Four fabulous wireless speakers pick up What Hi-Fi? Awards

(Image credit: Naim)

Naim has proven the worth of second drafts with the Mu-so Qb 2nd Generation, which has just been named best wireless speaker over £500 in this year’s What Hi-Fi? Awards.

It isn’t the only new product to be included in the category, however, with another second gen speaker, the Ultimate Ears Wonderboom 2, replacing the UE Roll 2 as our favourite wireless unit costing less than £100.

They sandwich two repeat winners from Audio Pro – the boombox-like Addon C3 and Addon C10 – as the Scandinavian brand proves great sound lasts a long time.

It’s this quartet that will be vying for a sought-after Product of the Year Award at the What Hi-Fi? Awards ceremony on Tuesday 5th November, but all four are unquestionably class leaders at their various price points.

The Mu-so Qb represents one of the most pleasant surprises we’ve had this year. While its first iteration achieved a five-star review when we first tested it back in 2016, it was caught up with pretty quickly, and subsequent rival products forced us to subtract a star not long later.

It’s hard to envisage that happening again, with the second generation comfortably dispensing of all rivals within a few hundred pounds’ radius. A combination of punchy bass and a startlingly airy soundstage bring real hi-fi sensibility to the presentation, which would serve well as many people’s main audio system.

Naim's latest Mu-so wins 'Best home wireless speaker over £500' (Image credit: Naim)

The Wonderboom 2 (pictured below), meanwhile, is a delightfully entertaining portable speaker, about the size of a hockey ball, built for the outdoors and listening on the move. It pipped its UE stable mate thanks to its more full-bodied, sturdier performance that still retains the enthusiastic nature of the Roll 2.

As for Audio Pro: well, there’s just no shifting its Addon range for the moment. The C3 is the smaller, portable version of this boombox range, with the C10 offering a far grander scale but the same unwavering focus, faultless organisation and wildly expressive dynamic range. They’re both part of the company’s multi-room family, too, which also retains its Award in 2019.