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Usher N-6300 standmount loudspeaker
|The Taiwanese brand Usher is perhaps best known for its big loudspeakers using state of the art driver materials like beryllium and diamond for comparatively low cost. Our recent test of the Be 20 DMD ...read more -
Bowers & Wilkins big week (part 2)
|Following the announcement of a new hook-up with Volvo and involvement with the Maria Callas studio project, Bowers & Wilkins could afford a few seconds break before announcing a whole new line of loudspeakers, the ...read more -
Revel Performa M105
|Every so often you get a product come along that seems to embody every current design trend and hot new technology. It represents everything that is seen to be good in its particular category – ...read more -
Is size important?
|In the audio world, the British are perhaps best known for making great sounding small loudspeakers. It may well be that we are experts in other audio fields (we have a number of excellent turntable ...read more -
Estelon XC Loudspeaker
|For me, trying to capture the essence of any audio component can only be done through musical description. But as I have said in this magazine many times, we listen to systems and not individual ...read more -
ELAC AIR-X active loudspeaker system
|Along with companies like Audiovector, ELAC has looked to the future of audio and concluded it lies in active loudspeakers driven by small digital hubs. This is known as AIR-X in ELAC parlance. However, although ...read more -
T.H.E. Newport Beach 2014 - Loudspeakers Part I
|Newport Beach is fast becoming an important audio destination, challenging Rocky Mountain Audio Fest and AXPONA for the top slot in the US audio show circuit. And, as befits a good audio show, there are ...read more -
T.H.E. Newport Beach 2014 - Loudspeakers Part II
|Hi-Fi+ has long been a firm believer in combining the best in audio with the best in cocktail-based engineering, and Newport Beach affords the best of both worlds. Here is my take on the best ...read more -
Sonus faber Olympica I
|One of the most hackneyed phrases in audio reviewing is, “My wife, who does not comment on such things, said…”. It’s usually accompanied by a proclamation of how wonderful something sounds. My wife, however, frequently ...read more -
Munich – the little brand that could
|Of all the new products at the show, perhaps the one that makes the most sense of all was one of the least showy, least shouted products there. Harbeth announced a change to its long-standing ...read more -
High Resolution Technologies Stage System
|High Resolution Technologies has made its mark delivering top-class PC-powered DACs and headphone amps that don’t cost a fortune. When the products first appeared in 2009, they represented something of a paradigm shift in audio ...read more -
Eclipse TD508MK3 loudspeakers
|Eclipse TD speakers all pose a difficult question for the audio enthusiast… have we all taken an almighty wrong turn somewhere? And in a way, the TD508MK3 is perhaps the purest expression of that question, ...read more -
Quadral Aurum Altan Aktiv loudspeakers
|The limitations of many loudspeakers exist further up the chain. With the Quadral Aurum Altan, those limitations are predominantly between the ears of the listener. Quadral has joined a select group of audiophile loudspeaker makers ...read more -
Roksan Darius standmount loudspeaker
|Those with long, long memories might recall the original Darius. No, not the one from early Persian history; instead, think of the Darius from early Roksan history. That first Darius loudspeaker was all hard-edged black ...read more -
Wilson Audio Duette Series 2 loudspeaker
|Launched almost nine years ago, the original Duette was a combination of entry-point and Swiss Army Knife for Wilson Audio. The standmount two-way was designed to work in as many ways as possible (vertical, horizontal, ...read more