GOOD SURROUND-SOUND IS A MOVIE-MAGIC MUST
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Just like before, it’s yesterday once more. The wisdom of The Carpenters. Except, of course, little is quite as it seems. True survivors from the past like the LS3/5a standmount speaker – still being made to the original Seventies BBC recipe – are rare. New designs that evoke the spirit of old ones are increasingly … Read more
With the D320s, Wharfedale has produced a fine pair of speakers. Read our Wharfedale D320 Review. Wharfedale’s Diamond series has been the bedrock of its product output since introduced in the early 1980s, but the 11th generation, released last year, left a gap at entry-level price points. This is where the new D300 range comes … Read more
KEF has revised its innovative wireless active speaker system and Ed Selley gets to put it through its paces. Read our KEF LS50 Wireless II Review. KEF has traditionally focused on more conventional passive speakers for the bulk of its product lines. Its decision to create an active version of the LS50 was shaped not so much … Read more
Focal use Slatefiber cones in their Chora 806 loudspeaker. Noel Keywood thinks they’re great. Read our FOCAL CHORA 806 Review. At shows you may well bump into one of Focal’s Grand Utopia show-stoppers – an impressive loudspeaker that’s sonically vivid. Such show-stoppers apart, Focal produce domestic smoothies like the Flax coned Focal Aria 926 we … Read more
David Vivian has to move a few things around to accommodate this giant standmount, but it’s well worth the effort. Read our Fyne Audio F1-8 Review. You might well wonder why the F1-8 speaker exists. There is, after all, the F1-5 which represents such a natural sweet spot for Fyne’s best-game standmount, it would be … Read more
Spendor has upgraded the smallest member of its Classic range, but Ed Selley finds it still knows all the old tricks too. Read our Spendor classic 4/5 Review. If you have a range of speakers described as a ‘Classic’ line, it comes with the assumption that the technology and styling will err towards the traditional. … Read more
Brit-fi bastion KEF brings huge experience, and yet the new R5 has been re-engineered from the ground up. Read our Kef R5 Review. Slimmer than the bulky Amphion and only a squeak shorter and lighter than the imposing Triangle, the three-way R5 is an astonishing amount of floorstanding real estate for the money. What’s more, … Read more
The latest member of the long-running series makes some significant revisions over its predecessor. Ed Selley adds polish. Read our. For any product line to have survived a dozen model revisions is notable in itself. The Diamond series, Wharfedale’s premier range of affordable speakers, has managed this feat while competing in one of the most keenly contested … Read more
The team behind this new Scottish name has a wealth of experience and is determined to make it count. Read our Fyne Audio F301 Review. DETAILS PRODUCT: Fyne Audio F301 ORIGIN Scotland TYPE 2-way standmount loudspeaker WEIGHT 5.3kg DIMENSIONS (WxHxD) 190 x 300 x 271mm FEATURES • 1x 25mm polyester dome tweeter • 1x 150mm multi-fibre mid/bass driver • Quoted … Read more
David Vivian discovers if an unassuming, slim and starkly functional two-way speaker can deliver the Spendor sound in full. Read our Spendor a7 Review. ContentsDETAILSSound qualityConclusionOUR VERDICT DETAILS PRODUCT Spendor A7 ORIGIN UK TYPE 2-way floorstanding loudspeaker WEIGHT 18kg DIMENSIONS (WxHxD) 180 x 934 x 305mm FEATURES • 1x 22mm polyamide dome tweeter • 1x 180mm polymer … Read more
Looking for a taste of the high life? HFC pretends for a moment it’s won the lottery and basks in the glory of this standmount. Read our Magico A1 Review. Back in March (HFC 460), Beautiful System paid homage to two giants from the US as Krell and Magico combined to provide a mouth watering insight … Read more
The Lumina Series is the latest range from Sonus faber and the entry point to its portfolio. Ed Selley sees how it shapes up. Read our Sonus faber Lumina III Review. For some companies, the arrival of any new product carries with it a weight of expectation that it will excel in one area above all others. This is … Read more