GOOD SURROUND-SOUND IS A MOVIE-MAGIC MUST
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HFC finds itself surrounded in sound as it savours a very special omni-directional speaker 20 years in the making. Read our Duevel Venus Review. [wpsm_toplist] As hard as they try, due to their very physics it’s often difficult for speakers to be worthy of the ‘Exotica’ tag that’s attached to this section of HFC. They are, … Read more
This Google-equipped ecosystem of wireless speakers, soundbars and more is a powerful entrant to the world of wireless multiroom audio. Read our HARMAN-KARDON CITATION Review. [wpsm_toplist] Harman-Kardon’s Citation range is something new to Australia in the wireless multiroom space, where you can have music in every room of your home, using wireless speakers which are … Read more
Focal elevates its Chora range of home cinema speakers with built-in Atmos drivers. Steve Withers indulges in some immersion therapy. Read our FOCAL CHORA 5.1.2 Review. Focal’s recently launched Chora range offers plenty of home cinema options, but with the addition of the new 826-D floorstander the company has taken its performance to another level… … Read more
Martin Logan’s Motion 40i floor standing loudspeaker is smooth and easy, not a shock says Noel Keywood. Read our Martin Logan Motion 40i review. [wpsm_toplist] The crowds thronging Martin Logan’s demos at the Bristol Show 2020 were keen to hear what an electrostatic loudspeaker offers, but I suspect most will buy a trad, box all … Read more
The mid-range dome of Wharfedale’s 4.3 mini- floorstander stands out, bringing unique sound finds Noel Keywood. Read WHARFEDALE EVO 4.3 Review. Cet ’em out of the way. Which means putting the loudspeakers against a rear wall, so as not to occupy hallowed floor space – something I perfectly understand with a lounge just 17ft long. … Read more
Mark Craven auditions SVS’s triple-woofer Prime Pinnacle floorstanders to find out whether they sound as big and imposing as they look. Read our SVS PRIME PINNACLE Review. SVS IS PROBABLY best known by cinephiles for its consistently impressive subwoofer range, having started out solely as a bass-box maker back in the late 1990s. But it … Read more
Sonus faber has used a rather unusual cabinet design for its Olympica Nova II loudspeakers. Whereas most loudspeaker designers opt for one of the two enclosure types whose physics are best-known—either a bass-reflex enclosure or a completely sealed enclosure—this Italian company uses an unusual ‘aperiodic’ enclosure for its Olympic Nova II… and it’s not even … Read more
Danish-based Dantax Radio reinvents a classic: a rework of the Raidho D2.1, now fitted with tantalising drivers. Read our Raidho TD2.2 Review. Review: Andrew Everard & Paul Miller Lab: Keith Howard Two-and-a-half-way floorstanding loudspeaker Made by: Raidho Acoustics (Dantax Radio A/S), Denmark Supplied by: Decent Audio, Stockton-on-Tees Telephone: 05602 054669 Web: www.raidho.dk; www.decentaudio.co.uk Dejavu, all … Read more
The Unison Research Max Mini is big in many ways, Noel Keywood thinks. We’ve reviewed many Unison Research (Italy) valve amplifiers in the past and they sounded lovely – silky smooth, full bodied and atmospheric, in true valve style. Making the arrival of their Max Mini loudspeakers designed for valves welcome in our offices. Would … Read more
A panel loudspeaker with magnetic properties. The Magneplanar LRS loudspeaker is a uniquely attractive, thinks Noel Keywood. Read our MAGNEPLANAR 0.7 LRS Review. [wpsm_toplist] Long ago Quad converted me to the open panel loudspeaker. Yes, they have drawbacks but also unbeatable strengths. And then there is the magnetic planar drive unit now becoming popular in … Read more
Naim Audio really does have all the hi-fi bases covered. In its earliest days as an amplifier-centric UK hi-fi company it grew a deeply-entrenched base of fans who were true believers in its views on amplification (then considered ‘out there’, now accepted as common wisdom). And the company evolved, taking its core base of hi-fi … Read more
Richard Stevenson gets active with Meridian’s DSP-toting installation speakers. Read our MERIDIAN DSP520.2 Review. [wpsm_toplist] Active in-wall loudspeaker POSITION: Entry-level in Meridian’s architectural range Monitor Audio Platinum In-Wall II; Focal Electra II IW1003Be In-wall loudspeakers are a bit, well, Marmite. You are either going to love the sleek, seamless look when installed or fret about whether … Read more