Yamaha has a long history of creating soundbars that simulate real surround sound and some of their creations have impressed us immensely. With the YAS-207, Yamaha use DTS Virtual:X for the first time as a surround simulator, which attempts to convince us that the soundscape also has a height dimension. The HDMI input fully supports …
With its 40 cm width, Fidelio B1 will never look obtrusive, regardless of which TV it is placed below. The subwoofer is flat enough to slip under the couch, but wide and deep enough to accommodate a fine cabinet volume. This gives you a rather awesome bass after all. And with the bass directly under …
This is Sony’s most affordable soundbar that simulates sound in height, to provides extra size of soundscapes from movies with Dolby Atmos and DTS:X soundtrack. The HDMI input supports all video formats, including 4K with Dolby Vision. This means you won’t risk your display going black if you play a 4K Blu-ray movie (something we …
Devialet Silver Phantom blew us away when we tested it in 2015. Not because it was the most user-friendly high-end product we had ever seen – which it was! What captivated us was the fact that it breached the boundaries of what we thought was possible. A small wireless loudspeaker that can fit in a …
Last year Charge 2+ was a pleasant surprise, with good sound, long playing time and water resistance. The new Charge 3 takes this to new heights. It is now waterproof down to a depth of a metre and has an additional few hours of playtime. As a result, it is noticeably larger and heavier than …
Just a few years ago, there was a low level of interest in party speakers in Scandinavia. It was associated with beach parties around the Mediterranean, with Ibiza as a top destination. But something has happened, and every year the sales of these gaudy and somewhat vulgar speakers have actually increased here too. Perhaps it’s …
Two years ago, we tested Soundboks, a success story involving three Danish youngsters who needed a party speaker for the Roskilde Festival. They found none, so they built their own and launched it at Kickstarter, where it met with success. Now they’re back with an even more gruesome successor. Like its predecessor, it is designed …
Sony has gone all out with more of everything in its disco system MHC-V71D, which also has younger brothers and one big brother. It is the largest and heaviest apparatus in the test, which fortunately has wheels for transportation. However, one should be a little careful, as the lamps in the corners and the top …
After a couple more mediocre products, Philips NTX400 gives us exactly what we are looking for in this category: a tough appearance, cool speaker drivers and large flashing lamps. Now we’re talking party speakers! The cabinet is made of trust-inspiring hardwood, and has a pair of decent carrying handles on the sides so you can …
The Panasonic SC-UA4 is rather a complete music system for a young person’s flat. It has an impressive row of music sources, from modern Bluetooth and USB to traditional CD and radio, complemented by two microphone inputs for karaoke. There’s even an optical input so one can use it as a TV speaker. A proper …
It’s easy to believe that a comparatively inexpensive speaker with a known trademark stamped across the front will be bad. But ACDC TNT-3 is actually seen as a rather well-built product. The cabinet feels muted and sturdy even though the speaker material is actually plastic. Both the wheels and the handle for pulling are of …
Klipsch is no lightweight. Neither on the speaker market nor their products physically. This is the speaker manufacturer you go to when you want speakers that can muster high volume without breaking up into the nasty and sharp sound that characterise many “party speakers” on the market. Several of the Klipsch’s speakers certainly sound pretty …
We have previously tested JBL’s portable speakers with good results. Just as the practical JBL Charge 3 and the loud JBL Extreme, not to mention the power house JBL Boombox. Pulse 3 is as large as the small Charge, but JBL has covered most of the speaker with light panels instead of speaker drivers. It …
Budget-friendly bookshelf speakers have gone from selling like hot cakes to becoming a shadow of themselves. This is despite the fact that they have possibly never produced better sound for the money than right now. Instead, people want to have them wireless, with their mobile phone as the audio source. For this same reason, one-box …
Argon Audio is the Hi-Fi club’s own budget brand, designed to be an affordable alternative to more expensive brands like Dali and Bowers & Wilkins. And when you see what they’ve accomplished with the new Alto series, you have reason to raise an eyebrow or two. The Alto 5 Active is Argon’s top model among …