Wharfedale diamond 12.1 surprisingly sophisticated for their size and price

Active and passive systems

Q Acoustics has found something of a magic formula with its current 5000 series lineup. The Q Acoustics 5050 floorstanders (£1299) scooped a What Hi-Fi? Award last year for their seamless combination

Acoustic Energy? That’s a name we haven’t featured for a good while. It’s not that the company hasn’t been making capable products over the past few years, but rather that they seem to do it more quie

L inn’s LP12 is the stuff of hi-fi legend. Officially launched in 1973, it wasn’t the first belt-driven suspended sub-chassis turntable on the market. But, the combination of great sound, quality buil

Ask any enthusiast to describe their perfect pair of high-end floorstanding speakers and the chances are that excellent detail resolution, balanced tonality and strong dynamics would make everyone’s l

Thoughts of Cambridge Audio’s original CXA81 bring a wistful smile to our face, as it won back-to-back What Hi-Fi? Awards for four years. In fact, we named it our Product of the Year in the stereo amp