britain
LG has put UK prices on its 2026 xboom range, the Bluetooth line-up that was first unveiled at CES 2026.…
Now Playing. Five tracks What Hi-Fi’s test rooms have on repeat in autumn 2026
A one-minute noise-rock miniature, a 1965 protest anthem and a masked actor trading bars with a Wu-Tang alumnus — the…
Roku Pro Series OLED. The $999 set that gatecrashes the OLED club
Roku has spent years putting its operating system inside other companies' televisions and selling its own cheap-and-cheerful sets. It has…
