What's your favourite new product of 2025?

[Joe Cox]

We will shortly be sharing our shortlist for this year's Readers' Award as part of the 2025 What Hi-Fi? Awards. And you can vote for the winner. The shortlist will be drawn from the most popular reviews on the website this year.

So, now that we're thinking about it, what has been your favourite new product?

 

[R2D2]

Sony Bravia 7 Mini-LED TV, but does this count as 2025? Perhaps not. I doubt most people own newly released products of 2025 though.

I haven’t got one from the new reviews of 2025 on here, sorry.

Just found one:

https://www.whathifi.com/tv-home-cinema/televisions/samsung-s95f-qe65s95f

 

[Kenneth Fernandes]

In 2026, there must be cloud-based Tap to Connect Tidal Music streaming services via Tidal's mobile app on iOS and Android to connect and play on streaming amplifiers, wireless speakers, etc, through the device's in-built NFC chip or a QR code for the selected streaming services.

Currently, the connection is only possible through an external router connected to both devices, which is very inconvenient and outdated.

 

[R2D2]

In 2026, there must be cloud-based Tap to Connect Tidal Music streaming services via Tidal's mobile app on iOS and Android to connect and play on streaming amplifiers, wireless speakers, etc, through the device's in-built NFC chip or a QR code for the selected streaming services.

Currently, the connection is only possible through an external router connected to both devices, which is very inconvenient and outdated.

What’s that got to do with the price of fish? 🙂

 

[Kenneth Fernandes]

I haven't purchased it yet, but the Dell Alienware OLED 27 4K AW2725Q monitor is the best product of the year for me, to pair with a Mac mini M4 pro. 🙂

 

[R2D2]

I haven't purchased it yet, but the Dell Alienware OLED 27 4K AW2725QF monitor is the best product of the year for me, to pair with a Mac mini M4 pro. 🙂

Have WHF reviewed that then?

 

[Kenneth Fernandes]

Have WHF reviewed that then?

Not really, but IPS display panels should become obsolete with OLED as mainstream for all PC monitors.

*It's the Dell Alienware AW2725Q QD-OLED model.

 

[nopiano]

This super little pair of speakers is surely one of the best this year?

https://www.whathifi.com/speakers/hi-fi-speakers/acoustic-energy-ae300-mk2

Until you get the reimagined AE1 to test, anyway!

Or the SME 8 turntable if you want a high-end choice and fabulous British design.

My favourite would be the ATC SCM20 Actives though. I enjoyed two extended listens to these at the Cranage show, and would give them room in my house like a blink!

 

[Kenneth Fernandes]

What’s that got to do with the price of fish? 🙂

The user experience of one-time connecting and playing Hi-Res music on external devices will be at a completely different and unique level of its own kind.

 

[Integralista]

Hi, I am Rega Nut, so I am very happy with new Brio amp mk7, same with new MM ND family of cartridges. But PMC Prophecy speakers are stunning, Ruark family of streaming radios and speakers look and sound great...New Cyrus 40 whole family is great, awaiting big Cyrus 80 pre/power and integrated same as new Rega Solis/Mercury and new CD Apolo... New Acoustic Energy speakers 300 line is truly stunning...it was very good year for hifi and my beloved vynyl😆. And also for still affordable hifi for us normal people.😉

 

[jjbomber]

The Gold Fuse.

 

[Al ears]

Hi, I am Rega Nut, so I am very happy with new Brio amp mk7, same with new MM ND family of cartridges. But PMC Prophecy speakers are stunning, Ruark family of streaming radios and speakers look and sound great...New Cyrus 40 whole family is great, awaiting big Cyrus 80 pre/power and integrated same as new Rega Solis/Mercury and new CD Apolo... New Acoustic Energy speakers 300 line is truly stunning...it was very good year for hifi and my beloved vynyl😆. And also for still affordable hifi for us normal people.😉

I would agree.
Plenty of choice offerings for the millionaires amongst us but it's the low to mid range articles that are going to shift the most.
The new Fell Audio range of amplifier and CD player interest me.

 

[Dave_]

So what happened to readers nominating products?

Sounds like it's just going to be based on site traffic now...

 

[The_Lecht_Rocks]

I'm piqued too much by the ATC SCM20ASL also....

 

[Blacksabbath25]

The Gold Fuse.

LOL 😛