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Crystal Cable system
|As the name suggests, Crystal Cable is best known for its range of interconnects, loudspeaker cables, and power cords. However, keen-eyed readers will note that the brand has spent all of this decade manufacturing loudspeakers, ...read more -
Acoustic Energy AE1 Active powered standmount loudspeaker
|The Acoustic Energy AE1 is a long-standing fixture in the British audio firmament. The standmount loudspeaker has been around in some guise or another since 1987. We tested the AE1 Classic way back in Issue ...read more -
RIVA Festival wireless loudspeaker
|Riva has had a phenomenal success rate. In a remarkably short time, the company has had hit after hit, first with its highly portable Turbo models (we tested the Turbo X in Issue 133) and ...read more -
Focal Kanta No. 2 and Naim Audio Uniti Nova system
|Synergy – when a system works in harmony to produce a sound that is as good or better than the sum of its parts – is not guaranteed. Even when two companies work under the ...read more -
CH Precision, Wilson Benesch, and Nordost system
|Suggesting that high-end audio has anything in common with Little Orphan Annie might seem like a stretch, but in one way at least they share a reality: for audio pilgrims who sign up to the ...read more -
Audio Research, Sonus faber, Transparent cable system
|Audio Research, Sonus faber, and Transparent Cable: that’s basically high-end audio royalty, all rolled into one extremely elegant and competent system. OK, so two of the three brands (Audio Research and Sonus faber) are subsidiaries ...read more -
Neat Acoustics Iota Xplorer floorstanding loudspeaker
|We first saw Neat’s Iota as a cute compact loudspeaker that anyone could live with and grow to love. It then became the Iota Alpha, which is a bit bigger but still diminutive, and does ...read more -
ELAC Adante AS-61 standmount loudspeaker
|When it comes to designing loudspeakers, Andrew Jones is one of the sharpest tools in the box. He has the magic touch and seldom puts a foot wrong in the products that fall under his ...read more -
Dynaudio Contour 30 floorstanding loudspeaker
|There’s an easy – but wrong-headed – dismissal of Dynaudio as just a safe pair of musical hands. The notion is understandable: the company makes very well-built loudspeakers with a significant amount of objective test ...read more -
Introducing the next step in the evolution of the M-Series from Scansonic
|With the introduction of the new M-Series from Scansonic HD, new materials and designs has been incorporated in the well-known M-Series. A new and different driver design, to reassure an even lower level of distortion ...read more -
Graham Audio VOTU floorstanding loudspeaker
|The name sounds like the title of a 1950s sci-fi movie: VOTU – the Voice Of The Universe! Graham Audio’s grand statement loudspeaker is a bold departure from a brand best known for products very ...read more -
Magnepan 30.7 four‑panel dipolar planar loudspeaker system
|The White Bear Lake, Minnesota-based loudspeaker manufacturer Magnepan never takes the launch of a new flagship model lightly and this is especially true in the case of the recently released four-panel 30.7 dipolar loudspeaker system ...read more -
Triangle Announce New Active Range
|TRIANGLE, the French speaker manufacturer, revealed at the Sound Days that took place in Paris in May, its new generation of connected speakers: the SENSA range. Known for the quality of its high-end hi-fi loudspeakers, ...read more -
iStereos.co.uk has secured the rights as the exclusive distributor of Chario loudspeakers
|iStereos.co.uk has secured the rights as the exclusive distributor of Chario loudspeakers, the luxury Italian loudspeaker brand, in the UK. Chario have 4 ranges. These comprise 3 wood ranges which use a constrained layer damping ...read more -
MartinLogan Impression ESL 11A hybrid electrostatic loudspeaker
|Impression ESL 11A is part of the sextet of top-end floorstanding loudspeakers (as well as a duo of centre-channel speakers) that form MartinLogan’s Masterpiece Series. This is a series with true scope, ranging from the ...read more