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‘Thank you, hi-fi’, I say

Sound + Image

New Excaliburs, Dragons & Wizards!

Auracast enables new Sennheiser TV headphones

Rega's flagship pre-power

Return of the Modulometer

Musical Fidelity brings back the X factor

Pro-Ject goes krautrock

Marantz's AV mash-up

Active push at Cambridge

From stems to shredding

Cans, carts and floating vinyl Audio-Technica ‘Gallery’ launch in Sydney & Melbourne

What happened in Vegas… CES 2026

TCL X11L

SAMSUNG S95H: bezels are back

LG W6 ‘Wallpaper' OLED TV

Hisense XR10

Onkyo Muses on 80 years

Xgimi Titan Noir Max

Klipsch updates active speakers

LG Sound Suite & Atmos Flex Connect

Entertainment uplighting • Ultra-short-throw projection from the front, with the addition of built-in streaming and sound: Epson offers a full ‘TV replacement’ entertainment system here, backed by its projection expertise.

MOVIE PALACE FROM A BLANK CANVAS • ‘Don't simply supply a system… build us an immersive movie palace!’ That was the brief from the owners of this new-build home – and Hifi Hunter in Western Australia was delighted to oblige.

DOUBLE TRANSFORMATION! • The Digital Picture's Scott Sauer talks us through the art of converting an existing room into a cinema, or of upgrading an existing movie space into a world-class home theatre. By way of example: two stunning rooms.

Standing Tall

Yamaha NS-2000A • First stop is Japan, for these glossy, slim floorstanders which remind the world that Yamaha knows a thing or two about loudspeaker design and manufacture.

March Audio Ukkonen AWG • These floorstanders from Western Australia use state-of-the-art drivers and solid cabinet design to deliver thrilling sound — including a thunderous bass response.

Sonus faber Sonetto V G2 • Next stop Italy – and the ‘Made in Italy’ stamp here isn't just for show: the Sonetto V G2 floorstanders are elegant and sonically-talented performers assembled by hand in the Sonus faber Vicenza factory.

PMC Prophecy 7 • Our next tour stop is the UK, where PMC combines BBC origins and studio experience to deliver a crazy-thin domestic floorstander packed with the company's tech, including a soft-dome midrange and an F1-inspired transmission line.

PSB Synchrony T800 • Canada boasts a legendary centre of hi-fi research which has directly impacted these large floorstanders, the Synchrony T800 being that rarest of all finds — not only award-winners, but true high-end audio bargains!

Audiovector R3 Arreté • These longstanding Danish designs prove compact and room-friendly yet come packed with in-house drivers and technologies that push them to high performance.

VAF Signature i93 MKV • Back to Australia now, for the latest version of these famed VAF floorstanders that aim for the ultimate in true-to-life accuracy.

ProAc K3 • Beautifully-made British boxes with ribbon tweeters and Kevlar cones, plus a thrilling musical performance.

Focal Diva Utopia • Throw out your amps, your speaker cables, your separate streamer: France's Focal has teamed up with sister UK company Naim to squeeze the lot into these active streaming high-end towers.

Estelon Extreme Mk II • How high can you go? These magnificent floorstanders, at £350k the pair, show how hi-fi at its best can look spectacular – and yet disapper entirely when the music starts playing.

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