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The Absolute Sound's Illustrated History of High End Audio
|FINALLY! THE DEFINITIVE BEHIND-THE-SCENES HISTORY OF THE HIGH-END AUDIO INDUSTRY! We take you on an exclusive tour of the birth of the high end’s most iconic loudspeaker companies and their products. Packed with fascinating detail—including ...read more -
First Listen: Magnepan 3.7i loudspeaker
|Introduction: Over the past several years Magnepan made waves by re-vamping its loudspeaker product line from stem to stern, leading to the release of (in ascending order of price and performance) the New MMG, Super ...read more -
The Duevel Enterprise loudspeaker
|Now, here’s something you don’t see too often; an omni-directional loudspeaker. The Duevel Enterprise features two drive units that point upwards, with the high frequency unit having a cone-like device immediately above it to help ...read more -
Wilson Benesch Square Five loudspeaker
|Wilson Benesch’s recent brush with the top-end of loudspeaker design – the Cardinal – was a distinct success, but it remains a top-end loudspeaker, and those who cannot afford top-end loudspeakers, such lofty goals and ...read more -
JansZen zA2.1 Speaker Review
|The JansZen zA2.1 attempts to deliver the advantages of a full-range electrostatic speaker, but in a small-footprint suitable for medium-sized rooms. Unlike planar speakers, which almost all require a large room to really work their ...read more -
PMC fact.12 loudspeakers
|For the fact.12, PMC did not rely entirely on its own R&D facilities, but took advantage of one of the country’s most remarkable research institutes. The National Physical Laboratory in Teddington is probably visible from ...read more -
The Great Leap Forward
|I’ve recently been through several loudspeakers in the review process recently. And two in particular highlight a marked step-change in the way audio systems have sounded, and now sound. The two loudspeakers are the excellent ...read more -
Electrocompaniet Nordic Tone Model 1
|It was only when the pallet came off the truck that I realised what I had let myself in for. The Nordic Tone Model I speaker itself weighs a respectable 75kg, but add in the ...read more -
CES 2014: Loudspeakers, $15,000+
|If this year was the time of ‘Statement’ amplifiers, when it came to top-end loudspeakers, CES 2014 was more the year of filling in gaps in the portfolio. While there were new top-end loudspeakers to ...read more -
CES 2014: Loudspeakers under $15,000 - Part 4
|For this year’s CES event I focused my reporting efforts on two product categories, one of the most popular of which is Loudspeakers under $15,000 per pair. What drives this popularity, of course, is the ...read more -
CES 2014: Loudspeakers under $15,000 - Part 3
|For this year’s CES event I focused my reporting efforts on two product categories, one of the most popular of which is Loudspeakers under $15,000 per pair. What drives this popularity, of course, is the ...read more -
CES 2014: Loudspeakers under $15,000 - Part 2
|For this year’s CES event I focused my reporting efforts on two product categories, one of the most popular of which is Loudspeakers under $15,000 per pair. What drives this popularity, of course, is the ...read more -
CES 2014: Loudspeakers under $15,000 - Part 1
|For this year’s CES event I focused my reporting efforts on two product categories, one of the most popular of which is Loudspeakers under $15,000 per pair. What drives this popularity, of course, is the ...read more -
Triangle Signature Delta loudspeakers
|There are two ways of making a loudspeaker. The first, simplest and most common way is ‘get someone else to do it’. By relying on time-worn loudspeaker design criteria, and calling on an endless set ...read more -
Vivid GIYA G2 loudspeaker
|How many loudspeaker companies build all their own drive units and fit them into ground breaking cabinets? And how many of those companies are genuinely breaking new ground? By my calculation the answer is very ...read more