Pick Of The Month: Panasonic’s Oled Tvs Shine, While Bose’s Flagship Headphones Earn Five Stars

November is over and what a month it used to be. Now not handiest did we disclose the Fabricated from the winners on the What Hello-Fi? Awards 2023 for every class, we additionally contended with the once a year offers bonanza this is Black Friday. 

As a last deal with, prior to we pass into full-on festive mode, we have now yet another provide for you – our newest Select of the Month column.

In it, we element the top-performing merchandise that earned a super five-star ranking after passing thru our take a look at rooms during the last month. And it’s been a specifically aggressive 30 days with handiest 5 merchandise impressing our group of reviewers to five-star luck and ensuring an look on this column.

With out additional lengthen, listed below are the What Hello-Fi? assessment group’s height selections for November 2023.

 Bose QuietComfort Extremely Headphones

Bose is a large identify in headphones, with its newest wi-fi units continuously impressing us right through checking out. And this remained the case with the company’s new QuietComfort Extremely Headphones over ears. Unveiled along the QuietComfort Extremely Earbuds (additionally 5 stars) and the Bose Sensible Extremely Soundbar in September, the QuietComfort Extremely Headphones are being pitched as a rival to the top class Apple AirPods Max and have Bose’s personal tackle Spatial Audio.

And whilst our reviewers aren’t totally satisfied concerning the perks of Spatial Audio for song in its present state, our checking out confirmed the QuietComfort Extremely to be a very good set of wi-fi over-ears. Lively Noise Cancelling proved to be just about best possible at school and greater than efficient sufficient to drown out background place of business noise and the rumbling of trains on our testers’ morning and night shuttle. This, plus their wealthy, full-bodied sound and punchy supply, led our reviewers to conclude:

“Bose has introduced its ‘A’ sport with the QuietComfort Extremely Headphones – they’re pricey, however additionally they ship sound high quality and noise cancelling directly from the end drawer.”

Rating: 5/5

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Audiovector QR 7

The Audiovector QR 7 are the most recent floorstanding audio system to go thru our take a look at rooms, and whilst they is also a high-end possibility, they are a very good possibility for any song fan on the lookout for thundering audio efficiency.

They characteristic a three-way design that mixes an AMT (Air Movement Transformer) tweeter to a 15cm midrange and 2 20cm bass drivers, with a downward-firing port. Those audio system also are designed to be somewhat undemanding to force and their easy-going nature signifies that right through the checking out duration, our reviewers have been ready to spouse them with all kinds of amplifiers and resources.

Maximum of all, the efficiency is very good, with the audio system handing over spectacular scale and authority whilst proving strangely unfussy round matching. This led our professionals to conclude:

“In our opinion, the Audiovector QR 7 constitute a large number of talent for the cash. They do the entire issues large audio system are anticipated to do however mix that with ranges of finesse, answer and perception that aren’t not unusual.” 

Rating: 5/5 

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iFi hip-dac 3 

Because the identify would counsel, that is the 1/3 era of iFi’s line of flask-shaped DACs and, in response to our checking out, a perfect acquire for any song fan. 

The DAC has a new “Titanium Shadow” end and remodeled interior circuitry that objectives to cut back sign distortion. Battery existence has additionally been raised to twelve hours and a new PowerMatch button is added. The latter adjustments the inner amp’s achieve for more straightforward headphone matching.

However directly to the extra vital query, how does it sound? In line with our checking out, very spectacular. All through our assessment, we discovered the iFi hip-dac 3 continuously delivered a pleasingly clean, well-balanced sound without reference to which headphones we paired it with. This led our reviewers to conclude:

“Sensible, flexible and a excitement to hear, the third-gen iFi hip-dac 3 complements your audio revel in with a sonic profile that feels vigorous and lively with out ever turning into unrestrained or unwieldy. Like your favorite tipple, it in reality hits the spot.” 

Rating: 5/5

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Panasonic MZ1500B 

The Panasonic MZ1500B is the center kid within the Eastern tech massive’s present OLED line, sitting above the MZ980, however underneath the flagship MZ2000. This makes it an immediate rival to the Sony A80L, which picked up the TV Fabricated from the accolade on the 2023 What Hello-Fi? Awards mere weeks in the past.

Whilst we nonetheless counsel the A80L to the general public, the MZ1500B is a shockingly completed set, that delivers the understated “because the director supposed” image we’ve come to be expecting from Panasonic. This, plus its intuitive instrument and just right, however now not nice, in-built speaker device, make it a perfect possibility for any fan of Panasonic TVs and led our testers to conclude:

“The step-down OLED within the corporate’s 2023 lineup delivers the similar unique, understated image high quality Panasonic’s transform well-known for in recent times. All through all our tests, colors and movement all cling a stupendous authenticity that makes for a stupendous viewing revel in, particularly if you wish to revel in motion pictures because the director supposed.”

Rating: 5/5

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Panasonic MZ2000

The MZ2000 is the second one Panasonic TV to earn a spot on this month’s Select of the Month. It’s the costliest OLED within the corporate’s present line and an immediate rival to the Sony A95L and LG G3. Key variations between it and the MZ1500 are its use of brightness-boosting Micro Lens Array (MLA) display tech and a extra robust Technics-tuned interior speaker device.

As used to be the case with the MZ1500, even though the MZ2000 inspired right through checking out it didn’t fairly carry out nicely sufficient to completely dethrone the Sony A95L as the end possibility for the general public at its value. Alternatively, for cinephiles who price authenticity, it’s an unbelievable five-star possibility, which is why our testers concluded: 

“Be in surely, even though – this can be a excellent TV that delivers the authenticity for which Panasonic is famend with an additional hit of brilliant affect, plus a weighty, cast sonic presentation.”

Rating: 5/5

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