High quality from a small loudspeaker that costs little. Noel Keywood enjoys Q Acoustics 3030i. Read our Q ACOUSTICS 3030i Review. [wpsm_toplist] I suspect this is a loudspeaker that won’t be easily spotted for the fine proposition it is, amongst a herd of rivals that swarm around its low £ price point. Not easy to … Read more
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
Arcam adds a new aesthetic, expanded features (including
Wi-Fi and Auro-3D) and 16-channel processing to the sevenchannel Class G topology and Dirac EQ of the previous
AVR850 – the result is home cinema nirvana.
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
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
11-channel amplifier that
oers supreme bang-forbuck, delivering 300W to
your L/C/R speakers, and
65W for others. Choice of
balanced/unbalanced
connection. Dynamic sound.
FRENCH SPEAKER COMPANY ELIPSON teased its W35 back in May 2019, and the speaker finally launched late last year as the newest member of Elipson’s Planet Series speaker lineup. The unit, a culmination of 80 years in loudspeaker manufacturing and three years of research and development, has a spherical enclosure and is unique in both … Read more
David Price auditions one of the most charismatic loudspeakers currently available, Klipsch’s La Scala AL5. Read our Klipsch La Scala AL5 Review. Loudspeakers hold a special place in my heart, as one of the most individualistic and characterful of things. It’s hard to accord ‘personalities’ to inanimate objects, but I find myself doing this with … Read more
The ZX Series is Mission’s eagerly awaited flagship range. Ed Selley gets to grips with its smallest floorstander. Read our Mission ZX-3 Review. Ever since Mission released its LX range of speakers a few years ago, the brand has been undergoing a resurgence. Now part of the International Audio Group, it took a little while for … 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. [wpsm_toplist] 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 … Read more
Two-dimensional wonder-material, Graphene, is making its way into driver cones, including Falcon’s flagship. Read our Falcon Acoustics Reference GC6500R review. Review: Andrew Everard Lab: Keith Howard Floorstanding three-way loudspeaker Made by: Falcon Acoustics Ltd, Oxfordshire Supplied by: Karma-AV Ltd, York Telephone: 01865 358001; 01423 358846 Web: www.falconloudspeakers.co.uk;www.karma-av.co.uk Oxfordshire-based Falcon Acoustics is perhaps best-known for two … Read more
It’s a brave company that launches a headphone as only its second product – and an electrostatic too. Yet more remarkable: that company isn’t Chinese but British! Read our Warwick Acoustics Aperio Review. Review: Keith Howard Lab: Keith Howard & Paul Miller. [wpsm_toplist] HEADPHONE SYSTEM Open-back electrostatic headphone and DAC/energiser Manufactured by: Warwick Acoustics Ltd, … Read more