Wilson Audio Alexandria Loudspeakers Reviewed

Few audio designers are so grand that a meeting with them suffers an ambience of 'an audience with'. Usually, the ones who do inspire that reaction are conceited tossers whose ego rather than achievement creates the impression of being in......Read More

Acoustic Zen Adagio Loudspeakers Reviewed

The Adagio speakers are made by Acoustic Zen, a company known in audiophile circles as the makers of premium audio cables. The Adagio series of speakers is Acoustic Zen's smallest and least expensive line of speakers. There are two versions......Read More

Aerial Acoustics Model 20T Loudspeakers Reviewed

The $20,000 to $30,000 loudspeaker market is a filled with lots of very accomplished entries from all the top names in the game, such as B&W, Revel, Wilson, MartinLogan and many other blue-chip players.  With competition at this level, any......Read More

Aerial Acoustics Model 9 Loudspeaker Reviewed

The Aerial Acoustic model 9 is a full-range, floor standing, loudspeaker built to compete with the best in the under-$10,000 arena. The $8,800 Model 9 is almost at the top of the Aerial food chain occupying the spot below the......Read More

Aperion Audio Intimus 4T Tower Speaker Reviewed

Floor-standing speakers that produce full-range sound often take up valuable floor space and become a bit of a focal point for a room, which may or may not be a good thing. For years, manufacturers have been trying to skirt......Read More

Aperion Audio Intimus 6T Tower Speaker Reviewed

In these uncertain economic times, one thing is certain: home theater enthusiasts and audiophiles alike still want to partake in their favorite hobby, but in many instances are unwilling to pay the premiums once associated with the gear they loved.......Read More

B&W Signature Diamond Loudspeakers Reviewed

A sea-change is affecting high-end speakers. It's a result of manufacturers realizing that the only way they're going to get decent sound into rooms where aesthetics matter is to design pretty speakers. In a nutshell, custom installation and hidden speakers......Read More

Bang & Olufsen BeoLab 6000 Loudspeaker Reviewed

Bang & Olufsen, also known as B&O, has been making stylish powered loudspeakers for lifestyle-oriented consumers for years. While B&O has been criticized for being a bit overpriced and not true audiophile speakers, I disagree. Once you experience their speakers'......Read More

Bang & Olufsen BeoLab 8000 Loudspeaker Reviewed

There's good design and then there is timeless design. The BeoLab 8000 loudspeaker by famed manufacturer Bang & Olufsen is one such timeless design. In fact, if you've watched television, movies or read a print magazine in the past ten......Read More

Bowers & Wilkins 683 Loudspeaker Reviewed

The highly-regarded speakers firm of Bowers & Wilkins has recently introduced the fourth generation of its popular and reasonably priced 600 series speakers. This series of speakers is especially important for this venerable manufacturer, as they are the first made......Read More

Bowers & Wilkins 703 Floorstanding Loudspeaker Reviewed

I remember the first time I experienced the mighty Bowers & Wilkins 800 Series loudspeakers. I sat there thinking to myself, "Does it get better than this?" If you have the money, probably not, but those of us who live......Read More

Bowers & Wilkins CT 700 Series Loudspeakers Reviewed

It didn't take me long to realize that this wasn't going to be your normal product review. Not because the product, Bowers & Wilkins' new CT 700 series loudspeaker, is either bad or wholly unique, but because, unlike other traditional......Read More

Bowers & Wilkins XT4 Loudspeaker Reviewed

With the rise of on-wall and in-wall speaker sales, traditional loudspeakers, mainly floor-standing models, had to do something to try and steal back a bit of market share in today's lifestyle-oriented world. While most notable manufacturers simply painted their speakers......Read More

Canton Chrono SL 580 DC Loudspeaker Reviewed

OK, I admit it. I am attracted to tall, slim and beautiful...loudspeakers. No surprise, then, that the new Canton Chrono SL 580 DC floorstanding loudspeaker recently caught my eye. (Actually, I've also gotten attached to petite and plus-size models--of loudspeakers,......Read More

Canton Reference 3.2 DC Loudspeaker Reviewed

Canton is Germany's largest and best-selling speaker maker, for good reason. They have been building speakers for over 35 years and make everything from car audio and iPod boom boxes to ultra-high-end audiophile speakers with something for pretty much any......Read More

Definitive Technology Mythos ST Super Towers Reviewed

Definitive Technology has been one of the most highly respected and sold speaker brands almost since their arrival on the scene in 1990. They have been well-received in large part due to the incredible price-to-performance ratio offered by their speakers.......Read More

Dynaudio Sapphire Loudspeaker Reviewed

Danish loudspeaker company Dynaudio is one of the few manufacturers that is both a supplier of raw drivers, and a provider of complete, high-end loudspeakers for consumer and professional audio. (They also supply drivers and systems for automobiles.) As such,......Read More

Floorstanding and Audiophile Loudspeaker Reviews

The floor-standing loudspeaker is your traditional audiophile speaker. Because of their large size and to-the-floor design, floor-standing speakers have the most bass, the largest soundstage and often overall the best sound money can buy....Read More

Infinity Cascade Model Nine Loudspeaker Reviewed

The Infinity Cascade Series models are unique among loudspeakers--they don't look like any others, thanks to their slim, narrow curvilinear design and exclusive Maximum Radiating Surface (MRS) flat-panel drivers. The MRS driver used in the flagship Cascade Model Nine (SRP:......Read More

Infinity Classia Series C336 Loudspeaker Reviewed

Infinity is a company known for loudspeakers that combine attractive styling with high-tech driver design. The Classia C336 floor-standing loudspeaker is no exception. Its subtle yet distinctive visual elements give it a unique look that sets it apart from your......Read More

JBL ES90 Loudspeakers Reviewed

The JBL ES90 is part of the legendary speaker company's mainstream ES Series lineup of home theater and music loudspeakers. At $599 each, suggested retail, the ES90 floor-standing tower is at the top of the ES Series, combining unique wedge-shaped......Read More

JBL Project Array 1400 Array Loudspeaker

The JBL Project Array series of home theater and music loudspeakers is one of JBL's high-end speaker lines, incorporating professional-quality drivers and a number of unique design aspects in its quest to deliver exceptional sound quality. The 1400 Array (suggested......Read More

JBL Project Everest DD66000 Loudspeaker

The JBL Project Everest DD66000 is the most ambitious loudspeaker in the history of JBL--and that's saying something considering the company's long lineage of research and development. The DD66000, ranging in price from $60,000 to $70,000 a pair depending on......Read More

JBL Studio L Series L890 Floorstanding Loudspeaker Reviewed

JBL is one of those brands that needs zero introduction, for it seems that since there have been loudspeakers, there's been JBL. The JBL L890, reviewed here, is just another chapter in the brand's already storied history. The L890 is......Read More

JBL WEM-1 Wireless Expansion Module

Many people would love to install a home theater (yes, there are still legions of people out there who don't have one), but face a very real obstacle: how do they get the wires from the A/V receiver to the......Read More

KEF Muon Floorstanding Loudspeaker Reviewed

The KEF Muon is designed to be the critically acclaimed speaker company's absolute reference-level speaker and, boy, do these striking speakers ever live up to their billing.  They are fabricated from super-formed aluminum, which uses a similar process to vacuum-forming,......Read More

Magnepan MMG Floor-Standing Speakers Reviewed

The Magnepan MMG is the smallest and least expensive speaker in the Magnepan line, priced at $599 per pair and coupled with a very generous 60-day return policy. Magnepan also offers the option of trading in your "Maggies" for full......Read More

MartinLogan CLX Electrostatic Loudspeakers Reviewed

With seemingly everything in the consumer electronics industry growing more Zen with the popularity of flat panel TV's and on-wall and/or in-wall speakers it seems that the market for a $20,000-plus, six foot tall loudspeaker is somewhat going the way......Read More

MartinLogan Purity Hybrid Electrostatic Loudspeaker Reviewed

With the advent of the HD age and lifestyle-based products like plasma and LCD TVs and the iPod, a renaissance has take place among AV manufacturers and enthusiasts.  Flat panel TVs gave way to flat speakers and re-energized the in-wall......Read More

MartinLogan Spire Hybrid Electrostatic Loudspeaker Reviewed

When it comes to electrostatic and hybrid electrostatic speakers, no one does them better than MartinLogan. For decades, MartinLogan has been at the forefront of electrostatic technology, going head to head with formidable, yet now largely defunct, competition. A few years back, MartinLogan introduced a new look and product design with their flagship Summit loudspeaker, which heralded the beginning of a new era at MartinLogan, featuring a more compact, less obtrusive cabinet with better bass response and seamless integration between the woofer(s) and ESL panel....Read More

MartinLogan Summit Loudspeakers Reviewed

The Summit was MartinLogan's top of the line speaker until the new CLX came out at twice the price a few months ago. At approximately $12,000, depending on finishes, the Summits are high-end loudspeakers from your first glance. This speaker......Read More

MartinLogan Vantage Hybrid Electrostatic Loudspeaker Reviewed

MartinLogan has, for years, been a staple among high-end audiophiles and home theater enthusiasts.  In the past few years, MartinLogan has branched out and begun manufacturing high-end solutions at an Everyman price.  It began with the Scenario loudspeakers in the......Read More

MartinLogan Vista Hybrid Electrostatic Loudspeaker Reviewed

It's rare to see a manufacturer revamp a product line as completely as MartinLogan has done with their latest offerings.  Their former flagship, the Summit, showcased not only MartinLogan's newest speaker technology, but highlighted design language as a whole.  Now......Read More

MBL 101 Loudspeakers Reviewed

Terry's Aluminium Oranges. The Teutonic Tangerine. The Accordian from Mars. The jokes flew thick and fast when the MBL 101 first appeared outside of Germany, with industry smart-arses (myself included) refusing to believe that this louspeaker was any different from......Read More

Meridian DSP5200 Digital Active Loudspeaker

Meridian is well known among audiophiles and music lovers as a company offering audio components and loudspeakers that aspire to the highest of high-end performance. The company created something of a sensation in the audiophile world with the introduction of......Read More

Meridian DSP8000 Digital Active Loudspeakers Reviewed

Meridian is likely best known for being the company that made the first meaningful high end Compact Disc player or perhaps for their upgradeable reference 800 series AV preamp and CD/DVD transport, when other companies failed with their "future-proof" claims.......Read More

Monitor Audio Silver RS6 Loudspeaker Reviewed

Monitor Audio's Silver RS6 speakers fall right in the middle of the Monitor Audio product line, priced at $1,000 per pair. These speakers are built for people who want to dabble in high-end sound, but might not have several......Read More

Nola Viper Reference II Loudspeakers Reviewed

There are many specialty audio brands that may not be well-recognized by the general public, yet which have the admiration of those in the know. Nola is one of those brands, something of an unsung hero of the audiophile world.......Read More

Paradigm Monitor 7 Floorstanding Loudspeakers Reviewed

When it comes to affordable, quality loudspeakers, it is possible that nobody does them better than Paradigm. Their Monitor 7 loudspeakers, reviewed here, may be the best value in their class, mating superb performance to an extremely affordable price of......Read More

Paradigm Reference Studio 100v4 Loudspeakers Reviewed

Speakers are without a doubt the component that has the most effect on the sound of your system.  While it is possible to spend literally hundreds of thousands of dollars on speakers, in the real world, we all have to......Read More

Paradigm Signature S8 v.2 Loudspeakers Reviewed

When it comes to top-flight speakers designed for peak performance at price levels a imed at the Everyman, no one does it better than Paradigm. Their newest assault on cost-no -object speakers, the Signature S8 v.2s reviewed here, are......Read More

Paradigm Studio 100 5.1 Speaker System Reviewed

The Paradigm Studio v.5 series was introduced at CES 2009 as the fifth iteration of the Studio series. The Studio series was first introduced about a decade ago and, as the version number implies, it has been updated as new......Read More

PSB Imagine T Loudspeaker Reviewed

IntroductionWhen it comes to value for dollar loudspeakers, seemingly no one does it better than the Canadians.  One manufacturer that proves this is PSB loudspeakers.  PSB has a storied history of producing high-value, high-performance loudspeakers for consumers on a......Read More

Quad Super System Reviewed

Quad has done an incredible job in progressing from the original ESL57 via the ESL63 and its 988/989 descendants to the current ESL-2905, with but one exception: it's larger than Peter Walker himself felt necessary. Unconvinced by the desire......Read More

Revel Concerta F12 Floorstanding Loudspeakers Reviewed

When one of the biggest names in high-end audio decides to make an "affordable speaker," reviewers amazingly get a little skeptical. So when Revel introduced the Concerta line with the F12s, reviewed here, everyone including this reviewer took notice with......Read More

Revel Performa F52 Floorstanding Loudspeaker Reviewed

Ultra-high-end or reference-grade speakers are all well and good, but many consumers, like myself, often have to search for the giant killer or gem among a mid-fi product line due to cost constraints. For years, that giant killer lurking in......Read More

Revel Ultima Salon2 Loudspeakers Reviewed

Revel is Harman Specialty Group's (HSG) flagship audiophile loudspeaker brand and over the last decade they have invested tremendous resources - both human and financial - into building the brand into a speaker company that lives up to the lofty......Read More

Totem Acoustic Wind Design Loudspeaker Reviewed

The Totem Acoustic Wind Design is a unique-looking floor-standing loudspeaker that combines a rakish appearance with extremely high-quality drivers and construction. At $13,995 per pair suggested retail, the made-in-Canada Totem Wind Design is clearly a high-end loudspeaker - and looks......Read More

Vandersteen 1c Loudspeaker Reviewed

Entering the world of high-end audio can be an exhilarating and terrifying experience, in that order. The exhilaration comes after first experiencing the jaw-dropping performance of a cutting-edge audiophile system. Then comes the horror of realizing that what you just......Read More

Vandersteen 5A Loudspeaker Reviewed

The model 5A reference speaker occupies the top tier of the Vandersteen product line-up. Considering the excellent performance of its siblings, it must be something very special to have earned this position. The four-way, five-driver model 5 has been in......Read More

Wilson Audio Series 2 Alexandria X2 Loudspeakers Reviewed

I will never forget begging Christopher Hansen like a kid who desperately wants an ice cream cone or some new matchbox car to order one of the first pairs of the Wilson "Grand SLAMM" speakers back in the early 1990s.......Read More

Wilson WATT Puppy Version 8 Loudspeakers Reviewed

The Wilson WATT Puppy is the most successful and sought-after loudspeaker in audiophile history. At the whopping price of $28,000 per pair, well-heeled and audiophile clients still reach deep into their pockets to own these legendary speakers. Historically, the Wilson......Read More

Wisdom Audio Sage Series Speakers Reviewed

The modern world of AV gear is expanding. Speakers that were once simple boxes filled with drivers have grown into complex designs, thanks to the increase in available technology and experience the years have offered. With these technological advances, speakers......Read More