Simon Lucas
Simon Lucas is a technology journalist, with a strong emphasis on the audio/video side of consumer electronics and home entertainment, and has been since 2003. He worked for more than 14 years at What Hi-Fi?, the last six of which were spent as the editor of the magazine and website. Since then he's written for Wired, The Guardian, TechRadar, Stuff, GQ and many more besides.
In the course of his career he's developed a pretty deep understanding of the way both the publishing and the electronics industries function, as well as the sort of intimate knowledge of audio products (both specific and general) that can make people very wary of him at parties.
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A dedicated music player is the only way to get the very best from your high-resolution music files. Anything else is just a jack of all trades…

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The Sound of Scandinavia is a hit in our wireless speaker category - Audio Pro scores a hat-trick of Awards.

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The MA5300 has a 32bit DAC, supporting DSD256 and DXD 384kHz files, plus a whole host of analogue and digital connections.

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A good projector can really make a home cinema system. Whatever your budget, 2017's What Hi-Fi? Award winners are your best bet to getting the most from your movies.

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Following its launch in the US, the Student subscription is now available in 23 European countries (including the UK), Australia and South America.

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We've added two new categories to our turntable Awards this year, reflecting a triumphant 12 months for vinyl and all that comes with it.

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Whether you want an affordable pair of buds, some high-fidelity home-use headphones or some wireless modernity, look no further...

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Just because CD isn't the force it used to be doesn't mean you can't buy a high-quality player...

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It's been an outstanding year filled with brilliant speakers...

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We salute 12 of the best television sets ever to grace the What Hi-Fi? testing rooms...

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We've thought long and hard about whether a TV costing north of £6000 could possibly win a What Hi-Fi? Award. But that's a petty consideration when you look at these 10 lavish televisions...

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We've long enjoyed the way Yamaha's full-size components look, so we're halfway to liking the R-N803D already...

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The Panning Challenge is up and running - how are YOUR powers of stereo perception?

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+Audio hopes sourcing components from the likes of Pro-Ject and Ortofon will give its all-in-one turntable immediate respectability...

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This extensive new range incorporates technologies from the way-more-expensive 800 Series.

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Incorporating Google Assistant voice control and Chromecast built-in, the Link range is JBL's brand new smart offering...

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BAR is a four-strong range of soundbars with a customisable element for greater flexibility

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Your choice of wireless, noise-cancelling headphones just got bigger - and so did your children's...

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True 4K has been hard to come by in a projector - but now Sony has three brand-new models

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Sony is replacing its Award-winning noise-cancellers - and doubling down with new in-ear and neckband variants too.

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Described by the company as its "most premium turntable ever", the SP-10R goes on sale next summer.

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As is its way, Panasonic announced a deluge of new products at IFA 2017. Here are the highlights...

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Samsung is rounding up support for its dynamic metadata technology - licensing is due to begin in January 2018
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