The What Hi-Fi? Awards 2026 Product of the Year winners have been revealed!

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The What Hi-Fi? Awards 2026 Product of the Year and special category winners have been revealed!

Yes, after months upon months of arduous comparative testing in our dedicated viewing and listening rooms, 24 products have risen to the top and been crowned the crème de la crème of AV hardware at this year’s black-tie ceremony in London.

And what a year it was, with numerous incumbent winners being dethroned and more than a few surprise upsets.

Check out the full Product of the Year winners list

It was a particularly special event this year, as not only did we reveal the winners, but we also celebrated What Hi-Fi? turning 50.

As part of that, we had some extra special categories alongside our standard Outstanding Contribution, Temptation, Readers’ Award, Hall of Fame and Innovation trophies.

These included special Golden Anniversary Readers’ Award, Golden Anniversary Hall of Fame Hi-Fi and Audio Award, and Golden Anniversary Hall of Fame TV and Home Cinema Award.

The Golden Anniversary Readers Award let you pick your favourite from all the previous Readers' Award winners.

Meanwhile, the Hi-Fi and Audio and Home Cinema Golden Anniversary winners were chosen by our experts from a shortlist of past Hall of Fame winners, cementing their places in What Hi-Fi? Awards history.

You can see the full list of special category winners below.

What Hi-Fi? Awards 2026 special category winners

Outstanding Contribution winner: Heinz Lichtenegger
Readers' Award winner: iFi Go Link 2
Temptation winner: Marten Parker Duo Diamond Edition
Hall of Fame winner: ATC SCM50
Innovation winner: Sony Bravia Theatre Trio
Golden Anniversary Readers' Award winner: Ruark Audio R610
Golden Anniversary Hi-Fi and Audio winner: NAD 3020 (1978)
Golden Anniversary TV and Home Cinema winner: Pioneer Kuro (2008)

A massive congratulations to all of our winners!

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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.