

Best of 2025
It’s Day 10, the final day, of the Best of 2025 here at HF&MS. Day 10 was delayed from Friday because the review wasn’t quite finished. However, it is now live, and the final Best of 2025 award goes to the Moor Amps manaDAC. It is a beautifully simple piece of DAC engineering, with a pitch-black background and an analogue feel, remarkable for a DAC. Read the full review here.
Day 10 concludes the Best of 2025 season, and the Product of the Year will be announced on Friday. These are the Best of 2025 winners. Congratulations to all. It has been a fun year, thank you to all those who have supported HF&MS over the year.
Day 1 – Focal DIVA UTOPIA
Day 2 – REL T/9x SE Subwoofer Stereo Pair
Day 3 – Tellurium Q Ultra Silver II loudspeaker cable
Day 4 – Fell Audio integrated amplifier and CD Player
Day 5 – A&ultima SP3000M portable audio player
Day 6 – Merlin Cables, Tarantula loudspeaker cables
Day 7 – Avondale Audio NAP 250 Upgrade
Day 8 – Focal Bathys Mg luxury headphones
Day 9 – iFi GO Blu Air portable DAC dongle

Moor Amps manaDAC Highlights
This manaDAC is genuinely in a league of its own, in my view, offering what could be described as the most analogue DAC experience available.
Overall
It just so easy to listen to music, endlessly
Albums
Max Richter’s recomposed Four Seasons is stunningly amazing with this presentation
Albums
…you just want to settle in for a bit of high-quality listening, the manaDAC has it all done for you
Thoughts
Further Reading
2 December 2025
Best of 2025, Day 7 – Avondale Audio NAP 250 Upgrade
Best of 2025 - Avondale Audio NAP 250 Upgrade
28 November 2025
Best of 2025, Day 5 – A&ultima SP3000M
Best of 2025 - A&ultima SP3000M portable audio…
26 November 2025
Best of 2025 – Tellurium Q Ultra Silver II loudspeaker cable
Best of 2025 - Tellurium Q Ultra Silver II…
25 November 2025
Best of 2025 – REL T/9x SE Stereo Pair
Best of 2025 - REL T/9x SE subwoofers in a stereo…



















