The best hi-fi and home cinema products of 2026 so far: our 13 favourite five-star speakers, headphones and TVs

Somehow, it’s July – and half of 2026 has already gone. It has been time well spent, however, as the What Hi-Fi? team has spent the time testing some rather brilliant products.

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The Verge ·36 min. ago

WiiM’s capable HomePod-esque smart speaker is almost $50 off

The smart speaker market is more or less dominated by major tech companies: Apple, Google, Sonos, and Amazon. But WiiM’s powerful 100W Sound smart speaker is an attractive alternative because it’s not locked down to…

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Soundguys ·42 min. ago

SHOKZ OpenDots 2 deal cuts $30 off the new clip-on open-ear earbuds

All products featured are independently chosen by us. However, SoundGuys may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links. See our ethics statement.

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Whathifi ·43 min. ago

I did not expect this Award-winning 4K projector to drop by £4500

For a projector to be worth a £10,000+ price tag, it has to be pretty good. Luckily, the Sony Bravia Projector 8 is indeed good. Not just good, but brilliant – its exceptional contrast, sharp details and two HDMI 2.

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Whathifi ·43 min. ago

Beware: these vinyl albums are actually worse than their streaming versions

When you buy a piece of vinyl, you can be certain of a couple of things. First, it's going to sound better than the version available on streaming.

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Tom's Hardware ·49 min. ago

Judge clears Nine PBS to retrieve 70 years of archival TV data — court rules station owns 50TB of data in Iron Mountain servers after host went under

There’s light at the end of the tunnel for Nine PBS. We reported last week that the station lost access to 50TB of data representing 70 years of TV history.

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Whathifi ·3 hr. ago

Is Samsung about to take on Sony, Bose and Apple with its first over-ear headphones in 11 years?

Thought there were more than enough premium wireless headphones around at the moment? Think again. Samsung could soon be throwing its hat back into the over-ear ring, if recent reports are to be believed.

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TechRadar ·3 hr. ago

Spotify Car Thing is back! A firmware whizz just released a free update to put your Thing back on the road

Car Thing display dongles are currently e-waste. ..

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Digital Trends ·6 hr. ago

Samsung’s big Call of Duty deal comes with early Modern Warfare 4 access

Anyone who bought Samsung’s pricey Odyssey series of ultra-wide monitors just found another reason to fill up every inch of it.