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Riva Turbo X Bluetooth loudspeaker system
|Since you are reading this magazine, odds are you already own a full-fledged hi-fi system—probably a very good one and quite possibly one that your friends and colleagues consider ‘expensive’. However, if you think back ...read more -
Meet Your Maker – Zellaton
|There are very few family businesses in audio. Brands rarely pass down father to son; they either disappear, or get bought out by a larger interest. Sometimes the next generation becomes more of a figurehead ...read more -
Hi-Fi+ Products of the Year: Loudspeakers
|Value-Priced Loudspeaker of the Year KEF LS50 KEF had a long and fruitful connection with the BBC LS3/5a loudspeaker because it built the drive units for every original variant. So, when it came to celebrating ...read more -
Focal Sopra No. 1 standmount loudspeaker
|As a company that started off primarily producing drive units for OEM use by other manufacturers, Focal have always had a flair for research and innovation that has resulted in some interesting technological advances and ...read more -
Unity Audio Products Expands With New Hi End Esoteric Consumer Division
|Acclaimed British Pro audio manufacturer Unity Audio has expanded its operation to include a new focussed hi-end consumer audio division. Capitalising on the huge success and widespread adoption of its professional loudspeakers Unity will be ...read more -
PMC twotwo.6 active standmount loudspeaker
|Strange name for a loudspeaker twotwo.6. But it has a logic of sorts: it has a two-way design that can be used in two ways, and it has a six inch main driver (well almost). ...read more -
CES Scene: Loudspeakers $25,000 and above
|Whether it’s a sign of the top tier of the audiophile world going ‘off the boil’ or a reflection of wider changes taking place in the political world, but this year, the number of launches ...read more -
CES Scene: Ten Fascinating New Loudspeakers, $25,000/pair and below
|One of my assigned product coverage categories for CES is a traditional favourite of mine and of many Hi-Fi+ readers; namely, sensibly priced loudspeakers priced at $25,000/pair and below. As you will see below, there ...read more -
TAD Compact Evolution 1 standmount loudspeaker
|There’s a myth surrounding loudspeakers that needs tearing apart. It’s that Japanese audio manufacturers aren’t as good as making loudspeakers as their British or American counterparts. Generally, this is nonsense, and comes about in part ...read more -
Melco/Exogal/Vitus/Estelon system
|As a reviewer I crave change and am always expecting to hear something that just might tell a different musical story. It’s even more intriguing when it comes with solid recommendations and takes the shape ...read more -
MartinLogan Motion 35XT standmount loudspeaker
|I reviewed MartinLogan’s miniature two-way Motion 15 loudspeaker back in Issue 98 and it was quite the surprise package. Small but perfectly formed, it was the musical performance that really impressed: here was a hybrid ...read more -
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