Some speakers sure know how to make an entrance. I know that’s how I felt when I crossed paths with the KEF LS50 a few months ago. I’m just wrapping up a full review of ...

What are your expectations for a $129/pair loudspeaker? Not all that high I would guess. At the very least, you’d expect it to work reliably, play reasonably loud, and not look too schlocky. But high-end ...

PSB Alpha B1 $300 One of the high end’s most venerated featherweights, the recently redesigned and curvaceous Alpha B1 combines mind-bending dynamics and rich mids in a speaker barely a foot tall. The 1" dome ...

Well, I’ve been listening to these tall, thin, exceptionally beautiful loudspeakers for several months now, and they’ve only continued to get better with settling-in time, break-in time, considerable tweaking of their position in my room, ...

Reflecting the versatility and exhilarating performance of its new S-Series of loudspeakers, Magico LLC announces its first center channel speaker, the SCC. The purpose-built SCC is designed to bring to the center channel of the ...

When my sister-in-law visited my wife and me a few months ago, she was captivated by the sound of my stereo. Like most people, Daryl had no idea that music could be reproduced with such ...

The KEF R Series is the British speaker-maker’s first collection of loudspeakers to integrate some of its most recent innovations, principally those in the ground- breaking $30,000 Blade (Issue 222). A family of nine transducers, ...

Frankly I was concerned how well RMAF would fare this year in the face of west coast competition like the high energy T.H.E. Show in Newport Beach but exhibitors tell me that RMAF continues to ...

Though well supported by the public and much (not all) of the industry, sonically the 2012 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest was one of the least memorable high-end shows I’ve ever attended. From lobby rooms to ...

October 15, 2012 – The Absolute Sound Guide to High-Performance Loudspeakers 2012 has been released for download via the new theabsolutesound.com website. The Absolute Sound Guide to High-Performance Loudspeakers 2012 is a comprehensive online buyer’s ...

Think about it–what’s a hundred and twenty nine bucks? What on earth can you buy in the high end for $129??? A pair of loudspeakers? Not only that–a loudspeaker designed by renowned Pioneer chief engineer ...

Nothing conveys the art and alchemy of high-end audio better, in my view, than the execution of a fine, two-way, compact loudspeaker. More than any pull-out-the-stops floorstander, the stand-mounted two-way embodies one of audio’s most ...

I’m a small speaker guy. It comes naturally. My listening rooms have always been modest in size, and well suited to two-way compact speakers. Personally I like the quasi-nearfield experience which allows me to hear ...

I had the pleasure of reviewing the B&W 805 Diamond for Issue 210 and, as a fan of good stand-mounted speakers, was pleased to receive the review assignment for the less expensive Prestige Monitor 1—PM1 ...

Before I start gurgling about Raidho Acoustics of Denmark’s outstanding, newly improved, tiny (7.87” x 14.6” x 14.2”), handsome, ribbon/dynamic, two-way stand-mount mini-monitor, the $17k C1.1, let me say a few words about realism and ...