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 …
The French speakers look good in white, and are not too large to be placed in a bookshelf, but you should perhaps be careful doing that. Let’s get back to it soon. But first: The speakers have everything one needs built-in. Audio inputs for both analogue and digital audio sources, such as the optical input …
The small R-14PM are among the smallest models from the Americans, and the fondness for HORN applies as much to these as to other Klipsch speakers. R-14PM uses the patented Tractrix horn together with a 4” bass/midrange, in a tiny bass-reflex enclosure. Instead of imitation wood, Klipsch opts for a slightly sad and “cheap” vinyl …
SA, or System Audio as we also know, are known for their slim but energetic speakers. The most affordable Saxo series has once again impressed us, with its sparkling dynamics and high fun factor, combined with excellent hi-fi qualities. Saxo 3 Active succeeds Saxo 1 Active. Upgrades include the so-called adaptive bass feature, which – …
They look better than most speakers in this class. With the slightly rounded sides of the cabinet, the details of the light metal, the elaborate fabric facade, the control dial at the top, and the possibility for proper wood veneer, the Ruark speakers are almost in a class of their own for wireless speakers in …
The RSB-14 is a very comprehensive soundbar, with three HDMI inputs that support all of the video formats, including the latest copy protection on Ultra HD Blu-ray movies. The wireless subwoofer is in place and the soundbar can be connected in a wireless multi-room setup thanks to DTS Play-Fi. This can be used across brands …
Heos is Denon’s brand for multi-room products, and is one of Sonos’ direct competitors. It’s all about connections of the simplest kind, and everything is controlled with an app. That is to say, one can easily learn sound up and sound down just like the TV’s remote control, and just like Sonos. Unlike Sonos and …