Acoustic Energy Aego BT2

These days it’s rare that a traditional hi-fi manufacturer hasn’t diversified into the realm of ‘lifestyle’ products, such as wireless speakers. It makes perfect sense – the market is huge and if a company can build a five-star hi-fi speaker, surely it can produce a wireless speaker that sounds better than most.

Acoustic Energy saw this opportunity early, launching a Bluetooth speaker in partnership with the Orange phone network (remember that?) back in 2006. In 2017, it