Compromise is not a word Raidho is familiar with. The Danish speaker manufacturer makes all of their components in-house, right down to the drivers, crossovers and feet. This also applies to their new speakers, the extremely sleek and slim Raidho X2t. The cabinet itself is almost as narrow as a CD cover, and the cabinet …
Forget that Prodigy are PMC’s budget speakers. Forget that they’re small and only two-way. Forget that they look like they were made in a woodwork shop. Forget everything you’ve thought about small budget speakers. These speakers play music in an astonishingly honest, engaging and dynamic way. Which is a rarity in this price range. One …
Dali Kore is an extraordinary speaker that sounds amazing. It’s as simple as that. You might argue that it should go without saying that it sounds good when the price of a pair of speakers is on a par with the price of a German luxury car. But to understand how a pair of Dali …
It shouldn’t really be possible for something this small to play so loud and clear, and with a bass reproduction that you can feel in your body. You look around to see what beast of an amplifier is driving the modest speakers, and where is the subwoofer? The new Dynaudio Focus 30 look like most …
I remember wondering about the claim of how much better the sound would be when KEF first introduced Metamaterial Absorption Technology (MAT). For me, the press release sounded like so many other press releases from loudspeaker manufacturers. Full of praise about how much better the new version is. So, guided by experience, I waited to …
Investing in something that costs a lot of money is often a long process that can cause distress and perhaps sleepless nights. You’re actually excited, but subconsciously, doubts can creep in. This is when most people have trouble sleeping. It could be an imminent car purchase with a lot of money involved. Or it could …
Shortly after I got total goose bumps from Bowers & Wilkins’ flagship, the pig-headed and dizzyingly good 801 D4, a pair of the slightly more sensible 803 D4 have entered the test room. But only a little more, because even though the price has almost halved, it’s still possible to buy a new car at …
Most people associate wireless speakers with Bluetooth and a democratic price range that the majority can identify with. That doesn’t mean there are no wireless speakers for a narrower market and in a completely different price range. Just look at Bang & Olufsen’s superb Beolab 28, which impressed in our test. The heavy price tag …
It’s only been a few months since we had the top-of-the-range 801 D4 from UK-based Bowers & Wilkins in for review. I was pretty quick to crown the speakers the best I’d heard. Perhaps a little too quickly … There’s nothing to criticise about the B&Ws when it comes to engineering and distortion-free sound reproduction, …
When you mention Technics, most people probably think of turntables. Maybe amplifiers, after all they have made many really good amplifiers. Tape recorders should also be mentioned, although most people have forgotten what they are and many have probably never seen one. But loudspeakers are hardly something you associate with Technics. They have struggled to …
Few speakers have left me on the couch with goosebumps all over. The Quad ESL 63 has done it. Sonus faber, Dynaudio and Audiovector have done it a few times. But very few speakers have left a lasting impression. These, on the other hand, have, and it didn’t take many minutes. Note the name: KEF …
I felt I was on a ladder higher than the clouds. With a total view over the whole world. A musical world, where every instrument unfolds freely, in a large, airy and three-dimensional room. No, a cosmos. Full of dancing filaments of energy, vibrating and together creating the building blocks of music. In short: the …
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 …
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 …