I’ve carried many speakers up stairs over the years, but this was something completely different. The first box from Arendal Sound was so heavy that I had to pause halfway up. When I realised there was only one speaker in the box and there was another one below, I could have laughed – if it …
Sometimes it pays to think outside the box. Literally. Because, as we all know, it’s common practice to cram power supplies and amplifiers into speakers when making an active version. If you do it from scratch, i.e. sit down with a drawing board and design an active speaker from scratch, it can work perfectly well. …
Danish Raidho is not like other speaker manufacturers. For one thing, they make all their own drivers, where the process is as exotic as the materials. The materials used are made because of special acoustic properties – and not just because they are exotic in themselves. The X Series is Raidho’s most affordable speaker series, …
Denmark is a loudspeaker country. There is hardly a place on the planet with more speaker factories per capita than here. And there are more than we realised. We found out when Peter Lyngdorf invited himself for coffee in my listening room to talk about his latest project: Radiant Acoustics. Radiant Acoustics is a new …
DALI’s new series, Rubikore, is, as the name suggests, a love child between the 10-year-old Rubicon series and the high-end flagship DALI Kore, which we named speaker of the year last year. The Rubicon models are now being retired and replaced by Rubikore. We have – as the first media on the planet – had …
Argon Audio Forte A4 WiFi is the third generation of the Forte series. We have tested different models in the previous two series and have been impressed with the sound every time. As before, these are compact, active two-way speakers with 4-inch midwoofer and 1-inch dome tweeter. The speakers can only be purchased as a …
Who would really want a speaker from the 1970s? Well, apart from for purely nostalgic reasons and because of their looks, of course. Back then, the speakers were nowhere near what you’d find in the shops today. Rather simple, not to say rudimentary crossovers, drivers with oversized diaphragms compared to voice coils and magnets, and …
French company Elipson is particularly known for their high-end loudspeakers – some of them spherical. But they also make traditional, wallet-friendly models in simple wooden cabinets. The Elipson Horus 6B belongs to the latter category: a compact two-way bass reflex speaker that will fit on a stand or standing on a sideboard. On the tested …
The retro wave is rolling with increasing force in the hi-fi world. Speakers are once again allowed to make a statement. And after many years of white lacquered blandness, walnut veneer is back in fashion. Thus, the Elipson Heritage XLS7 scores the first style points. The speaker is the newest and smallest member of Elipson’s …
Ever-increasing prices have made many things much more expensive. That’s why it’s extra satisfying to find something that really gives you a lot of bang for your buck. Like Bowers & Wilkins’ new 600 series, which is at the other end of the price scale from the 800 series. For many, the Bowers & Wilkins …
Bang & Olufsen are faithful to their own recipe. Which should be seen as a good thing. Models don’t change with random fashion fads, but are continuously updated for years – or even decades. Beolab 8, however, is brand new. So new that we are one of the first media outlets globally to have had …
British company Q Acoustics is particularly known for delivering living room-friendly speakers with a razor-sharp price/quality ratio. And the Q Acoustics 5020 seems to be cut from exactly the same cloth. It’s a compact two-way speaker in an attractively designed cabinet with rounded edges. Exactly as we’ve seen before from Q Acoustics – for example …
Danish Buchardt Audio is a small speaker company that for several years consisted solely of the founder, Mads Buchardt. Nevertheless, for almost 10 years, Mads and his team have succeeded in selling loudspeakers globally. The recipe has been low prices in relation to performance, thanks in part to direct mail order sales without distributors. This …
Bang & Olufsen doesn’t change models over and over again. In some cases, products from as far back as the 1970s can find their way back onto store shelves. But even the “new” models can be sold for years. Beosound 2 was originally introduced in 2016 and a second-generation version was released in 2019, featuring …
French-based Revival Audio was off to a flying start when we recently tested the Atalante 3 compact speakers. The elegant small speakers impressed with both craftsmanship and sound quality. And so, it was only natural that we also put the larger model to the test. Technically speaking, the Revival Audio Atalante 5 is a compact …