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Innovation of the Year

Innovation

KEF XIO soundbar

KEF Velocity Control Technology

After it helped the KEF XIO Dolby Atmos soundbar storm our Best Soundbar category KEF’s Velocity Control Technology (VECO) takes our Innovation trophy.

Alastair Stevenson
Editor in Chief

Alastair is What Hi-Fi?’s editor in chief. He has well over a decade’s experience as a journalist working in both B2C and B2B press. During this time he’s covered everything from the launch of the first Amazon Echo to government cyber security policy. Prior to joining What Hi-Fi? he served as Trusted Reviews’ editor-in-chief. Outside of tech, he has a Masters from King’s College London in Ethics and the Philosophy of Religion, is an enthusiastic, but untalented, guitar player and runs a webcomic in his spare time. 

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