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What Hi-Fi?
What Hi-Fi?
Technology
Alastair Stevenson

SHOCKING: 2025 was a great year for hi fi fans with normal sized wallets long may it continue - What They Never Told You

Acoustic Energy AE300 Mk2 standmount speakers.

One of the biggest first-world problems of being a What Hi-Fi? reviewer is getting used to things we can’t afford.

It’s like getting upgraded when flying. Before the experience, you were happily sitting in economy, occasionally splurging for extra leg room if it was a particularly long flight.

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