GOOD SURROUND-SOUND IS A MOVIE-MAGIC MUST
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Easily the most striking design here, this has a retro-futuristic sense of glamour to it. Cabasse would argue that form follows function; the boxy fibreboard cabinets of its rivals are far from ideal sonically, of course. However, the compact size of the Pearl Akoya means there’s not a lot of internal cabinet volume to play … Read more
Predator 2: The REL’s home cinema-centric subwoofer range returns, once again with a ‘no-frills, all the spills’ ethos. Richard Stevenson plays fast and deep with the 15in HT/1510. Read our REL HT-1510 PREDATOR Review. PRODUCT: Sealed 15in subwoofer POSITION: New flagship in REL’s Home Theatre Series PEERS: Bowers & Wilkins DB4S; KEF KF92; REL S/510 REL’S DEDICATED HOME Theatre (HT) … Read more
Tall Story Acoustic Energy’s AE1202 loudspeakers stand tall but cost little. Noel Keywood listens. Read our Acoustic Energy AE1202 Review. Big floor standers at a low price? Great if you want to shake the room – and Acoustic Energy’s AE1202 loudspeakers appear a tasty proposition for this purpose with their array of drive units and retail price of £.That’s well below most big floor … Read more
KEF’s new Reference 1 Meta loudspeaker has Meta technology. Noel Keywood listens. There’s a fascinating problem little talked about with loudspeakers: how to make them reference-accurate without sounding boring. KEF show how in their recent Reference I Meta that I’m reviewing here. It was fascinatingly perfect – I could clearly hear so (after a bit of fiddling).To enjoy what could be … Read more
We could argue whether the Seventies was the greatest decade for music (it was), but to anyone serious about hi-fi it’s also remembered for the launch of two components that would become British icons: the Linn Sondek LP12 turntable in 1972 and the BBC-designed LS⅗A compact near-field monitor in 1975. Both are still in production, … Read more
JBL’s new all-in-one is a little larger than the norm and David Vivian wonders if it has the sonic grandeur to match its size I’m reminded of the film Crocodile Dundee as Paul Hogan is confronted by a mugger brandishing a modestly sized blade: ‘That’s not a knife,’ smiles Mick, telegraphing the punchline as he reaches for his own form of outback … Read more
An All-In-One streaming system from Triangle with vinyl replay ability – disguised as a simple pair of loudspeakers. John Pickford dives in. Active loudspeakers have been the industry standard in recording studios for a good couple of decades. Hi-fi enthusiasts have been slower to catch on, preferring to keep their boxes of electronics separate from … Read more
Fitted with a ribbon tweeter for top treble quality, NEAT’S new Majistra loudspeaker engages Noel Keywood. Read our NEAT MAJISTRA Review. NEAT’s Majistra had me puzzled.The ribbon tweeter produced excessive treble under measurement, something I usually find aurally unacceptable. Review fear set in: I’d rather not sit there gritting my teeth. But in this case … Read more
Mission has evolved its tremendous LX-2 Mkll standmount into a fascinating wireless system. Ed Selley judges the results The demarcation between ‘separate’ and ‘system’ was never a terribly distinct one, but in recent years it has become increasingly blurred. What you see here is a relative of the Mission LX-2 MkII standmount speaker, but where … Read more
AVID’s ‘sledgehammer-to-crack-a-nut’ two-way features a massive all-alloy cabinet with tuned mass dampers to kill unwanted resonances – and this is the smallest in its range! Read our AVID HIFI REFERENCE FOUR Review. Unloading the three AVID HiFi boxes that these standmounts arrive in – one for each Reference Four speaker, at £ a pair, plus … Read more
The tiniest member of the Classic range from JBL keeps the period features, but in miniature. Ed Selley listens in. Read our JBL L52 Classic Review. BL’s re-released Classic series channels the design language of its Seventies models and the L52 brings all the principles of the series down to a size where they’ll fit … Read more
Heading into the great outdoors and want a soundtrack? You need speakers that won’t quit on you. Let us test three leading contenders. If you’re taking your music on the go with a portable speaker, then you need it to last – and there are a growing number of quality, well-protected outdoor speakers on the … Read more