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Yamaha 3000 Series/Monitor Audio Gold Series system
|This system comprises the basic trio of components, the likes of which could have been at the core of an audio system 25 years or more ago, albeit brought up to date. The electronics are ...read more -
Graham Audio LS5/8 standmount loudspeaker
|The LS5/8 was one of the last great loudspeaker projects of the BBC Research and Development team, dating back to the late 1970s. It was designed to reflect the increasing need for a large, high-level ...read more -
Sonus faber Chameleon B standmount loudspeaker
|Loudspeakers are great, but sometimes they don’t do ‘sexy’. There are still a lot of rectangular wooden ‘monkey coffins’ out there, virtually unchanged in basic design for more than two generations. Fortunately, there’s also Sonus ...read more -
Kiso Acoustics HB-X1 standmount loudspeaker
|Some years ago, we had a pair of the fascinating Kiso Acoustics HB-1 (on their original stands) in for review. That review never came about – there was some behind-the-scenes dispute over those stands – ...read more -
WIN! A pair of Red Russell K Red 100 loudspeakers worth £1,250 must be won!!!
|Regular readers of Hi‑Fi+ will remember we ran a competition in our March issue (Issue 121), where one lucky reader won a black pair of Russell K Red 100’s. Due to an unprecedented number of ...read more -
Fostex PX5-HS active standmount loudspeakers
|Fostex is one of those brands that we’ve all heard of but rarely see. This is primarily because despite having been around for quite a while (over 60 years in fact) it is best known ...read more -
GamuT RS3 standmount loudspeaker
|GamuT is a Danish firm that is famous both for its high performance audio electronics and loudspeakers, with the four-model RS-series range standing as the firm’s flagship offerings. The RS range evolved from an earlier-generation ...read more -
Goldmund returns to the UK
|London based dealer Sonata has been appointed as the exclusive UK distributor for Goldmund, the Swiss luxury audio manufacturer. Goldmund has taken 35 years of technological expertise and adapted it to launch a completely new ...read more -
KEF Reference 1 standmount loudspeaker
|KEF’s Reference series is a stalwart and a fixture in our audio business. There has been a Reference model in the range since the Model 104 of 1973. Despite decades of leading-edge development, the Reference ...read more -
Spendor D1 floorstanding loudspeaker
|Too often, changes seem to be made for change’s sake. So excuse me if I feel a little cynical when one of my favourite loudspeakers is unceremoniously replaced with a new, ‘improved’ model, especially when ...read more -
What a week!
|No, not the Queen becoming the longest serving English monarch, or the election of left-field, left-winger Jeremy Corbyn to the post of Leader of the Labour Party out of almost nowhere, we're talking audio here. ...read more -
iFi Audio Retro complete system
|A spin-off from the well-regarded British high‑end audio company Abbingdon Music Research, in a few short years iFi has earned a reputation for building affordable, palm‑sized components whose room-filling sound belies their modest size. Given ...read more -
ENIGMAcoustics Mythology M1 standmount loudspeaker
|When it comes to supertweeters, normally a brand starts with complete loudspeakers and builds up the registers from there. ENIGMAcoustics instead first burst onto the audio stage with its Sopranino supertweeter, and from there looked ...read more -
Ensemble ONDIVA
|Some time ago, the Swiss firm Ensemble was best known for its standmount loudspeakers, with designs like its outstanding ELYSIA minimonitor. Over the years, the company has diversified into audio electronics, cables, tables, platforms, and ...read more -
The Complete Guide To Loudspeakers
|A loudspeaker is untimately just a balance of compromises: ask any experienced listener, engineer, or reviewer! This is because the process of transducing an electrical signal into an acoustic one is, despite over a hundred ...read more