Among all the speakers Gråbein has tested, if you asked which one he would like to buy himself, Audiovector SR6 Avantgarde Arreté V2.0 would be high on the list. Nevertheless, the choice would probably eventually end up on the newer and smaller R3 Arreté, which at half the price is more achievable, and which also …
Rarely have I had as much fun with a pair of speakers as when I tested the Klipsch Forte III SE four years ago. Sunch enthralling speakers are rarely found. So it did not matter that they were not among the most super-resolved and neutral speakers. After all, listening to music is about being carried …
I was not quite sure what to expect. Last time I reviewed a pair of speakers from Dynaudio, they costed GBP 26,000. These cost but a fraction. In fact, most of the speakers I have tested from Dynaudio have been in higher price ranges, but that is not because they do not make cheaper speakers. …
They look more like cubicle walls rather than speakers. Magnepan’s Little Ribbon Speaker are the flattest speakers we have tested, and at the same time some of the most exciting we have heard in this price range. The reason they are so flat, one inch thick only, is that they do not use ordinary speaker …
They are large, but much smaller than the huge Synthesis speakers we tested earlier this year. Still, the slimmer speakers really pack a bite, that you will notice physically. Six eight-inch woofers with rigid aluminium diaphragms, feel like having a six-cylinder engine bolted to the chest, when playing loud. In other words, they are not …
They light up the room like no other speakers. The shiny yellow front not only adds colour to your home, it mirrors the sound from the floor-standing Focal speakers astonishingly well. They are also available in other colours on the angled front made from moulded polymer, such as blue, brown, beige, black and white, but …
“Go and hear them,” I tried, but my foreign colleagues did not look very convinced, when I met them at the High End trade fair in Munich in 2018. Instead, they smiled overbearingly when I told them about the new JBL speakers that debuted at the show that year and that sounded in a completely …
At a time when large speakers increasingly have to give way to small, wireless boxes in the home, it is nice to see that there are still those who go against the flow. Danish Dali is among those who still think large speakers are the best, and last but not least is the largest model …
When Bowers & Wilkins retired their CM series in favor of the 700 S2 series, more people cheered. Including myself. Because, while the CM series had some good models, it also appeared to be somewhat inconsistent. How was it possible to follow up the good CM10 with the belly splash of a CM8 S2? With …
It does not show on the outside, but these slim speakers keep a little secret inside, which is suitable for astonishing fresh listeners. Truth be told, I’m a little amazed myself every time I hear a PMC speaker, even though I’ve heard many of their speakers before. There is something special about the way they play …
Ever since I was a little boy in the 1980s, I have loved hi-fi and good, powerful sound. My father was a hi-fi enthusiast to the bone, and that kind of thing tends to run in the family. But even though my dad used to spend a lot of money on hi-fi and record cleaning …
It may be Sonus Faber’s smallest and cheapest floor – standing speaker, but the Sonus faber Lumina III does not allow itself to be peeled on the nose for that reason. So far, this is the largest model in the new speaker series, but it is far from great. It is actually very compact for …
Something must be wrong. I looked over all of the cables, connections and checked that all the elements were in phase, let alone connected. The sound from the brand new signature version of the Bowers & Wilkins 702 S2 sounded flat, undynamic and stuffy. It was certainly not what I expected when I put the …
Most smart speakers with multi-room function are discreet small sizes that can be discreetly placed on a shelf from which they can spread background music or answer questions such as “What is the name of the capital of Argentina?” to impress innocent guests. That category does not fall into the Harman Kardon Citation Tower. The …
Some are willing to go further than others in the search for the perfect sound. In the subject of speakers, this is a real craft art. And with the Kaya 90, South African – and British – Vivid Audio has given itself an extra challenge. Namely, to make a relatively compact floor-standing speaker behave as …