Latest articles by Jez Ford
System not sounding quite right? Check you're not stuck in some crazy EQ mode.
The German camera-maker’s second upgrade of a Hisense-derived projector proves technically brilliant at delivering big-screen images wherever you choose to put it.
I went to the Sydney Opera House to see a Brian Eno documentary edited in real-time by a computer, so every version is unique. Could other movies be made this way?
The latest of BenQ’s circular rolling projectors brings battery power, built-in sound, more lumens and new Netflix for its Google TV interface.
I said recently that Christmas albums should be hidden away from Boxing Day until at least the following December, but on this occasion I will make an exception...
I strongly suggest physically isolating your festive tunes so they can’t infect the rest of your year.
Size restrictions and strict divisions within a new extension made this home cinema a challenge for the team at Wavetrain Cinemas, but careful choices and a strong sci-fi theme delivered a stunning result.
A small silvery box that streams and makes lovely sounds: Norway’s Electrocompaniet delivers a luxurious take on the streaming zoneplayer.
A 17th-century cymbal maker turns its hand to wireless noise-cancelling headphones, and the Alchem-Es prove genuinely different
Meridian’s Ellipse may be the best small wireless speaker we’ve ever heard.
An orchestra of music mixed as a 3D choreography of sound – a new visual audio format makes good sense for VR goggles, but is that how we want to listen to music?
I recently transformed two hi-fi and TV sound systems – one of them for almost nothing because of a hilarious installation error.
The furry litter-pickers were a supergroup of GOATs and heavily influential on my formative musical taste.
The bad news: your home cinema ain’t gonna cut it. The good news: there’s more to fulldome than Floyd.
A 17th-century cymbal maker turns its hand to wireless noise-cancelling headphones
As we wave goodbye to the CD format, it turns out silver discs were largely imaginary all along...
I decided to see what the real measurable differences were between the (hopefully) lossless service and the admitted lossy Spotify...
This streaming amplifier trickles down tech from Yamaha's higher analogue amplifiers, while adding MusicCast streaming and digital inputs for a well-priced all-round performance.
Once upon a time I travelled the world in search of silence. I never found it...
Moving up from the company's most basic design, the LP70X is still fairly basic and plastic, but it delivers good performance for the price, and is incredibly easy to set up.
Hisense has gone from TVs to short-throw ‘Laser TV’ projectors, and now brings a more conventional ‘mini’ projector in a kinda cube. How do Hisense’s skills translate to the new environment?
JBL’s higher-level turntable leaves behind the pop-culture design of the cheaper Spinner BT and goes for modern vintage and direct driven the TT350 Classic. But how does it sound?
Marking the centenary of Beyerdynamic, these ‘X’ edition headphones upgrade the standard version with the latest driver technology
