Speakers

If you’re looking for a stay-at-home wireless speaker, you should start here

2 expert reviews | 14 user reviews

With the Epicon 6, DALI has achieved a remarkably detailed, transparent and dynamically lively speaker, beautifully styled and finished.

12 expert reviews

With flashing lights and Sony's 'Extra Bass' branding, the SRS-XB20 promises a fun, powerful speaker. But Sony has a mixed record in our wireless speaker tests. Find out if this one's a hit in our expert Sony SRS-XB20 review.

2 expert reviews | 610 user reviews

Lovely sounding pair

2 expert reviews | 4 user reviews

The JBL Jembes are good-looking, compact speakers that take seconds to set up and don’t dictate what device you use them with: anything with a 3.5mm audio out is fine. We’d prefer longer cables or the convenience of the Bluetooth model, but have no...

3 expert reviews

Best traditional package up to £700, Awards 2014. This Award winner is a must-hear for anyone who wants an attractive and affordable 5.1 system that also works well with stereo and multichannel music

8 expert reviews | 66 user reviews

The 2000i’s epic performance and delectable design make a mockery of the sub-£700 price tag and cements Q Acoustics’ status as one of the best affordable speaker brands around.

3 expert reviews | 6 user reviews

Assuming a good room match can be achieved through the bass region, this costly but beautifully presented speaker has outstanding voicing: sweet and free from boxiness, it has an enjoyably transparent character with no harshness

5 expert reviews | 1 user reviews

If you’re in the market for a midrange standmounter, you really must audition these

4 expert reviews | 6 user reviews

This splendid loudspeaker does most things very well and even includes a useful ability to upgrade performance by stages in the future. Its fine openness and freedom from boxiness confers good musical communication and stereo imaging

8 expert reviews | 8 user reviews

Jamo's THX-certified speakers are pure audio dynamite.

7 expert reviews | 7 user reviews

Look past their appearance and you’ve got a fun-sounding yet refined speaker, guaranteed to put a smile on your face

4 expert reviews | 82 user reviews

Equally impressive with music A switch to the equally, if entirely differently, testing DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack to Stop Making Sense lets the Q Acoustics demonstrate another strength: the ability to play music in a convincing and, well, musical...

4 expert reviews | 11 user reviews

One of hi-fi’s true classics redefined: this is the best Quad electrostatic design ever, and a truly world-class speaker

8 expert reviews | 8 user reviews

What's the difference between the Performance and Sound Quality metrics? Isn't the performance of a speaker a function of its sound quality?

5 expert reviews | 3 user reviews

Our first impression was that PMC had been a little ambitious with the pricing of the Twenty 21s. Having got them to sing, we feel they’re one of the best speakers around at this price level. An easy five-star verdict.

2 expert reviews

DALI’s 5.1 speaker package offers stunning sound for the money, with seamlessly integrated bass and dazzling detail.

2 expert reviews

Lightning in a bottle. How do you trap it and, perhaps more importantly, how do you keep it bottled up? Monitor Audio's popular Bronze speaker range, now in its sixth generation, makes for a particularly good case study.

3 expert reviews | 157 user reviews

The HTS 101 XP is a revamped version of Tannoy's HTS 101 compact 5.1 speaker system, launched back in 2011. I lauded the original system's winning combination of performance, design and value, but now Tannoy steps things up with tweaked drivers, a...

6 expert reviews | 54 user reviews

I’ll be blunt about this. As I write this, my unwilling but ever helpful ‘packing partner’ is turning up in an hour or so to help me put the SB-13 back in its box - doing it alone will break you. If there is any way that my tattered finances could...

9 expert reviews | 28 user reviews

These speakers sounds amazing! They sound ALIVE!

6 expert reviews | 8 user reviews

We rate this package highly, but think the Akudorik speakers are the real stars. Just for fun we feed in the digital output from our reference Naim NDS/555PS streamer (which costs more than three times as much as the Exakt DSM) and find notable...

12 expert reviews

You must hear these before buying any other speaker at this price

10 expert reviews | 106 user reviews

A purist solution to the home cinema conundrum – and an entirely admirable one

14 expert reviews | 110 user reviews

The LG SH5 is a powerful 320W sound bar with a wireless subwoofer. It certainly has the specs on paper to make watching movies at home that bit more impressive, but how good does it actually sound? We sent it to our lab, where our expert listening...

2 expert reviews | 50 user reviews