Latest articles by Simon Lucas
What Hi-Fi? at 50 (and how I helped to get it there)
From Curaçao to South Korea to Norway, and beyond
Everyone has their favourite tracks they can rely on to test their hi-fi system. Here's our selection of songs that we think are great for testing stereo speakers...
Treat your hi-fi system to some of Kate Bush's best songs that are beautifully recorded and produced.
A selection of the best songs from visionary artist David Bowie that will put your hi-fi system through its paces, and keep you company with some extraordinary music.
To the toppermost of the poppermost!
Here's our pick of a dozen jazz tracks that will tell you all about the way your music system is performing.
Bose's new wireless earbuds boast a new design, improved noise-cancelling tech and bespoke sound - at a higher price
As Awards time rumbles ever-closer, we take a look at some technologies of the past that looked for all the world like they might be contenders... right up until the moment they didn't.
Features Some music can be thrillingly enjoyable AND tell you everything you need to know about your set-up's high frequency response at the same time.
Here's a look back at some of the best (and worst) covers since the first annual Awards in 1983.
Twitter and YouTube were also interested in buying the NFL's streaming package.
On 21st June 1948, Columbia Records introduced the 12in vinyl LP record – and changed the music industry forever.
An amplifier is a key element of any hi-fi set-up, and so you don't want to scrimp. There are limits, however - limits that these amps all breach quite decisively...
Prohibitively expensive speakers but no harm in a little window-shopping...
The iPod celebrates its 18th birthday! We take a look back at our review of the company's first ever portable music player...
We give Spendor's SP2/3E speakers a listen and compare them to the newer Classic 2/3.
UPDATE: We now have pricing and availability information for the OTTAVA S SC-C50 (to give it its full name)...
The Cinebar Pro is big, pricey and exhaustively specified.
However you source your music, the amplifier is a key part of your hi-fi system. The latest issue of What Hi-Fi? features some of the best amps on the market.
The AF9 OLED and ZF9 LCD/LED models now share top-billing in Sony's TV range.
...or at least they will be by November 2018, when deliveries are expected to begin.
With these relatively disappointing numbers, is the streaming giant looking more vulnerable to Amazon and Apple?
