Philips Audio has revealed a new set of products that are all designed with a strong retro feeling, called Century Range. As the name suggests, the idea is to celebrate 100 years with the Philips name that makes audio equipment and the designs draw from different parts of the last century. Oh, and they are all named after great music artists.
The collection consists of two record players with built -in speakers, two pairs of headphones and a laptop digital radio, all of which are officially launched in September 2025 in the UK and Europe (US availability has not been confirmed yet, but Philips Audio makes it sell products there, launching its new new The H8000E-Dressing Headphones there).
I saw them all personally, though I couldn’t hear them because the devices were not quite ready yet – but I saw enough to get me excited to try them because there are some serious cool things going on.
Ringo
First, we have to talk about the Ringo headphones, which are designed to look like the 80s on earphones that you expected to see all over Venice Beach in California associated with walkmans.
They have a metal headband, small circular ear pads and colorful ear copies with options for teal, black or white finish (and possibly more forward). But don’t be fooled, they are really modern inside, with Bluetooth 5.4 and 40mm drivers, which is impressive for such small ear cups.
Those who like the best on-ear headphones are a bit starved by wireless options compared to the many overall options on the market, so these will be welcome-and they look super-cool. Comfortable they come with extra ear pads, so you don’t have to worry about carrying them down. The life of the battery is approx. 20 hours.
Tina
My next favorite from the collection is Tina, a record player with a 120W-built-in speaker, as Philips says is the most powerful speaker ever put in an all-in-one record player to date. It is a 2.1 stereo setup that contains two drivers in full range facing forward, and a four-inch Bass Reflex Subwoofer.
There is an aluminum dish and tone arm with adjustable counterbalance, and it comes with an Audio-Teknica movement magnet cartridge. In addition to playing music out through the speakers, you can play over Bluetooth, including using Auracast to play for multiple speakers at once, and it has a 6.3 mm headphone jack.
But this is not only competing with the best vinyl record records alone; You can also stream music into it over Bluetooth, or it has RCA AUX-IN, plus USB file playback and even digital and FM radio tuners.
And on top of all that is a very striking thing to see in person. That wood veneer and front grid combination box with chunky dials at both ends is a cool statement on a sideboard.
Freddie
Perfect for mating with Tina for private listening is Freddie, a set of deeply padded open-back headphones with 50 mm drivers. Philips has made a lot of very lovely open-back headphones over the years from his Fidelio brand, and it seems that many of the principles have been used here-but with a brown finish just screaming ‘Old-School Hi- fi ‘. Well, maybe it screams that it is not era-pleasing; More crooked it through a smoked haze in a listening club.
There is a 3 m cable included and the double layer pads are made to be more breathable than older headphones could have been, and with a suspended headband for long listening.
Stevie
Next on my personal favorite list is Stevie, who is another all-in-one record player. It has a more modern look and is very aimed at vinyl beginners with modest 12W speakers and the opportunity to stream to it via Bluetooth as well as play records.
The spinner is a three-step, belt-driven affair with an audio-technica MM cartridge again. In addition to the built-in speakers, you can send the music out to Bluetooth speakers and there is a 3.5mm headphone jack.
Janet
Finally there is Janet (depicted on the right above), which is a DAB+ and FM radio aimed at suggesting a 50s mood with its curved sides, although I think its black finish and LCD screen gets it to To look too modern to really tickle the retro -loving part of the brain. It has a 5W speaker and you can stream music to it over Bluetooth as well as the radio.
It has a battery life of 16 hours and this is one of many speakers that Philips launches that has an easily replaced rechargeable battery – if it stops keeping the tax year from now, you can just buy someone else from Philips, pop Open a cover and change the units. It’s nice to see.
It’s a shame that I can’t tell you more about how these sounds – or just as important – how much they will cost. But I was completely charmed by the look of Ringo and Tina in particular, so I look forward to September when we can see if what is inside lives from outside.
