
Ketan Bharadia
Ketan Bharadia is the Technical Editor of What Hi-Fi? He has been reviewing hi-fi, TV and home cinema equipment for almost three decades and has covered thousands of products over that time. Ketan works across the What Hi-Fi? brand including the website and magazine. His background is based in electronic and mechanical engineering.
Latest articles by Ketan Bharadia

Beyerdynamic DT 990 Pro X
By Harry McKerrell published
The DT 990 Pro X are a revealing, insightful pair of comfortable wired headphones that strike a lovely sonic balance.

Focal Theva No.1
By Ketan Bharadia published
Focal’s Theva No.1 is a capable pair of standmounters that excels in delivering scale and sonic authority.

KEF Q3 Meta
By Harry McKerrell published
The Q3 Meta harness KEF’s latest innovations to terrific effect, resulting in speakers that outperform their reasonably affordable price point.

What made the original NAD 3020 budget amplifier such a legend?
By Ketan Bharadia published
We talk to engineer Taresh Vadgama, who has spent over 40 years with NAD, and take a deep dive into the legendary budget amplifier's design

Fell Audio Fell Amp
By Ketan Bharadia published
Fell Audio’s first amplifier is well-equipped, but does it have the sonic talent to worry the class leaders?

Fell Audio Fell Disc
By Andy Madden published
Can Fell Audio disrupt the affordable CD player market on its first attempt?

What does the future hold for Bluesound and NAD? We talk to Lenbrook's CTO to find out
By Ketan Bharadia published
We talk to Lenbrook's Chief Technical Officer, Greg Stidsen, to find out about his hi-fi journey and what the future holds for NAD and Bluesound.

Eversolo DMP-A10
By Ketan Bharadia published
Eversolo’s DMP-A10 is a comprehensively equipped digital front end with a performance to match.

Eversolo Play CD Edition
By Kashfia Kabir published
Eversolo’s compact streaming amplifier with CD drive is a great design with exhaustive features and is lovely to use, but its sound quality is far from satisfactory.

Fyne Audio F502S
By Harry McKerrell published
Fyne’s next-gen F502S floorstanders tease significant audio upgrades to deliver an authoritative, entertaining sound at this premium level.

Pathos Inpol Remix MkII
By Ketan Bharadia published
The Inpol Remix MkII needs pampering, but do that and it is capable of a spellbinding performance.

Neat Mystique Classic
By Harry McKerrell published
Neat’s compact floorstanders prove just as entertaining and likeable as their five-star Petite Classic standmount siblings.

What Sennheiser’s legendary HD650 headphones can teach the hi-fi industry about sustainability
By Ketan Bharadia published
Easy servicing and repairability should be higher priorities for manufacturers

NAD C 3050 (with MDC2 BluOS-D module)
By Ketan Bharadia published
NAD’s C 3050 amplifier may evoke memories of the past, but fitted with the optional BluOS streaming module, it becomes a modern streaming system to reckon with.

Is the cassette tape a viable hi-fi format in 2025?
By Ketan Bharadia published
Revisiting the classic Nakamichi DR-3

Huawei FreeBuds Pro 4
By Harry McKerrell published
The FreeBuds Pro 4 aim to be the best-performing buds we’ve yet heard from Huawei, but do they offer enough sonically?

Vertere DG-X
By Kashfia Kabir published
The Vertere DG-X’s significant engineering improvements result in a more powerful, refined, stable and dynamic performance that thrills in every way, while also being lovely to use.

Acoustic Energy AE300 Mk2 vs Bowers & Wilkins 606 S3: which of these mid-price standmount speakers is top of the pile?
By Tom Wiggins published
The completely revamped Acoustic Energy AE300 Mk2 take on the Award-winning B&W 606 S3

Focal Bathys Mg
By Andy Madden published
Focal’s flagship wireless headphones aren’t cheap, but this level of sound quality rarely is.

Acoustic Energy AE300 Mk2
By Ketan Bharadia published
The AE300 MkII are a wonderfully balanced pair of standmounters that will work well in a wide range of systems

JLab Go Pop+
By Harry McKerrell published
JLab’s Go Pop+ are small buds at a tiny price, but do they have the sonic capabilities to make them a big deal?

Chord Electronics Alto
By Ketan Bharadia published
The Chord Alto has an unusual blend of talents that are sure to please high-end headphone and pro users alike.

Bose SoundLink Plus
By Harry McKerrell published
Bose’s latest Bluetooth speaker blends portability and power in a bid to keep up with the market leaders.
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