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Raidho XT-5 floorstanding loudspeaker
|The XT-5 is a Raidho speaker, but it’s a Raidho speaker with a difference. If you think you know how it’s going to sound, best think again. When Alan Sircom reviewed the company’s flagship model, ...read more -
Neat Acoustics Ultimatum XL6 loudspeaker
|Neat Acoustic’s Ultimatum range is a three-strong expression of Bob Surgeoner’s distinctive take on loudspeaker design. It comprises a stand-mount Ultimatum XLS, the flagship XL10 tower, and this, the XL6 floorstander. The logic behind having ...read more -
Audiovector R8 floorstanding loudspeaker
|Audiovector has something of a gap problem. The Copenhagen-based brand has a couple of ranges of superb loudspeakers that cover the entry-level and attainably-priced regions of the audio market, it has the R11 flagship that ...read more -
NEW GERMAN PHYSIKS WEB SITE LAUNCHED
|A brand new German Physiks web site has been launched at www.german-physiks.com. It features a much more attractive graphic design and easier navigation. The texts for the loudspeaker range have been updated, including high quality ...read more -
Sonus faber Sonetto V floorstanding loudspeaker
|A few years ago, Sonus faber made the somewhat bold move of switching some of its production out of Italy. This was a great idea and gave the world speaker lines like the successful Principia, ...read more -
The Hi-Fi+ Directory of High-End Audio Manufacturers, 2019
|We’ve selected and showcased the work of 32 of the finest manufacturers in high-end audio in our exclusive guide. Regardless of price, product type, or brand name, we’ve uncovered the most exciting and innovative companies ...read more -
Magnepan 30.7 four-panel dipolar planar loudspeaker system – Revisited
|In Hi-Fi+157 I wrote a favourable preview of Magnepan’s new flagship loudspeaker, the model 30.7. Now, as the loudspeaker nears full serial production, I wanted to provide a follow-up review to discuss one important change ...read more -
Vivid Audio Kaya 45 floorstanding loudspeaker
|While some markets like shiny white or yellow loudspeakers, the majority of the hi‑fi market appears to prefer rectilinear boxes with a wood veneer. It has ever been thus and only slowly will it change, ...read more -
Totem Sky Tower floorstanding loudspeaker
|Montreal based speaker manufacturer Totem Acoustic has always been closely identified with company president and chief engineer Vince Bruzzese’s ability to defy expectations for what can be accomplished with bookshelf monitor loudspeakers. Refreshingly, throughout Totem’s ...read more -
Sonus faber Amati Homage Tradition floorstanding loudspeaker
|The long-running Homage series from Sonus faber pays tribute to the finest violin makers of the past with loudspeakers that look and sound fantastic. The Amati has long been the conventional top tower of the ...read more -
Triangle Esprit Australe EZ floorstanding loudspeaker
|I am going to try a spot of mass-hypnosis here. You are feeling calm and relaxed, relaxed and calm. You are feeling sleepier and sleepier. I want you to forget the word ‘price’ for the ...read more -
Meet Your Maker - Karl-Heinz Fink of Finkteam
|This one’s a little different because Fink Audio Consulting and Karl-Heinz Fink are not so much ‘maker’ as ‘gun for hire’. Well, almost: the company does make the Finkteam WM-4 loudspeaker (see below) and more ...read more -
Raidho TD-4.8 floorstanding loudspeakers
|By big loudspeaker standards, the Raidho TD‑4.8 isn’t actually that big. It stands about as tall as the average middle-aged European and its front baffle is about face-wide. It sits on two outriggers that give ...read more -
German Physiks HRS-130 floorstanding loudspeaker
|We are big fans of the German Physiks Unlimited Mk II, and not exactly dismissive of the whole omnidirectional loudspeaker concept as a whole, so the chance of looking at the more uncompromising HRS-130 floorstander ...read more -
Acoustic Energy AE1 Active powered standmount loudspeaker
|The Acoustic Energy AE1 is a long-standing fixture in the British audio firmament. The standmount loudspeaker has been around in some guise or another since 1987. We tested the AE1 Classic way back in Issue ...read more