JBL Bar 1300Mk2 review
With its Mk2 flagship soundbar, JBL fights back to fully compete on sound quality, genuine immersion, bass (a lot of that) and especially musicality, a potential trump card for a hi-fi brand.
Hi-Fi
Wi-fi headphones, multi-talented all-in-ones and a slow cassette resurgence are among our 2026 hi-fi predictions
Our audio wizards have dusted off their crystal balls…
Got cash for Christmas? I'm eyeing these 5 great products in the New Year sales
Santa let you down? Take matters into your own hands...
My first time using a portable cassette player reminded me of what I love about listening to vinyl
There’s something special about the unique charm of analogue
FiiO’s latest portable music player resembles an iPod Nano and doubles as a USB DAC
The Disc joins the Echo Mini and Nano to bolster the Snowsky range
Speakers
I tested a host of standmounts this year, and it proves there are endless ways to design a great speaker
The mid-price speaker market is in rude health
This Bluetooth speaker upgrade is so good it feels like Christmas already
This Bluetooth speaker is making things sweeter
Subwoofers have been the MVPs of 2025; here are three examples of subs that wowed us this year
Give it up for these bass-boosting boxes
In praise of small speakers: how their inherent design limitations can work to their benefit
Good things can come in small packages, especially when well-engineered
TV & Home Cinema
This cheap home cinema system combines an Award-winning Mini LED TV and Dolby Atmos sound bar with devastatingly good results
Ridiculous AV performance for a staggeringly low price
LG has announced a rival to one of Samsung’s most controversial TVs
Will LG’s lifestyle TV offer style and substance?
I was involved in over 100 reviews in 2025 – here are my 5 TV and home cinema highlights
My personal favourites from an entire year of TV and AV testing
HDR wars, an AVR resurgence and OLED's continued dominance – here are our reviewers’ home cinema predictions for 2026
New OLED tech, surprise unveilings, a milestone for LED and more are on the cards
Streaming & Entertainment
Of all the test tracks I used in 2025, this is the one I played the most – and you should hear it too
My trusty companion throughout a turbulent year
2025 is the year streaming became unaffordable – here's how to beat the price hikes
Bingeing without the price tag
Bach with more bite: how to listen to classical music's greatest ever composer
Hi-fi listening lessons from the GOAT
Sky Q is no longer available online – and marks another big blow for satellite TV
Streaming for the win?
More from What Hi-Fi?
KEF, Sony, Spotify and Harman all feature in our rundown of 2025’s hi-fi and home cinema highlights
Cue the Rocky montage...
LG and Samsung unveil 2026 TVs, a surprising first from a 100-year-old speaker brand, and a thrilling turntable head-to-head
We round up the biggest hi-fi and home cinema news from the past seven days
I saw 75 films this year – these are my 5 best and 5 worst movies of 2025
What a year for cinema it has been
