Latest articles by Jez Ford
Bluetooth speakers are convenient and affordable, but you can do better. Much better.
A realisation that open-house lifestyles may not provide quite the conditions for which your loudspeakers were designed...
The highlights from, and the lowdown on, the weekend’s Australian Hi-Fi Show in Sydney...
Can the latest little streaming box for Australia deliver on its promise of being “the future of TV and streaming”?
BenQ's compact 4K XPR projector is specialised for gamers, but proves a capable all-round entertainer, with Android TV and built-in speakers
The integrated rangetopper brings 11 channels of power and 13 of processing, along with HEOS streaming and several paths to multiroom playback. How does it sound?
Wireless active speakers that combine the company's Italian design flair with fully modern streaming – including an early appearance of consumer Ultra WideBand technology.
JBL’s Spinner BT is the cheaper of the company's two new turntables, yet it comes loaded with a phono stage and Bluetooth wireless playback. We reckon it’ll sell bucketloads.
Yamaha revives a higher level of soundbar in a ‘True X’ format which pairs bar with a wireless subwoofer and two battery-powered rears – which have a wireless life of their own
This upmarket ultra-short-throw ‘Cinema TV’ projection solution from the camerameisters at Leica in Germany proves a beauty in both its design and its delivery on the screen.
It’s Vivid’s smallest speaker, with just 12 litres of internal space. Yet it loves going loud and it’s not short of bass. What’s its trick?
This successful circular projector concept is now upgraded with higher-quality visuals yet the same impressive simplicity of set-up and battery operation
A high-res audio streamer with HEOS – but also a whole lot more, while showing the advantages of a full component-width unit
800 nits full white, 2200 peak: TCL’s Mini LED TV retains its dazzle and continues to compete effectively with OLED.
We interview designer Dr Martin Gosnell on Richter's new flagship speakers – and how they couldn't be more black...
Rega celebrates its half century by making its longest-lived classic turntable just a little bit more classic
Pull off the ends of this bar and they work as wireless rears – or standalone speakers. Neat trick, but how does it all sound?
Égalité, fraternité, they say, but the English and French soundtracks of Tour de France Unchained do not treat their audience equally.
Medieval music in a big cathedral is not generally my first go-to for an evening listening session. But wow, now it is.
Clearaudio's first-ever turntable is reborn, as the German vinyl meisters turn 45. We speak with Robert Suchy.
Adding Bluetooth but not noise-cancelling keeps these excellent cans in a bargain category
From a home-made violin – via Floyd Toole and Canada's National Research Council – to a a 50-year-strong speaker brand.
