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Vivid Giya G4
|The day after these little Giyas arrived designer Lawrence ‘Dic’ Dickie was off to Durban in South Africa to set up a test and measurement facility in Vivid’s new factory. But the company was not ...read more -
Focal Sopra No.3 Loudspeaker
|Focal's elegant, striking, and strikingly different Sopra No.2 has quickly established a reputation as the sweet spot in the entire Focal range. Offering the right size, at the right price, with more than a hint ...read more -
Coffee and Stethoscopes
|If you want to encapsulate all that Magico represents, ask the company’s founder Alon Wolf about coffee. Or photography. Or guitar playing. Or practically anything in which Alon Wolf expresses an interest. But try it ...read more -
GoldenEar Technology Triton Five floorstanding loudspeaker
|If ever there was a speaker that best encapsulates ‘affordable excellence’ in audio, it would be the GoldenEar Triton Five. This tall, elegant floorstander is priced to compete with two- and three-way tower speakers, yet ...read more -
Rosso Fiorentino Certaldo floorstanding loudspeaker
|Rosso Fiorentino was a Florentine painter from the 16th Century. Rosso Fiorentino is also a Florentine loudspeaker manufacturer from the 21st Century. If you are expecting a critique of Rosso Fiorentino’s masterful 1521 oil-on-wood altarpiece ...read more -
First Listen: YG Acoustics’ flagship Sonja XV four-tower loudspeaker system
|This past weekend I had the privilege of representing Hi-Fi+ at a very special private demonstration of YG Acoustics’ new flagship Sonja XV (XV stands for ‘eXtreme Version’) four-tower loudspeaker system, which was held in ...read more -
Sonus faber Venere S floorstanding loudspeaker
|Sonus faber’s reputation is predicated on elegant loudspeakers made in Italy. The brand’s recent Venere models were its first loudspeakers not built in its northern Italian factory. They still look good, represent great value, use ...read more -
Bowers & Wilkins 803 D3 floorstanding loudspeaker
|Most loudspeaker companies tend to take an evolutionary approach to product development; they use the same basic design and refine it over time, a bit like a BMW 3 Series car. This is what B&W ...read more -
Melco, T+A, Estelon, Stillpoints, and Tellurium Q system
|Kog Audio, one of the UK’s most dynamic ‘new wave’ distributors, has been acquiring brands at a steady rate. One of its most recent is the German audio brand T+A, which has been gaining attention ...read more -
YAR Audio - Bespoke luxury in the home of bespoke!
|Earlier this year, a new and elegant high-end Italian audio brand appeared. There’s nothing special in that: high-end start-ups appear frequently, and many of the more elegant ones come from the home of Ferrari and ...read more -
First Listen - Wilson Audio Alexx floorstanding loudspeaker
|In truth, there aren’t many places to hear a top-end loudspeaker in the UK. Very few of the dealers in the country have the space, the budget, or the clientele to handle loudspeakers costing £100,000 ...read more -
Scansonic M-6 BTL Bluetooth-enabled loudspeaker
|It’s important to get the name absolutely correct; it’s a Scansonic M-6 BTL, not a Scansonic M6. The problem is the company makes so many audio products sometimes names blur into one another, and while ...read more -
Wilson Audio Sabrina floorstanding loudspeaker
|To say Wilson Audio Specialties Inc. of Provo, Utah has been on a roll in recent years is something of an understatement. The company’s recent output has been success after success after success. Whether it’s ...read more -
Loudspeakers – A Baker’s Dozen from Munich High End 2016
|Although this year’s ‘theme’ appeared to be cost-no-object turntables, there is always a strong loudspeaker presence at Munich. This year was no exception. A walk along any of the halls, corridors, or atria returned countless ...read more -
Audiovector QR 1 and QR 3 loudspeakers - exclusive Munich High-End Preview!
|There are hundreds of new audio product launches at Munich High-End this week, but one of the most important will be the new QR range of loudspeakers from Audiovector. The two new loudspeakers – a ...read more