Black Friday week is in full swing, which means there’s still plenty of time to grab that illusive OLED TV or new set of stereo speakers that you’ve been waiting to pull the trigger on all year.
Which is why we’ve stocked up on coffee (and Pro Plus tablets), accepted our fate as your personal shoppers and started populating this live blog with our pick of the best hi-fi and home cinema deals currently available – as well as a few warnings on bad deals to avoid.
Every deal we recommend, unless explicitly stated otherwise, is on a product we’ve fully reviewed, price checked and really do recommend.
If you have any questions about any of the deals or products we’re recommending in this hub, jump over to our Black Friday 2025 Live Q&A where you can chat directly with our experts.
With that out of the way, here are the What Hi-Fi? team’s pick of the best Black Friday deals on everything we review, from TVs to headphones, soundbars and speakers...
Black Friday quick links
- Amazon: browse all of today's best deals
- B&W speakers: save £200
- Bluetooth speaker: 48% off five-star JBL
- Bose QC Ultra Earbuds: save £100
- Bravia 8 TV: save 34% on 55in Sony TV
- Denon AV receiver: save £500
- Dolby Atmos soundbar: down to £299
- ELAC Debut 2: five-star speakers now £199
- Headphones: Sennheiser Momentum 4 now £169
- LG C5 55-inch: lowest-ever price at Richer Sounds
- JBL soundbar: now better than half price
- John Lewis: £500 off LG and Sony OLED TVs
- Richer Sounds: browse Black Friday deals
- Sevenoaks: £150 off Award-winning speakers
- Sony headphones: now just £29
- TVs, movies, home cinema: browse the best deals
- Vinyl: 3 for £66 at Amazon
- Wireless earbuds: Award winners now £75
£100 off clear, detailed Q Acoustics standmounts? Very interesting
If you're planning on building a budget hi-fi system this Black Friday and you need a pair of standmount speakers at its core, you could do a lot worse than this rather tantalising Q Acoustics deal.
The affordable Q Acoustics 3020c would slot nicely into a fledgling system, provided you partner them with an appropriately forgiving amp. They're clear, detailed and spacious speakers made to an impressive standard, and now that they've dropped from £399 to just £299 at Sevenoaks, Richer Sounds and Peter Tyson, they're an enticing budget prospect with £100 slashed from their standard RRP.
A word of advice for TV shoppers from our editor
Every year one of the most common questions we get during Black Friday is if it’s worth upgrading your TV.
This year our advice is heavily caveated. We’ve seen palpable improvements in the top end of the OLED TV market, with new Primary RGB tandem OLED and next generation QD-OLED panel tech driving big picture quality improvements to key sets, including the Product of the Year-winning Sony Bravia 8 II. But, step down models including the LG C5, Samsung S90F and Panasonic Z90B aren’t improving at the same pace.
As a result, we’re recommending buyers who have invested in a flagship OLED in past few years will most likely be better off waiting another year, at least, before upgrading – especially with new RGB Mini LED panel tech set to launch next year as a challenge to OLED’s dominance in general.
On top of that, existing step-down OLED owners who bought their TV in the past few years should generally avoid upgrading unless they’re going for a larger flagship. The performance improvements you’ll get going from an LG C3 to an LG C5, for example, won’t justify the cost.
It’s only people who are yet to make the jump to OLED at all that we’re really recommending sets to this year, as a result. If you meet that description there are thankfully some good deals doing the rounds though, especially on the 65-inch LG C5 (mentioned further down) and 48-inch Samsung S90F.
Two top deals hand picked by our hi-fi and home cinema head honchos
If you’re after a new stereo amp to act as the beating heart of your next hi-fi setup, or just getting into hi-fi then our hi-fi and audio editor Kashfia Kabir has one deal in particular she recommends right now.
Specifically the stellar saving on offer at Amazon and Richer Sounds that lets you pick up the Cambridge Audio AXA35 for just £299 (save £50).
The pleasingly unassuming looking amp offers a punchy, precise sound and remains one of the top entry points, or budget options, for music fans. Thanks to its solid selection of inputs it also leaves plenty of room for expansion, if you want to add a CD transport or streamer down the line.
If you’re after something on the home cinema side, then our TV and AV editor, Tom Parsons, recommends checking out the current deal on the 65-inch LG C5. Jump over to Richer Sounds and you can grab the 65-inch LG C5 for £1299. That’s a £1400 saving on its launch price and the lowest we’ve seen it sell for all year.
For your money, you’ll be treated to a five-star OLED with flawless gaming specifications capable of delivering a truly immersive movie watching experience, based on our checks.
Meet the team running this page
Kash is in charge of all things audio at What Hi-Fi?. A near decade and half veteran, she’s reviewed everything from premium turntables to entry level standmount speakers. She’ll be on hand leading the charge finding the best deals on products we recommend across the full hi-fi spectrum this Black Friday.
Andy’s one of What Hi-Fi?’s most senior and long standing team members and an expert on all things audio. He has a particular speciality with headphones, having reviewed nearly all of this year’s flagship wireless over-ears and earbuds. He’ll be hunting for the top savings on all the sets we recommend this Black Friday.
Harry is nearing his third year at What Hi-Fi?. During that time he’s helped test everything from giant floorstanders to tiny Bluetooth speakers and more headphones than he cares to remember. As our senior staff writer he’ll be on the constant hunt for all the top deals worth shouting about over the event.
James is the newest member of the hi-fi team. With a strong background in journalism and love of music and the tech that makes it shine, he’ll be checking all the major retailers for the best audio savings over Black Friday.
With more years experience locked in our windowless viewing rooms than he cares to count, Tom leads our home cinema section and has reviewed everything from cutting edge OLEDs, to affordable 5.1 surround systems and has an extensive knowledge of the market as a whole. He’ll be on hand throughout this year’s sales bonanza offering his sage advice on which home cinema deals are worth your attention and warning you off the ones that aren’t.
Lewis is the home cinema team’s senior staff writer and one of our biggest experts on projectors, AVRs and surround sound systems. He’s reviewed some of this year’s best, being a key member of the reviews team during this year’s What Hi-Fi? Awards 2025 testing process. And kind soul that he is, he’ll be on hand helping promote all the top deals he’s spotted for serious movie fans right here, on this page.
With just over a year under their belt at What Hi-Fi? Robyn is a new, but core, member of the home cinema team who’s gradually carving a specialisation in the projector and soundbar space, having helped test key products including the Award-winning KEF XIO, this year. They'll be on hand helping keep this live hub up to date with all the top home cinema deals they’ve spotted and recommend.
Alastair has nearing two decades of experience covering shiny things and an overt passion for all things home cinema. Though many of the team question his taste in films (fudge them the OG Masters of the Universe is a classic), he’s helped review some of this year’s big name OLEDs and UST projectors. He’ll be on hand throughout this year’s Black Friday helping flag the best discounts he’s spotted for movie fans.
