How Apple’s new AirPods Max 2 finally converted me to Atmos music on headphones
I have long been preaching that Atmos music is really for loudspeakers only. But Apple's latest overears are persuading me otherwise.
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Is Spotify Lossless truly lossless?
We test the streaming files to establish whether Spotify’s long-awaited lossless delivery actually serves the bit-perfect quality it promises. Results were good, but there is a catch.
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I just saw the fulldome presentation of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon – and was blown away
The bad news: your home cinema ain’t gonna cut it. The good news: there’s more to fulldome than Floyd.
Step inside the world's best home cinema – a 'church cloister' entrance, gold ceiling and 15,000W sound system
'Surprise us!' was the minimalist brief from the owners. And Wavetrain Cinemas certainly did, building them an Australian home cinema judged to be the world's best in CEDIA's 2023 global awards.
HI-FI
The 9 festival tech essentials our experts recommend – whether you're watching at home or camping in a field
There's no Glastonbury this year, but you can recreate Glasto in your garden
Exposure's top-end 5510 preamplifier promises a "pitch-black sonic background" and can be customised to suit your hi-fi system
You can get optional DAC and MM/MC phono boards
Forget the vinyl revival, Shanling's latest CD player wants to bring the "Discman" to Gen Z
The EC Play is designed "with Gen Z in mind"
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Big screen, small price: get a brilliant budget TV ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026
Football – and a huge Mini LED – could be coming home
HOME CINEMA
I’ve found the perfect cheap 65-inch Samsung TV deal for your World Cup upgrade
Get a big screen for a low price
Bose Lifestyle Ultra Soundbar vs Sonos Arc Ultra – how do these Dolby Atmos soundbars compare?
"You come at the king, you best not miss"
Denon AVR-X2900H
Not yet ratedThe mid-range AVR we've been waiting for is finally here
Denon springs a surprise by announcing two new AV receivers promising big things in the sound quality department
Ready to make the step up from your soundbar?
TVS
I’ve found the perfect cheap 65-inch Samsung TV deal for your World Cup upgrade
Get a big screen for a low price
LG has asked us to re-test the four-star flagship G6 OLED TV – here's why
Apparently, LG has fixed some of our issues…
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Upgrading to OLED on a budget for the World Cup? This five-star LG TV with £618 off is one to watch
A discount code gets you one of our favourite OLEDs for under £800
We have pricing for the successors to two five-star TVs – and it's good and bad news
Price-wise, these two new TVs are a mixed bag.
