Loudspeakers

Kirk Midtskog has posted a review of the Canton Vento 820 Loudspeaker ($2400/pair, stands $600/pair) at AVuide. His conclusions: Despite all of the 820's positive attributes, at the end of the day I never did become truly immersed in the musical performances. The 820 covered some hi-fi bases reasonably well, but it also tended...
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Phil Gold has posted a review of the Reference 3A MM de Capo i loudspeaker ($2995/pair) at Enjoy the Music. His conclusions: So the Reference 3A MM de Capo i is not a universal panacea but a superb instrument finely tuned to faithfully reproduce all but the largest scale music, in small to medium...
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Tim Shea has posted a review of the Selah Audio Verita loudspeakers ($2650/pair) at Soundstage Hi-Fi. Measurements taken in the anechoic chamber at Canada’s National Research Council are also posted. His conclusions: I’m not sure I can unqualifiedly recommend the Selah Audio Verita to those in the market for small monitor speakers; I could...
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Jeff Van Dyne has posted a review of the Gingko Audio ClaraVu 7 MkII loudspeakers ($2995/pair) at Soundstage! Hi-Fi. Measurements taken in the anechoic chamber at Canada’s National Research Council are also posted. His conclusions: ’ve been completely blown away by Gingko Audio’s ClaraVu 7 MkII. My listening room is a difficult space for...
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Paul Beaudette has posted a review of the Paradigm Special Edition SE 1 loudspeakers ($698/pair) at Soundstage! Hi-Fi. Measurements taken in the anechoic chamber at Canada’s National Research Council are also posted. His conclusions: The Paradigm Special Edition SE 1 has reminded me that a well-designed pair of inexpensive speakers can give more than...
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Chris Martens has posted a review of the YG Acoustics Carmel loudspeaker ($18,000/pair) at AVGuide. He observed: Next there are the sounds of the instruments, themselves, which the Carmels present with such disarming and natural purity that they seem almost to deflect analysis, instead inviting a more direct and emotional connection. Through the Carmels,...
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Nicolas Bedworth has posted a review of the Wilson Audio Sasha loudspeakers ($26,900) at 6moons. His conclusions: The Sasha’s imposing but not edgy contours and its mirror-smooth polished surfaces in many ways allude to the refinement of the audio experience these speakers can deliver. It will be fascinating to hear what new wonders they...
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Jack Roberts has posted a review of the Turning Point Audio SD-X2 loudspeakers ($4400/pair) at Dagogo. His some of his observations: The tonal balance of the Turning Point Audio SD-X2s reminds me of the BBC LS3/5a speakers, and I mean that as a compliment… Truth is, the SD-X2 sounded nice with most everything I...
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Neil Gader has posted a review of the Marten Heritage Getz loudspeakers ($20,000/pair) at AVGuide. Some of his observations: The overall character of the Getz is a cooler and drier one, somewhat consistent with my experience with ceramic drivers. Consistent, too, is the speaker’s speed, detail, and coherence. It doesn’t reveal any spurious box...
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Wojciech Pacuła has posted a review of the Harbeth P3ESR loudspeakers ($2195/pair) at 6moons. His conclusions: The lower one goes, the softer the bass becomes but it never lost its content or contours. Yet this was not a voiced contoured sound. Certain elements related to plastic diaphragms could be noticed similar to Dynaudio and...
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Ralph Werner has posted a review of the Dynaudio Special Twenty Five loudspeakers (€4.000/pair) at 6moons. His conclusions: Dynaudio’s Special Twenty-Five remains a monitor par excellence. It exhibits high resolving power, ultra-transparent staging with high imaging precision and textbook tonal neutrality to become an essentially ‘flawless’ specimen of the breed. That’s accounting for the...
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Wojciech Pacuła has posted a review of the Sonus Faber Minima Vintage loudspeakers ($2499/pair) at 6moons. His conclusions: Each loudspeaker is a set of design choices and compromises. Such small and—considering build and finish quality—relatively inexpensive cabinets are affected by the laws of Physics even more than most. That makes the personality and vision...
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Adam LaBarge has posted a review of the PMC TB2i loudspeakers ($2450/pair) at Dagogo. His conclusions: This fact, that I assumed they would act a certain way and they didn’t, gets to the heart of the TB2i sound. The TB2i do a very good job at reflecting the equipment driving them and the quality...
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Phillip Beaudette has posted a review of the Von Schweikert Audio UniField 1 loudspeakers ($) at Soundstage! Hi-Fi. His conclusions: Just when I thought I was starting to get my head around what to expect from "simple" two-way speakers, along came the Von Schweikert Audio UniField 1. In terms of precision and soundstaging, it...
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Doug Schneider has posted a review of the Vivid Audio B1 loudspeakers ($15,000) at Soundstage! Hi-Fi. His conclusions: Vivid Audio’s B1 is an extraordinarily good loudspeaker that has midrange and high-frequency neutrality, transparency, and refinement that are second to none. In resolution and detail in those mid- and upper ranges, every other speaker I’ve...
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Greg Petan has posted a review of the Lansche Audio No.4.1 loudspeaker with plasma tweeter ($55,000/pair) at Stereo Times. His conclusions: All considered, fit, finish, performance, cool factor, and let’s not forget the blue lit Lansche logo aglow on the front of the baffle, we are dealing with something high-end audio should be all...
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Greg Borrowman has posted a review of the Jamo R907 loudspeakers ($4999) at AVHub. His conclusions: Although I’d be the first to say that when it comes to choosing a pair of loudspeakers you should never sacrifice sound quality for appearance, I have to say that the Jamo R909 was the first loudspeaker I’d...
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has posted a review of the somewhat obscure Ciamara Elegance Series 1 (ES1) 2-way loudspeakers ($7990/pair) at Positive Feedback Online. His conclusions: With these generally warm jazz LPs a bit of the light and bright impression of the ES-1s resurfaced for me. The ES-1's seemed a cooler and less relaxed presentation than my reference....
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Andrew Robinson has posted a review of the Bowers & Wilkins 800 Series Diamond loudspeakers ($2400) at HomeTheaterReview. His conclusions: At $24,000 a pair, the new Bowers & Wilkins 800 Series 800 Diamond loudspeakers are not going to be for everyone due to their financial commitment and sheer size. But I promise you the...
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John E. Johnson, Jr. has posted a review, along with a full suite of measurements, of the Paradigm Reference Signature SUB 2 subwoofer ($8999) at Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity. One of his observations: I don't know what the low frequency limit is on the canon shots in The 1812 Overture, but...
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Robert Deutsch has posted a review of the Focal Chorus 826W 30th Anniversary Edition loudspeaker ($3495/pair) at Stereophile. His conclusions: When a loudspeaker manufacturer whose top model costs close to $200,000/pair introduces an "Anniversary Edition," my expectation is that the price of the commemorative speaker would be at least some multiple of $10k. Focal...
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Alan Sircom, Editor of Hi-Fi+, has posted a review of the Von Schweikert UniField One loudspeaker (£4,995/pair). His conclusions: There’s an obvious rival in the KEF Reference 201/2, also in this issue. Both sport a coincident drive unit (the famed Uni-Q, in the case of the KEF), both are standmounters and while the 201/2...
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Chris Martens has posted a review of Magnepan’s On-Wall Surround Sound Speaker System (MMC2 $1995/pair; CC5 $1095; DVM $795) at AVGuide. His conclusions: Consider this system if: you are the sort of listener for whom “pretty good” or even “very good” sound just isn’t good enough. This system is geared for music and movie...
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