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Definitive Technology StudioMonitor SM 45 Loudspeakers (Hi-Fi+)
|Many audio enthusiasts associate the name Definitive Technology with so called “home theatre speakers,” but the fact is that the company also has roots that go deep in the area of affordable, high-performance monitors. Over ...read more -
PSB Imagine T2 5.1-channel Surround Sound System (Hi-Fi+)
|The Canadian firm PSB Speakers is known for building loudspeakers that give exceptional value for money, but even within a value-oriented brand certain models set themselves apart from their stable mates. In the PSB range, ...read more -
SVS Launches Ultra Speakers In The UK (Hi-Fi+)
|Range offers high-end design quality at class-busting prices. SVSound has built a reputation worldwide for high performance and high value by winning great acclaim for the brand’s active subwoofers. Similarly impressive engineering quality has now ...read more -
Lindemann 800 Audio System (Hi-Fi+)
|Audio systems are mostly built by informed experimentation. Assembling components from different manufacturers, sitting them on something suitable and hooking everything up with well-chosen cabling. Structuring the whole installation from the ground up often comes ...read more -
Meet Your Maker: Hi-Fi+ Visits Magnepan
|Here in the United States (my home country) the White Bear Lake, Minnesota-based loudspeaker manufacturer Magnepan enjoys a singular distinction; many members of the high-end audio press consider all three of the firm’s top models—comprising ...read more -
ENIGMAcoustics Sopranino Electrostatic Supertweeter (Hi-Fi+)
|For the well-heeled wanting the ultimate in high- frequency transparency and detail, these interesting horn-loaded Electrostatic Sopranino supertweeters from ENIGMAcoustics are worth checking out. They’re designed to augment and extend the high frequency response of ...read more -
MartinLogan Motion 15 Loudspeaker (Hi-Fi+)
|The mini-monitor occupies a very particular and long-standing place in the affections of Anglophone audiophiles. The LS3/5a, the SL6, the AE1, the 805 and a host of other diminutive standmounts demonstrate the enduring appeal of ...read more -
Monitor Audio Releases WS100 Wireless Multimedia Speaker System (Hi-Fi+)
|February 2012 -- Monitor Audio's WS100 wireless multimedia speaker system produces exceptional sound in any room in the house. If you're one of the millions who store and play music from a desktop, laptop or ...read more -
CES 2013 In Retrospect: Loudspeakers $10,000/pair and Up (Hi-Fi+)
|The ‘law of the excluded middle’ often takes out the all-important loudspeaker market between $10,000 and the extreme high-end. Products in this category currently stay in the catalog for longer than ever before, and occasionally ...read more -
CES 2013: Loudspeakers $10,000/Pair and Below - Part 2 (Hi-Fi+)
|This is Part 2 of a two-part Hi-Fi+ report on affordable loudspeakers seen and heard at CES 2013. You can access Part 1 from the Hi-Fi+ homepage. Morel Key Product: MT-3 2.1-channel satellite/subwoofer speaker system ...read more -
CES 2013: Loudspeakers $10,000/Pair and Below - Part 1 (Hi-Fi+)
|To my way of thinking, there is perhaps no single product category that more fully captures the excitement of today’s high-end audio world than this one: loudspeakers priced at $10K/pair and below. In this category, ...read more -
Bowers & Wilkins PM1 Loudspeakers (Hi-Fi+)
|With its Nautilus tubed tweeter cradled on the top and shiny livery, this compact standmount looks distinctly like a miniature 800 series design, an 808 perhaps. But the PM1 shares only one component with its ...read more -
GoldenEar Technology Aon 3 Bookshelf Monitor (Hi-Fi+)
|There's an unwritten truth in audio circles: never try to import a standmount loudspeaker into Britain. OK, so this truth is subject to some serious conditions (it doesn't apply to the high-end, for example), but ...read more -
KEF Blade Loudspeaker (Hi-Fi+)
|Take one look at the KEF Blade and it would be easy to dismiss it as a novelty product – an ostentatious toy for people whose income has outrun their discernment. The Blade might look ...read more -
Acoustic Energy AE22 Passive Monitor (Hi-Fi+)
|Of the two longest standing jokes in the music/professional recording industry, one definitely involves variations on a theme regarding drummers. The other could well be the one that concerns the Yamaha NS10 loudspeaker; rarely has ...read more