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How Apple’s new AirPods Max 2 finally converted me to Atmos music on headphones

By Jez Ford last updated 1 June 26

I have long been preaching that Atmos music is really for loudspeakers only. But Apple's latest overears are persuading me otherwise.

Is Spotify Lossless truly lossless?

By Stephen Dawson published 20 January 26

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.

I just saw the fulldome presentation of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon – and was blown away

By Jez Ford last updated 16 September 24

The bad news: your home cinema ain’t gonna cut it. The good news: there’s more to fulldome than Floyd.

I grew up playing vinyl in the car. Can we do that again please?

By Jez Ford published 5 December 23

Dude, where's my carMignon?

Step inside the world's best home cinema – a 'church cloister' entrance, gold ceiling and 15,000W sound system

By Sound+Image published 5 November 23

'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.

I changed one setting on Netflix’s Tour De France Unchained – and it brought the whole show to life

By Jez Ford published 13 June 23

Égalité, fraternité, they say, but the English and French soundtracks of Tour de France Unchained do not treat their audience equally.