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Alacrity Audio Caterthun Classic
|It’s an iron age Scottish hill fort apparently. What this has to do with a company based in the south of England or the two-way speaker that has taken the name is not clear, but ...read more -
Linn Kiko Network Audio System
|In these difficult days for the quality end of the audio industry, you can no longer get by on a glorious past. Ask people out in the real world what constitutes a decent sound system ...read more -
Guru Junior Loudspeaker
|At the Bristol show in February the Guru distributor had pictures of a girl ‘chillaxing’ with a pair of Guru Junior speakers under the slogan ‘Swedes have more fun’. I guess if Ingmar Bergman had ...read more -
Wilson Audio Introduces the Duette Series-2 Loudspeaker
|(From the Wilson Audio press release) June 21, 2013 -- The original Duette was Wilson Audio’s first Special Applications Engineering™ product. It was designed to offer the timbrel neutrality, dynamic contrast, soundstage depth and transparency ...read more -
Morgan Audio RMS11 Active Loudspeaker (Hi-Fi+)
|The Morgan Audio RMS11 is a compact stand-mount loudspeaker. More important is the fact that it’s also an active loudspeaker, and that simple adjective separates it out from the overwhelming majority. Active drive is a ...read more -
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 -
Stirling Broadcast LS3/6 loudspeaker
|One of the grand chapters in the history of audio was the late 1960s/early 1970s BBC research program into how to make speakers with a truthful sound. The BBC had the worthy idea that it ...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