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1 week ago | 
whathifi.com | John Archer |Tom Parsons
Sony’s new Bravia Theatre U (aka HT-AN7) is the brand’s third stab at what it calls a Wireless Neckband Speaker. Translated, that means an audio device sporting upfiring speakers built into small ‘shoulder pads’ attached to a flexible neck strap. It’s designed to give you a personal audio experience without you having to encase your ears in a pair of headphones.
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3 weeks ago | 
medium.com | John Archer
How I Went From Morning Zombie to Morning Wizard (And You Can Too)Let me paint you a picture: It’s 6:45 AM on a Wednesday, and I’m in a full-on, bleary-eyed panic. My phone alarm has been blaring for the past 20 minutes, my hair looks like a bird attempted to build a nest on my head, and the only thing I’ve accomplished so far is accidentally scrolling Instagram for way longer than I’d like to admit. Breakfast? Nonexistent. Peaceful morning vibes? Absolutely not.
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3 weeks ago | 
whathifi.com | John Archer |Tom Parsons
Televisions designed to blend in with your decor are hardly a new concept. Right back in the very earliest days of TV technology, sets were designed to look like pieces of furniture. The arrival of flat panel screens, though, has seen the idea of TVs that don’t look like TVs reach elegant new heights.
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4 weeks ago | 
avforums.com | Martin Dew |Matthew Eisengruber |John Archer |Phil Hinton
10 OUT OF 10 Perlisten R-Series 5.1 Bookshelf Speaker Package Review If you thought that going compact with Perlisten would somehow compromise performance, think again. This R-Series 5.1 combo produces a blistering movie and music soundstage, full of detail, zest and agility.
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1 month ago | 
whathifi.com | John Archer
The Bravia 7 is the second most high-end Mini LED TV in Sony’s current (and ever-expanding) TV range. As such, it inevitably loses some of the eye-catching headline specifications of the flagship Bravia 9. For instance, it has fewer local dimming zones, isn’t as bright and it has a less powerful sound system.
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1 month ago | 
whathifi.com | John Archer
Epson’s projector division has been very busy in recent months. In that time it has served up a giddy mix of ultra short throw and ‘lifestyle’ coffee table projectors, but one thing has been conspicuously absent amid all the froth and fun: a new, serious home theatre projector. Happily, that changes here with the arrival of the EH-QB1000.
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1 month ago | 
avforums.com | John Archer
9 OUT OF 10 Samsung HW-QS700F Soundbar Review With the HW-QS700F you have to take your hat off to Samsung's engineers for some ambitious speaker tinkering that pretty much fully realises seamless audio in either wall mounted or tabletop orientation.
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1 month ago | 
avforums.com | John Archer
Review Specs Discussion #1 Read the Samsung HW-QS700F Soundbar Review. Most soundbars can be wall mounted despite speaker arrays being laid out for tabletop positioning, resulting in convenience but a compromised sound. With the HW-QS700F, Samsung has attempted to address this issue so that the sound is pristine in either orientation. Write your own review for Samsung HW-QS700F Replies 49 Views 5K Replies 37 Views 4K Replies 5 Views 3K Replies 2 Views 667 Replies 5 Views 2K The BEST Hi-Fi Amp...
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1 month ago | 
whathifi.com | John Archer |Tom Parsons
Despite Amazon doing very nicely for years now with its own range of Fire TV streaming devices, it was still a surprise when Amazon announced a couple of years back that it was launching its own range of TV sets. Shipping Amazon’s streaming services built into actual TV sets was quite the leap. Even more surprising, though, is that previous Amazon TV ranges we’ve seen have tended to be pretty good. Or, at least, great value.
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1 month ago | 
whathifi.com | John Archer
The GP520 is BenQ’s latest entry into a growing – and largely welcome – trend towards all-in-one home entertainment projectors that adopt roughly cubic designs so that they can include more potent integrated audio systems alongside their king-sized pictures. It wears its square approach exceptionally well and offers an eye-catching feature set that includes 4K playback, HDR support and a Dolby Audio sound system. All for a pretty reasonable price.
