Latest articles by Alastair Stevenson
It's the first month of 2026 – and we've already found 4 excellent test discs to challenge your home cinema system
The best discs we've had in the test room so far
Best headphones with a mic 2025: top options for music and calls tested
Best Buys Want a great pair of headphones for phone calls and video chats? These are the best options we've tested.
Best surround sound systems 2026: home cinema speakers and soundbars put to the test
best buys Looking for the perfect home theatre set-up? From powered speakers to soundbars to 5.1 packages, our experts have tested the best for all budgets.
Best Sony earbuds 2026: the top sets recommended by our reviewers
Best Buys Love Sony but don't want a pair of on- or over-ear headphones? How about a pair of brilliant Sony earbuds?
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Toshiba’s OLED has a very low price tag and solid on-paper features, but is that enough?
New Onkyo hi-fi, OLED TVs galore, a fresh KEF rival (and more) appear at the world’s biggest tech show
2026 is well and truly off with a bang for hi-fi and home cinema fans
Dolby Vision 2 is finally getting some traction with TV makers – but where’s the content?
A picture paints a thousand words, and hopefully, we’ll get one of Dolby’s future-tech sooner rather than later
CES 2026 Best of Show: our favourite OLED TVs, Dolby Atmos soundbars, projectors and hi-fi speakers from the Consumer Electronics Show
Here are the most exciting home cinema and hi-fi products we spotted in Las Vegas
Hi-fi and luxury have always been intertwined, but is style as important as sonic substance?
Do you factor style into your hi-fi purchase decisions? We want to know for our latest Ask The Reader column!
Best Dolby Atmos soundbars 2026: our reviewers' five recommendations
Best Buys Add a sprinkling of immersive audio to your TV with our pick of the best Dolby Atmos soundbars.
Last year’s OLED TVs were about pure performance; this year, there’s a bigger differentiator
OLED TVs are evolving, but in an unexpected direction – at least if CES is anything to go by…
Can Fender’s headphones succeed where past hi-fi and guitar heavyweights' offerings have struggled?
Good sound is good sound, but musical equipment has a very different job than consumer hi-fi
Cambridge Audio wants to make a Naim for itself in KEF’s backyard – here’s how
We caught up with Cambridge Audio’s sound head honcho to talk about its new active speaker
Best OLED TV 2026: the 3 Award-winning sets our experts recommend
The OLEDs our reviewers recommend for every type of serious movie fan
CES 2026 live: we’ve got the inside scoop on new OLED TVs, Dolby Atmos treats and more
Our team is on the ground reporting live on CES 2026’s biggest audio and TV announcements
We have already spotted one big issue with the LG C6 OLED TV, but I’m still tempted by it
It’s all to do with a key upgrade the team and I have been waiting for in its step-down range
Sennheiser headphones, an affordable Dolby Atmos soundbar, a “proper” home cinema projector and more earn five stars
We sent 2025 off in style with six hi-fi and home cinema gems earning five-star ratings from our reviewers
KEF, Sony, Spotify and Harman all feature in our rundown of 2025’s hi-fi and home cinema highlights
Cue the Rocky montage...
LG has announced a rival to one of Samsung’s most controversial TVs
Will LG’s lifestyle TV offer style and substance?
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…
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
Winners and losers of 2025: which companies and products soared this year, and which sunk?
Good or bad, it's certainly been an eventful 12 months in AV tech
2025 was a great year for hi-fi fans with normal-sized wallets – long may it continue
The mid-range speaker and amp market saw a lot of awesome stuff appear this year
