Mission qx-2 mkii £349

Monitor Audio’s Bronze speakers – especially their ‘2’ moniker standmounts – were our go-to recommendation for budget speakers for many years. The five-star Bronze BX2 (from 2010) and the Bronze 2 (fr

If you are looking for unfussy but hugely talented standmounters below a grand, Acoustic Energy’s AE300 MkII are a great place to start. Each neatly made compact cabinet stands 32cm tall and is a rela

It is easy to underestimate a speaker like Fyne Audio’s Vintage Classic X. They look like they have been time-warped from the 1970s, with a huge, wider-than-deep walnut-covered cabinet and lovely adju

Since this speaker package comprises two pairs of five-star speakers, you probably won’t be surprised to find out that it sounds good. Really good. Starting with the main players in this system we hav

Fyne Audio is enjoying, to borrow some classic football parlance, an enviable purple patch at the moment. From top to bottom, the Scotland-based hi-fi brand is producing some exceptional loudspeakers,

Fyne’s F501E are talented all-rounders with a range of sonic abilities that is hard to better at this price. Fyne’s trademark Isoflare driver array, where the tweeter sits in the throat of the mid/bas