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Vimberg Mino loudspeaker
The priciest loudspeaker ever to have taken up residence in my listening room was the Akira from German company Tidal Audio (footnote 1), which I reviewed in the November 2018 issue of Stereophile....
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PMC fact.8 signature loudspeaker
Back in the Dark Ages, loudspeaker design was commonly based on semi-enlightened experimentation, with new enclosure configurations appearing almost monthly in professional and consumer journals. One...
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Vortex Screen loudspeaker
One of the joys of reviewing audio reproduction equipment is discovering a little-known product that provides an extraordinary level of performance and musical satisfaction at an affordable price....
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Von Schweikert Ultra 55 loudspeaker
Achieving room-filling, high-quality sound in a hotel room is difficult enough. Getting it in a cavernous ballroom is even more problematic. Yet, over the past few years at AXPONA, RMAF, and most...
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Volti Audio Razz loudspeaker
Volti Audio's room at the 2020 Florida Audio Expo showcased the company's newest offering, the $20k/pair Rival Special Edition hybrid horn loudspeaker. With a custom cabinet and exotic Bubinga wood...
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Piega Premium Wireless 701 wireless loudspeaker system
For the first time in the two years I've been living in this apartment building, I've received a noise complaint from a neighbor. Coincidence? As it happened, yes it was a coincidence. True, my music...
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Manger s1 active loudspeaker
My first exposure to Manger Audio loudspeakers, which are based on the "bending-wave" technology invented years ago by the company, was to the Manger p2, their passive flagship speaker, at the 2019...
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Göbel High End Divin Marquis loudspeaker
Although it was founded by ex-Siemens loudspeaker engineer Oliver Göbel in 2003, I am embarrassed to admit that I had never heard of Göbel High End until I visited the room hosted by Florida retailer...
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Avantgarde Acoustic Duo loudspeaker
Few designers are drawn to create horn loudspeakers. Most people's experience of horns is based on the resonating, overdriven, often overloaded PA installations heard at rock concerts and similar...
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Electro-Voice Model Two & Model Six loudspeakers
These are two of Electro-Voice's "middle-ground" speaker systems, filling the quality (and price) range between the huge Patrician 800 and the diminutive Coronet system.Tue, 09/01/1964
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February FollowUp RoundUp
When Stereophile publishes a followup review in the print magazine, we add it as a "child page" to the website reprint of the original coverage. We have recently done so with three significant...
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Wilson Audio Specialties SabrinaX loudspeaker
Many companies in high-end audio and elsewhere use a trickle-down approach to advance their products. The process begins with the development of a suite of new technologies, capabilities, components,...
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Altec A-7 & Electro-Voice Patrician 800 loudspeakers
In the introduction to "Recommended Components" in the final issue in Volume One of what was then called The Stereophile, published in May 1966, founder J. Gordon Holt briefly described his Top-Rated...
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Sonus Faber Lumina III loudspeaker
Time for some towers. In recent months, a succession of standmount speakers has passed through my listening room: GoldenEar BRXes, Bowers & Wilkins 705 Signatures, Marten Oscar Duos, original KEF...
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Wilson Audio Specialties Chronosonic XVX loudspeaker
Brand-fan excitement ran high among consumers and reviewers alike when Wilson Audio Specialties announced that it would roll out a nonfunctioning prototype of the Chronosonic XVX at the 2019 Rocky...
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Focal Aria K2 936 loudspeaker
The first image that pops into my mind when I think of Focal is of the iconic Grande Utopias and how at one Montreal audio show I couldn't believe that the gentlest, sweetest music I'd heard all day...
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Marten Parker Trio Diamond Edition loudspeaker
2020 may not have been a year to celebrate, but there were some housebound highlights. For example, after I had finished with the measurements to accompany Michael Fremer's review of the Marten Oscar...
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Magico A5 loudspeaker
It's rare for a Stereophile reviewer to review two loudspeakers in a row from the same manufacturer, but then these are unusual times. Because of the pandemic, Magico's M2s got stuck here for a year (I...
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Dynaudio Confidence 30 loudspeaker
Over a lifetime of audio shows, I've consistently enjoyed Dynaudio speaker demonstrations. Each time, I've told Dynaudio North America's Michael Manousselis that I'd love to review the speaker on...
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Rauna Balder loudspeaker
The Swedish Rauna company, which has been in existence for about five yearstheir little Mk.II Tyr two-way impressed J. Gordon Holt a couple of years back in Vol.9 No.2appears to be dedicated to the...
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