Sound + Image

SOUND + IMAGE magazine offers a comprehensive package focused on lifestyle home electronic entertainment. It provides easy-to-read information about audio and video equipment and how ordinary consumers can assemble extraordinary systems that look and sound fantastic.

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Bowers & Wilkins 801 Abbey Road Limited Edition

New Powernode expands to full 5.1 surround

Return of the B1!

JBL soundbars ahoy

Smaller SpectraFloras

KEF’s first soundbar

007 licence to thrill

Beyerdynamic – new cans, new owner

GETTING CREATIVE: field recording

ON TEST: Zoom H5studio

SVS supersubs

OLED TV shoot-out in the US

Obituary: Tom Waters

EISA AWARDS 2025-2026 • Here at Sound+Image we work with other technical journalists and editors around the world as part of the Expert Imaging & Sound Association, EISA, which for 42 years has presented its annual awards to the best-value and highest-performing consumer electronics you can buy. Sound+Image placed its votes; now here are the winners…

Hisense 100U7Q

TCL 98C8K

TCL 75C7K

Hisense 65U8Q

Hisense 65U7Q PRO

TCL 55C6K

Loewe stellar 65 dr+

Samsung QE65S95F

Philips 65OLED+950

Philips 55OLED810

Hisense PX3-PRO

TCL 85C9K

Hisense M2 Pro

XGIMI MoGo 4

Denon AVC-A10H

MAGNETAR UDP900 MKII

SVS SB17-Ultra R|Evolution

TCL Q65H

Sharp Q HT-SBW55121 & HT-SPR52021

Hisense HT SATURN

WHERE TO FIND THE EISA WINNERS? • Here we’ve listed all the winners from the AV and Hi-Fi Expert Groups with their Australian distributor and some handy QR codes to their pages, which should then point you to your nearest local hi-fi or AV store where you can check the winning products in person.

EISA Awards HI-FI EXPERT GROUP

Soundbar Superstar • Yamaha’s got a new beamer!

Shrink to fit • Projection guru Epson addresses the growing mini projector market with a small projector offering big vision at a nice price, sticking with 2K resolution but bringing Google smarts and built-in sound.

New directions

Return of the Fantastic Four • This is the ‘Mk.2’ version of Sony’s four-speaker Atmos surround system: clever in concept, sonically sound, super-convenient. Is it worth the new higher entry price?

Sound mapping

GROOVE ARMADA • We compare seven spinners of vinyl joy, from a few hundred dollars to a couple of thousand. What level will satisfy you?

Audio-Technica Sound Burger AT-SB727 • This is not a toy! In fact this souped-up re-release of a 1982 classic turned out to be something of a Burger King.

Audio-Technica AT-LP70X • Audio-Technica brings a just-above- entry-level turntable which should appeal to those looking to start a relationship with vinyl.

Pro-Ject E1.2 • A new turntable for those returning to vinyl, from the company which never lost faith.

Rega Planar 1 Plus • Though one of the UK company’s entry-level decks, this ‘Plus’ edition includes a ‘first’ for Rega.

Denon DP-450USB • Denon shows that after 100+ years it certainly hasn’t lost its turntable- making chops.

Technics SL-1500C • A beautifully-made and fuss-free record player also bringing along a fine built-in phono stage.

Rega Planar 3 RS Edition • The iconic Rega Planar 3 gets upgrades that lift its performance still further.

Style & smarts • Think Revox, think reel-to-reel. But the StudioMaster M300 ‘just-add-speakers’ smart amplifier is a potent reminder that there’s far more to this Swiss-German- Austrian company than just quarter-inch tape.

Mr Studer makes a Revox

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