Light pollution be damned – Christmas is the perfect time for Ambilight and light strips
The rest of the house gets the festive treatment – so why not the home cinema?
Hi-Fi
FiiO’s latest portable music player resembles an iPod Nano and doubles as a USB DAC
The Disc joins the Echo Mini and Nano to bolster the Snowsky range
2025 was a great year for hi-fi fans with normal-sized wallets – long may it continue
The mid-range speaker and amp market saw a lot of awesome stuff appear this year
Our deal hunters and testers have found the best last-minute Christmas offers on Denon AV receivers, Technics earbuds and more
Sony, Denon and Røde are also on hand to help you fill up those stockings
Best multi-room wireless systems 2025: all tested by expert reviewers
Best Buys Want to play all the music in the world at the touch of a button, all around your home? You want a wireless multi-room system.
Speakers
Boxing Day bargain! KEF's Award-winning LS50 Wireless II speakers are back at their lowest price
The LS50 Meta are £700 off, but stocks are running low
This five-star Bose Bluetooth speaker has crashed to a new low price just in time for Christmas
Bose has given us an early present
This Bluetooth speaker upgrade is so good it feels like Christmas already
This Bluetooth speaker is making things sweeter
In praise of small speakers: how their inherent design limitations can work to their benefit
Good things can come in small packages, especially when well-engineered
TV & Home Cinema
What to expect from Sony in 2026: RGB Mini LED takes on OLED, and it could be a quiet year for audio
And should we expect a new OLED?
Looking to get serious about home cinema sound? JBL's five-star flagship AVR has had a huge price reduction
Save a staggering £3300
What to expect from LG in 2026: RGB Mini LED, OLED and Dolby Atmos Flex Connect
LG has a big year coming up
Hisense unveils two new 4K laser projectors ahead of CES 2026 with higher brightnesses and purer colours
Plus, the PX4-Pro builds on an Award-winning formula
Streaming & Entertainment
The 8 best Christmas movie scenes to test your sound system
Crank up the volume and the Christmas spirit
2025 is the year streaming became unaffordable – here's how to beat the price hikes
Bingeing without the price tag
Bach with more bite: how to listen to classical music's greatest ever composer
Hi-fi listening lessons from the GOAT
Sky Q is no longer available online – and marks another big blow for satellite TV
Streaming for the win?
More from What Hi-Fi?
LG and Samsung unveil 2026 TVs, a surprising first from a 100-year-old speaker brand, and a thrilling turntable head-to-head
We round up the biggest hi-fi and home cinema news from the past seven days
I saw 75 films this year – these are my 5 best and 5 worst movies of 2025
What a year for cinema it has been
The best AV Christmas stocking fillers under £100: headphones, Bluetooth speakers and more
Give the gift of audiovisual technology this Christmas
