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Magico S7 floorstanding loudspeaker
|Now that Magico is in its second decade, it’s time to both extend and redefine its lines. This can be a difficult task: the company’s S and Q lines have crossing points and products like ...read more -
German Physiks Unlimited Mk II (slight return)
|Towards the middle of 2013, German Physiks delivered a pair of Unlimited Mk II loudspeakers to the Hi-Fi+ offices. Towards the end of 2015, German Physiks did precisely the same thing, in order to show ...read more -
System Feature: Naim Audio NAC-N 272 network preamplifier and ATC SCM40 active floorstanding loudspeakers
|It seems that we live in an age where less (in the way of audio equipment) is seen as more (in the domestic acceptability sense). Linn has been using this approach and has honed almost ...read more -
Hi-Fi+ Products of the Year: Loudspeakers
|Value-Priced Loudspeaker of the Year KEF LS50 KEF had a long and fruitful connection with the BBC LS3/5a loudspeaker because it built the drive units for every original variant. So, when it came to celebrating ...read more -
Russell K Red 150 floorstanding loudspeaker
|You may be looking at the picture and thinking “Ho hum, just another mid-sized two-and-a-half-way floorstander, with doped paper cones and a soft dome tweeter”. And you’d be wrong. Yes, it is a mid sized, ...read more -
Bristol Show 2016 exclusive: Kudos Audio flagship Titan 808 loudspeakers to run ‘Actif Avec’ Devialet Expert system
|In 2015 The Bristol Show saw the preview of Kudos Audio’s new flagship loudspeaker, the Titan 808, incorporating ground-breaking active Linn Exakt technology. Now, Kudos are ready to unveil yet another exciting development: active operation ...read more -
DeVore Fidelity Orangutan 0/93 floorstanding loudspeaker
|John DeVore has gained a great reputation of late. His company’s simian-infused loudspeaker range has attracted the right sort of attention from a wide range of audio enthusiasts. The Gibbon series, for example, picks up ...read more -
CES Scene: Loudspeakers $25,000 and above
|Whether it’s a sign of the top tier of the audiophile world going ‘off the boil’ or a reflection of wider changes taking place in the political world, but this year, the number of launches ...read more -
CES Scene: Ten Fascinating New Loudspeakers, $25,000/pair and below
|One of my assigned product coverage categories for CES is a traditional favourite of mine and of many Hi-Fi+ readers; namely, sensibly priced loudspeakers priced at $25,000/pair and below. As you will see below, there ...read more -
New Kudos Audio flagship Titan 808 loudspeaker with ground-breaking Linn Exakt technology now shipping
|Previewed at last year’s Bristol Show and officially launched at The National Audio Show and Hi-Fi Show Live 2015, the long-awaited new Titan 808 flagship loudspeaker from Kudos Audio is now shipping to audiophiles worldwide. ...read more -
Wilson Benesch A.C.T. One Evolution
|When Wilson Benesch stopped being ‘just’ a maker of turntables and started branching out into those transducers at the other end of the system, the company’s first and arguably most important design was the A.C.T. ...read more -
Breaking the wrong record?
|There are some valuable records out there. Earlier this month, Ringo Starr’s ‘No. 0000001’ copy of The Beatles (also known as the White Album) achieved $790,000 at auction, and a copy of The Sex Pistols ...read more -
Audio Research, Wilson, Crystal, and HRS system
|‘High-end’ is a term with specific meanings but also less specific implications. In audio terms, it’s not just about performance but a particular style of performance. Historically speaking, it exhibits distinct leftist leanings (left of ...read more -
Lindemann/ProAc system
|Often, when building a system, it’s a good idea to put yourself in the hands of a dealer you trust. Done right, such systems produce rare and wonderful results, as with the system reviewed here, ...read more -
Burmester BA31 floorstanding loudspeaker
|Reviewers sometimes pride themselves on their ‘firsts’. I was the first UK reviewer to review a DVD player and the first to test plasma TV technology, for example. Occasionally, however, these ‘firsts’ are not something ...read more