A couple of weeks ago I was on an away day with the rest of the What Hi-Fi? team. We held it at the KEF Music Gallery in central London, a place I’ve been lucky enough to visit (and admire) before. It ...

From Sonos’s new soundbar to the return of Bose’s legendary loudspeaker, the best new speakers from 2024 will upgrade any audio setup in 2025. A grid of six rectangles with curved corners ...

KEF is one of the leading lights of British hi-fi. Over its 60- year history, it has built a reputation for making classy, superb-sounding speakers. And they don't come much classier or more ...

A soundbar is a compact speaker system designed to improve your TV's audio. They contain several speakers in one long bar-shaped box and are much easier to set up than a full home cinema system. We’ve ...

If that sounds familiar, check out this deal on superior sound. As of Jan. 21, the Sonos Arc smart soundbar is on sale at Best Buy for $649.99, marked down from the list price of $899.99.

For years, KEF has been the most prominent brand in wireless active speaker systems. Its LS50 Wireless II ($2,500) are the current gold standard, but the speakers are quite large and expensive. The ...

Welcome to the Year in Review, where we’re rewinding the clock on an entire year’s worth of coverage to highlight the notable and under-the-radar product releases that crossed our desk in 2024. Here’s ...

Plus, if you have a Samsung TV, this soundbar enables the Q Symphony feature, which enables the TV speakers to operate as part of the overally sound system. Executive editor, gear and reviews Stan ...

This year, at CES 2025, I had a chance to listen to Dynaudio’s first soundbar, the Symphony Opus One. You can’t buy one yet, but the company expects the price to be around $20,000 when it’s ...

Upon delivery, however, I found a problem. While my small space can house a massive TV, it can’t house a large soundbar and Dolby Atmos. The problem is that the up-firing speakers can’t fire ...

Samsung is the first AV brand to bring Eclipsa Audio to consumer products, but that hasn’t stopped it from immediately adding it to a surprisingly wide range of its 2025 TV and soundbar models.

From Sonos’s new soundbar to the return of Bose’s legendary loudspeaker, the best new speakers from 2024 will upgrade any audio setup in 2025. Every product is carefully selected by our editors.