No matter who you are, where you are, what you do or how you do it, here are a stack of ideas on how tech can make it better

Words: Carrie Marshall Photography: Neil Godwin

BEST TECH FOR… HOME ENTERTAINMENT

1 SONY BRAVIA XR A90J

Sony’s 4K HDR OLED TV features a new processor, the Cognitive Processor XR. It uses AI to analyse and enhance multiple parts of the picture simultaneously. The Bravia also makes sounds such as vocals emanate from the correct part of the screen, and it can automatically upsample audio to 5.1.2 surround.

£2,699, sony.co.uk

2 CLEARAUDIO CONCEPT

An extraordinary feat of audio engineering, a turntable that delivers a compelling experience from your favourite vinyl. It’s an incredibly transparent, detailed, spacious turntable that doesn’t smother the most delicate details: it gets out of the way so you can enjoy the music as the artist intended.

£1,390, clearaudio.de

3 B&O BEOSOUND STAGE

The Beosound Stage delivers a thrilling soundtrack to movies and games, and it makes music sound ace too. Its 11 highquality drivers deliver a huge soundstage and serious punch without requiring a separate subwoofer: with four dedicated bass drivers the Stage has brawn to match its brains.

£1,700, bang-olufsen.com

4 SONY VPL-VW270ES

With 1,500 lumen brightness, true 4K UHD resolution, HDR and Sony’s own Triluminos colour technology, this projector is a powerful performer. It also features Sony’s Motionflow, which adds extra frames to reduce blur and maintain brightness. There’s a 24fps True Theatre mode for film purists too.

£4,990, pro.sony

5 DALI OBERON 5.51

The 150W 5.51 package consists of two Oberon 5 floorstanding speakers, two Oberon 1s, an Oberon Vokal centre speaker and a Dali Sub E9-F. The secret sauce here is the Soft Magnetic Compound magnets in the Oberons, which deliver precise control and ultra-low distortion for fine sonic accuracy.

£1,699, Dali-speakers.com

6 OCULUS QUEST 2

The Quest 2 is virtual reality done right. This immersive entertainment system is easy to set up, there are no cables to trip over, there’s no need to put sensors anywhere and you can easily draw boundaries so you don’t accidentally punch a hole in your TV while playing Superhot. Which we did when we played it on PlayStation VR.

£299, oculus.com

7 NAIM MU-SO QB 2ND GENERATION

Naim took its five-star wireless speaker and made it even better. The 2nd Generation Qb is packed full of useful technology including room compensation; streaming from TIDAL, Qobuz and others; Chromecast, AirPlay 2 and Spotify Connect support; multi-room functionality and more.

£749, naimaudio.com

8 LINN MAJIK DSM

Linn was one of the first hi-fi brands to embrace digital music, and the latest iteration of its Majik digital streamer is an evolution of an already excellent player. It delivers beautifully detailed sound from any source and its Space Optimisation tunes the audio so you hear the music, not the room.