Our Winners at the What Hi-Fi Awards 2025

The What Hi-Fi? Awards are the biggest honours in the hi-fi industry, and we were so pleased to see some of our favourites in the list of 2025 Winners !  

This year’s Winners are favourites amongst our team and customers alike. They're available in-store and from our online store.

Read on for all the details, plus links (in Orange) to the Five-Star Reviews.

Chord Company TRIPLE WINNERS at the What Hi-Fi? Awards 2025

Made by music lovers in Wiltshire (near Stonehenge), since 1985, and enjoyed by music lovers all over the world! Chord Company Cables were Triple Winners in this year's prestigious What HiFi? Awards:

Best speaker cable - Chord Company RumourX
"Tweaked metallurgy makes the Chord Company RumourX cable even better."

Best analogue interconnect (under £100) - Chord Company C-line RCA
"This Chord interconnect is a no-brainer if you want to give your hi-fi system a lift..."

Best analogue interconnect (over £100) - Chord Company ClearwayX ARAY Analogue RCA
"Brings out greater control, detail and drive from your system."

Continued Acclaim for Chord Electronics’ DACs

Chord Electronics hi-fi is uncompromisingly and entirely designed, engineered and manufactured in Great Britain. 

Once again, their digital-to-analogue converters have achieved outstanding recognition with a clean sweep of the DAC category.Mojo 2 and Qutest have both been crowned with Best Buy Awards in their respective price categories:

Best DAC under £500 - Chord Mojo 2

"The Chord Mojo 2's solid audio, portable design and great suite of features ensure it's a winner for another year."

Best DAC over £500 - Chord Qutest

"Excellent rhythmic timing and a compact stylish design make the Chord Qutest a winner once again."

The Qutest has now been awarded 'Best DAC' for an unparalleled eighth year in succession, a truly remarkable feat for any DAC. The Mojo 2 extends its own impressive run, winning 'Best DAC' for the fourth year in a row. 

Recognition of Chord Electronics' values

These latest What Hi-Fi? Awards once again shine a light on the core principles that define Chord Electronics' DACs:

• Their unique and proprietary FPGA approach to digital-to-analogue conversion.
• Their commitment to British manufacturing.
• The utilisation of advanced, proprietary technologies refined over decades with Chord’s digital design consultant, Rob Watts.

The success of the Mojo 2 and Qutest forms part of a much longer history of recognition for Chord’s DACs, including previous honours for the Hugo 2, its predecessor Hugo (2014), and the Qutest's own lineage, stretching back to 2013.

Fyne Audio: Not One but Two 'Best Speaker' Awards!

Two of Fyne's stunning new speaker models feature in the Best Floorstanding Speakers 2025 category winners list.

Best Floorstanding Speaker £500-£1000 goes to the fabulous new F501EES-7N standmount speaker. 
"Great value and capable of delivering an expressive and entertaining sound."

·       Best Floorstanding Speaker £2000-£3000 goes to the mighty F502S
"With an expert handling of dynamics and a cohesive, balanced sound these are the best floorstanders you will find at this price."

But Wait… there’s More!

Two Awards for Vertere Acoustics:

Best Turntable over £3000 was won by Vertere’s new DG-X

“The Vertere DG-X is the best turntable we've tested at its price and an easy recommendation for vinyl fans with deep pockets”

Best Phono Stage over £1000 - Vertere Phono-1 MkII L 
“The Vertere Phono-1 MkII L retains its crown with its stellar dynamic expression and rhythmic drive fending off rivals”

A Well-Deserved Award for Epos

The Best Standmount Speaker £1500-£2500 was awarded to the Epos ES-7N

“Their clear, forthright and expressive sound wins the ES-7N a What Hi-Fi? Award for the second year in a row.”

You can see the full list of Winners here.