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Meet Your Maker - Karl-Heinz Fink of Finkteam
|This one’s a little different because Fink Audio Consulting and Karl-Heinz Fink are not so much ‘maker’ as ‘gun for hire’. Well, almost: the company does make the Finkteam WM-4 loudspeaker (see below) and more ...read more -
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 -
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 -
Audiovector QR Sub subwoofer
|The new QR subwoofer is actually the second of two models in the Audiovector line-up, although in the spirit of other Audiovector SR models, the SR Sub is available in Super, Signature, Avantgarde, and Avantgarde ...read more -
REL Acoustics 212/SE subwoofer
|There is one obvious and one not so obvious impression to draw from the REL 212/SE subwoofer. The obvious one is the sheer size of it means it is a real earth-mover, one of those ...read more -
Munich High End 2017 – Loudspeakers over €15k
|I’m not making excuses for the sound at the Munich High-End show. It was uniformly awful, with a few exceptions. This actually works in our favour because we can concentrate on products of interest rather ...read more -
REL T/9i subwoofer
|On the one hand, this is a review of the REL T/9i subwoofer. On the other hand, this is a review of the REL T/9i subwoofer. Because this is a review of two REL T/9i ...read more -
Hi-Fi+ Awards 2016: Loudspeakers
|Digital Loudspeaker of the Year Devialet Gold Phantom A wholly new category for this year, so why not pick the leader of the pack? The rise in wired or wirelessly connected, active loudspeakers has been ...read more -
Coffee and Stethoscopes
|If you want to encapsulate all that Magico represents, ask the company’s founder Alon Wolf about coffee. Or photography. Or guitar playing. Or practically anything in which Alon Wolf expresses an interest. But try it ...read more -
AVI DM10 active standmount loudspeaker and Subwoofer
|AVI is a UK company that specialises in active loudspeakers and subwoofers. That presses two audiophile ‘off’ switches – powered speakers, and external bass boxes – but those who like good sound instead of miring ...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 -
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 -
A Night At The Opera
|For the longest time, there has been little or no point of contact between those of us who listen to loudspeakers in the home and the sound reinforcement world. We have largely stayed with passive ...read more -
CES: Highlights from Venetian Floor 30 - Loudspeakers
|For those Hi-Fi+ readers who might never have had the opportunity to attend CES, let me try to give you some idea of the sheer magnitude of the event. CES sprawls across four large convention ...read more