Another Editor’s Choice award for the AE1 40th Anniversary, this one from VuMètre magazine in France. “OUR CONCLUSION For having experienced the arrival of the first AEl a long time ago, we must say that the performance of this anniversary model is in full line with our best memories. This new version is a creation […]
Issue 253 of hi-fi+ magazine has hit the shelves and we’re pleased to say that we feature 3 products in this Editor’s Choice award special. The AE1 40th Anniversary, AE309² and the Corinium all make an appearance, you can download the page here.
And just like that another one comes along! Last week our distributor in Taiwan (Dongyi AudioVisual) collected an award from Audionet Magazine.The AE1 40th Anniversary was awarded the “Best Value Speaker of the Year 2026” at their annual awards ceremony.A full list of winners can be seen here: https://www.audionet.com.tw/thread-18688-1-1.htmlOr Visit Dongyi to find out more […]
Renowned US magazine The Absolute Sound have awarded the Corinium an Editor’s Choice Award in their latest issue. Tom Martin reviewed the Corinium in late December 2024 and made comments like “this one is the complete package” and “I was impressed by how similar the Corinium sounds to my reference Magico A5s. now, the Magicos […]
The Hi-Fi Choice Yearbook 2025 features the AE300² and we’re pleased to say they have received a Product of the year award! This follows their review in the November issue of Hi-Fi Choice in which they were awarded a fantastic 5 Star review and Recommended badge. To quote Nick Tate… “… even when compared with its […]
Hot on the heels of A British Audiophile awarding the AE1 40th Anniversary an “Outstanding” badge in November (see that review here), they have now gone one better. In his just released video Tarun has awarded them the “Best Loudspeaker of 2025 (£1,000 – £3,000)”, commenting.. “They are one of my favourite speakers below £2,000.” […]
German Magazine HiFi Test published their review of the new AE309² back in March and now they have awarded them a Product of the Year 2026 award. “The euphoria is back” A few years ago, I had an encounter with a loudspeaker that I still haven’t forgotten. I had an Acoustic Energy AE1 Active ready […]
We can reveal that Audiograde have announced the AE320² as a Best Buy of 2025! To quote Lee Dunkley’s original review from October below… “Although I’m reluctant to give away my review summary right at the start, I’ll set the tone by proclaiming that Acoustic Energy’s AE320² loudspeaker is the best value hifi floorstander of 2025.” […]
It’s another Award! Following their review back in October (you can read that here) Stereonet have now placed the AE1 40th Anniversary as WINNER in the “Best Stand Mount Loudspeakers (Affordable)” category. Read the full list here.
We’re proud to announce that the AE1 40th Anniversary has been awarded a Highly Commended in the hi-fi+ magazine “Stand-Mount Loudspeaker Under £5k” category. “The milestone aaniversary model is built on that 40 year old template and stays true to the superb-looking aesthetic, but every single component is new.” Click here to download the pdf award or here […]
