The Ear’s reviewers pick the best hi-fi of 2025 If you want to discover the best hi-fi of 2025, the audio products that really wowed our reviewers over the last 12 months, look no further. These components made a lasting impression, they are the ones reviewers would have held onto if they could and in […]
Oephi Lounge 2 speakers Don’t know about you, but just sometimes I find it’s the simpler things in life that hit the spot. Back in my car journalism days, it would happen with surprising regularity. The odd supercar was great for a blast of showy shock and awe but, for pure driving enjoyment, it was […]
Monitor Audio Bronze 300 7G speakers When you work in the audio world it is very easy to get carried away with enthusiasm for products that are far more expensive than the average person could afford or deem a sensible use of precious resources. As reviewer I have had the privilege of trying out equipment […]
Triangle Borea BR04 speakers Never quite sure whether to pronounce the brand with the Anglicised ‘try-angle’ or ‘tree-on’gle’ with a French twang (tomarto/tomayto – Ed), I read with interest that the brand’s founder had inauspicious beginnings, starting life as a music lover experimenting in his garage. Today, Triangle it is one of the most famous […]
Audio Physic Classic 25 40th Anniversary Limited Edition speakers Back in the UK under new distribution from Elite Audio (to re-establish a former relationship), German loudspeaker manufacturer Audio Physic has unveiled a 40th Anniversary edition of its three-way floor-standing Classic 25 with glass cabinets. Yes, glass. Audio Physic Celebrating four decades of loudspeaker innovation and […]
Guru 8 speakers Running a successful audio company is not easy. This is the lesson that Guru founder Erik Ring discovered when he started to scale up loudspeaker production when the company started to grow about 10 years ago. That taught him a lot of valuable lessons and when Guru V2 started just before the […]
Coppice Audio BG3 speakers I love writing about speakers made by boutique brands. These creations tend to be born of passion and a desire to create something truly individual. Coppice Audio is one such that has been making a name for itself among a select, but discerning band of music lovers in post-pandemic Britain. Their […]
Sigberg Audio Saranna active speakers Norway seems to be one of the best places to live in the world. Standards of living are incredibly high, inequality is low, education and healthcare are world class and their EV adoption rate and environmental standards make the UK, USA and most of Europe seem like they’re stuck in […]
Acoustic Energy AE1 40th Anniversary speakers You will have almost certainly noticed that nostalgia and retro are ‘doing the numbers’ in a huge swathe of product categories at the moment. It’s not too hard to see why either. Retro creates a pincer movement that snares people who couldn’t afford the object the first time around […]
Dali Kupid speakers At countless hi-fi shows I’ve marvelled at the sheer size, not to mention cost, of Danish loudspeakers from Dali which are often a talking point. Now there’s the opportunity to sample the brand’s sound for a mere £300. Yes, a budget Dali is launched today (1 October) in the shape of the […]
Fyne Audio F5E speakers The thought of a sub-£400 coaxial driver loudspeaker had me intrigued, but that’s the selling price of Fyne Audio’s latest model, a compact stand-mount two-way but featuring their Iso-Flare coaxial technology. Could a design at this level be any good, and were they wise to put their reputation on the line […]
Oephi Transcendence 2.5 speakers I have been on quite a journey with Oephi over the last few months. It began with meeting proprietor and designer, Joakim Juhl at a dealer event, where I had the opportunity to experience several models from the range. The Oephi journey has caused me to recalibrate how I assess and […]