Black Friday week is in full swing, which means there’s still plenty of time to grab that illusive OLED TV or new set of stereo speakers that you’ve been waiting to pull the trigger on all year.
But, with prices fluctuating as retailers fight for your attention, knowing which product to buy and when to buy it can be tricky, even for the most well-informed enthusiast.
Which is why we’ve stocked up on coffee (and Pro Plus tablets), accepted our fate as your personal shoppers and started populating this live blog with our pick of the best hi-fi and home cinema deals currently available – as well as a few warnings on bad deals to avoid.
Every deal we recommend, unless explicitly stated otherwise, is on a product we’ve fully reviewed, price checked and really do recommend.
If you have any questions about any of the deals or products we’re recommending in this hub, jump over to our Black Friday 2025 Live Q&A where you can chat directly with our experts.
With that out of the way, here are the What Hi-Fi? team’s pick of the best Black Friday deals on everything we review, from TVs to headphones, soundbars and speakers...
Black Friday quick links
- Amazon: browse all of today's best deals
- B&W speakers: save £200
- Bluetooth speaker: 48% off five-star JBL
- Bose QC Ultra Earbuds: save £100
- Bravia 8 TV: save 34% on 55in Sony TV
- Denon AV receiver: save £500
- Dolby Atmos soundbar: down to £299
- ELAC Debut 2: five-star speakers now £199
- Headphones: Sennheiser Momentum 4 now £169
- LG C5 55-inch: lowest-ever price at Richer Sounds
- JBL soundbar: now better than half price
- John Lewis: £500 off LG and Sony OLED TVs
- Richer Sounds: browse Black Friday deals
- Sevenoaks: £150 off Award-winning speakers
- Sony headphones: now just £29
- TVs, movies, home cinema: browse the best deals
- Vinyl: 3 for £66 at Amazon
- Wireless earbuds: Award winners now £75
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Two top deals hand picked by our hi-fi and home cinema head honchos
If you’re after a new stereo amp to act as the beating heart of your next hi-fi setup, or just getting into hi-fi then our hi-fi and audio editor Kashfia Kabir has one deal in particular she recommends right now.
Specifically the stellar saving on offer at Amazon and Richer Sounds that lets you pick up the Cambridge Audio AXA35 for just £299 (save £50).
The pleasingly unassuming looking amp offers a punchy, precise sound and remains one of the top entry points, or budget options, for music fans. Thanks to its solid selection of inputs it also leaves plenty of room for expansion, if you want to add a CD transport or streamer down the line.
If you’re after something on the home cinema side, then our TV and AV editor, Tom Parsons, recommends checking out the current deal on the 65-inch LG C5. Jump over to Richer Sounds and you can grab the 65-inch LG C5 for £1299. That’s a £1400 saving on its launch price and the lowest we’ve seen it sell for all year.
For your money, you’ll be treated to a five-star OLED with flawless gaming specifications capable of delivering a truly immersive movie watching experience, based on our checks.
A word of advice for TV shoppers from our editor
Every year one of the most common questions we get during Black Friday is if it’s worth upgrading your TV.
This year our advice is heavily caveated. We’ve seen palpable improvements in the top end of the OLED TV market, with new Primary RGB tandem OLED and next generation QD-OLED panel tech driving big picture quality improvements to key sets, including the Product of the Year-winning Sony Bravia 8 II. But, step down models including the LG C5, Samsung S90F and Panasonic Z90B aren’t improving at the same pace.
As a result, we’re recommending buyers who have invested in a flagship OLED in past few years will most likely be better off waiting another year, at least, before upgrading – especially with new RGB Mini LED panel tech set to launch next year as a challenge to OLED’s dominance in general.
On top of that, existing step-down OLED owners who bought their TV in the past few years should generally avoid upgrading unless they’re going for a larger flagship. The performance improvements you’ll get going from an LG C3 to an LG C5, for example, won’t justify the cost.
It’s only people who are yet to make the jump to OLED at all that we’re really recommending sets to this year, as a result. If you meet that description there are thankfully some good deals doing the rounds though, especially on the 65-inch LG C5 (mentioned further down) and 48-inch Samsung S90F.
£100 off clear, detailed Q Acoustics standmounts? Very interesting
If you're planning on building a budget hi-fi system this Black Friday and you need a pair of standmount speakers at its core, you could do a lot worse than this rather tantalising Q Acoustics deal.
The affordable Q Acoustics 3020c would slot nicely into a fledgling system, provided you partner them with an appropriately forgiving amp. They're clear, detailed and spacious speakers made to an impressive standard, and now that they've dropped from £399 to just £299 at Sevenoaks, Richer Sounds and Peter Tyson, they're an enticing budget prospect with £100 slashed from their standard RRP.
Get half off Apple's Award-winning streaming service for the first six months
If you're looking for a streaming service that offers top-quality picture as well as a decent offering of TV shows and movies, you would be hard-pressed to find a better option than Apple TV. In fact, it bagged a What Hi-Fi? Award this year for its "superb picture" and excellent audio quality.
And we've spotted a Black Friday offer that makes it even more tempting for movie lovers.
Apple TV (formerly known as Apple TV+) is available for just £4.99 a month for six months, down from its usual price of £9.99.
That saves you a total of £30 for that period before it goes back up to its regular cost. This gives you a decent amount of time to enjoy its offerings and decide whether you want to continue, all at a discounted price.
The superb Wharfedale Diamond 12.1 speakers drop in price – save £70!
Wharfedale's Diamond 12.1 speakers have been firm favourites of ours for years, with the five-star models offering a wonderful blend of good build quality, unfussy partnering nature and a full-bodied, detailed, expansive and refined sound – something that's quite rare to find at this budget price!
These speakers have also nabbed a 2024 What Hi-Fi? Award win, and a new Diamond 12i range was only just announced last week as a successor to this established, well-regarded speaker line-up.
This means, however, that the excellent Diamond 12.1 have plunged in price – you can save a sizeable £70 off their full price and snap them up for just £179 at Richer Sounds. If you're after truly affordable speakers or looking to set up your first hi-fi system, these are the ones we highly recommend.
The best Black Friday headphone deals under £100: these 15 pairs won't break the bank
If you've only got £100 to spend, you might think Black Friday isn't for you. But wait. It might not seem like a lot of money, but £100 can buy you some pretty awesome headphones, from the Award-winning Sony WF-C710N, to the Technics EAH-AZ40M2, and plenty in between.
With those models in particular, you would have enough left over for the bus fare home. But others – like the Cambridge Audio Melomania M100 – usually cost well over £100, but have snuck below thanks to a Black Friday deal.
If you're looking for a new pair, but can't spend too much, check out our guide to the best Black Friday headphone deals under £100. It includes in-ear and over-ear models, both wired and wireless.
Read the full article: The best Black Friday headphone deals under £100
An affordable system for people short on space and cash
If you want a great value hi-fi system that won’t break the bank or take up oodles of space, then we have good news.
Sevenoaks Sound and Vision is offering a new bundle, pairing the Award-winning Dali Kupid speakers with a WiiM Amp Pro streaming amp for £599. That’s a solid £100 saving on what the system would cost if you bought them both separately.
Why these two? Because we matched them in our listening rooms and found the potent combo of the Dali Kupid’s enjoyable, dynamic punchy sound pairs nicely with the WiiM Amp Pro, despite its four-star rating.
The amp’s hi-res streaming powers and solid connectivity also make it particularly unique at its price point, which is why we’re more than happy to recommend the system right now.
Sonos Ace wireless headphones have hit a record low price, but...
This is an interesting one. You see, we tested the Sonos Ace wireless headphones back when they first launched back in June last year.
Back then, they cost £449, but thanks to Black Friday, they are now sitting at a record low price of £219. Now, on paper, this looks like a bit of a no-brainer.
However, the key criticisms in our three-star Sonos Ace review still stand – they just don't sound as entertaining or as musical as the class leaders, and both their noise-cancelling and call quality are only average.
The class leaders we are talking about include the Sony WH-1000XM5, which can be yours for £200. Despite the Sonos boasting better build quality and matching them on battery life, our money would still go on the Sonys.
Save a belting £80 on WiiM's versatile, punchy streaming amp
It's nearly Black Friday, and that means it's time for a WiiM deal! For bargain hunters seeking to get their first hi-fi system off the ground for an eminently reasonable outlay, the WiiM Amp Pro has dropped to just £319 at Amazon, a luxurious saving of £80 off its modest £399 price.
Specialist hi-fi retailers such as Richer Sounds and Peter Tyson are also offering the Amp Pro at £319, so you've got a lovely choice of outlets. Wherever you get it, rest assured the WiiM Amp Pro is a small, smart and impressively affordable.
This JBL amplifier deal is NOT a typo!
We don't need to hype certain deals up. The JBL SA550 Classic is a very solid stereo amplifier, and now that its price has crashed from £1749 to an unbelievably low £749 at Peter Tyson, we feel that we don't need to do much to persuade you to investigate it. It's a whopping deal, an absolutely whopping deal!
We have seen the SA550 Classic drop this low before, but even so, we're left clutching our pearls in disbelief that a discount could be this massive. Check it out!
Is this your last chance to bag the stunning Arcam A5 at its lowest-ever price?
Could we be about to say goodbye to a legend? The Arcam A5 has recently been supplanted by the excellent Arcam A5+, so it seems as though retailers are clearing out the last stock before the original amp shuffles off to enjoy a very well-earned retirement.
With stocks potentially low, prices are also plummeting. The A5 has fallen to a measly £499 at Richer Sounds, down from its £749, making this one of Black Friday's best-ever hi-fi deals.
The A5 may be heading out to pasture, but it's still a superb amplifier, and at this price, you really can't lose when it comes to a £250 saving on a legendary performer.
