Triangle’s affordable standmount has already impressed. What can the floorstander do? Ed Selley finds out… Read our Triangle Borea BR08 Review. The Borea range of speakers represents the first truly new lineup of product from the Soissons-based concern in a few years and it’s one that’s already impressed us in the form of the BR03 standmount that … Read more
Wilson Audio Alexia Series 2 Review – Improved sensitivity and a deeper bass are just two features of the Master Chronosonic-inspired Alexia S2 Review: Jose Victor Henriques Lab: Keith Howard During their time, Wilson’s famous ‘Watt Puppies’ were upgraded on as many as seven occasions, until the Sasha W/P was born (now also in … Read more
In the decade since they launched their first powered speaker, Audioengine has become embedded in my mind as the no-brainer recommendation whenever friends ask about getting better sound on their desktop. Dozens of both audiophile and non-audiophile friends have bought A5 and A2 amplified speakers at my suggestion —and so far, nobody has been disappointed. … Read more
Devialet Silver Phantom Duo Review – Bulging eyes, gaping mouths, peers turning for double-takes, and sometimes even looks of confusion: That was our observation of facial reactions when testing Devialet’s Silver Phantoms. [sc name=”Youtube”] Describing audio performance is difficult. Should we wax poetic about how something sounds? Words such as air, stage, warm, smooth, rich—they don’t … Read more
Elac Debut B6 Review – With Andrew Jones at the helm, Elac’s new Debut B6 brings a boldly different sound As a certain 1980s car ad used to say, ‘it’s tough on the streets’. One of the most obvious, literal reasons for this is that there are lots of people to bump into. Mass-market loudspeaker manufacturers … Read more
On the one hand, this is a review of the REL T/9i subwoofer. On the other hand, this is a review of the REL T/9i subwoofer. Because this is a review of two REL T/9i subwoofers. More specifically, this is a survey of how most people get deep bass very wrong, and how a pair … Read more
DEVIALET PHANTOM GOLD review – The third member of the Devialet Phantom family is the most extreme and ambitious. David Vivian has never heard anything like it… A whole new thing”. That’s what a car magazine colleague called McLaren’s P1 hybrid hypercar when he experienced it for the first time. In fact, so frequently were his usual … Read more
GoldenEar Triton Five review – Bringing solid affordable high-end credentials from the States, here’s a floorstander that does things differently With a slightly wobbly black plastic top end cap and a full length fabric ‘sock’ concealing who-knows-what underneath, first impressions of this tall, slim design, are none too positive. The who-knows-what bit, however, reads rather well. … Read more
Monitor Audio Bronze 2 Review – The latest generation of MA’s entry stand mount is very affordable and sounds anything but cheap The ability of British loudspeaker companies to make over-achieving little speakers with cut-throat pricing always used to be a thing of wonder among those overseas. They just didn’t get how the likes of … Read more
DALI Opticon 1 Review – The smallest speaker often starts off as the underdog, but small can be good, especially if it’s made by DALI Almost lovably petite, the Opticon 1 is the smallest speaker in the group by a dear margin, which means it will fit almost anywhere. For the purposes of coaxing out its … Read more
This is the French company’s price point best-game offering with an update of a more conventional design Elipson Prestige Facet 8B – A significant bump up in size and bulk for our nominal outlay, the Elipson offering comes with an optional screw-in plinth that increases its already substantial footprint size, but not the sound quality if … Read more
The largest member of the Lumina range is an imposing-looking speaker. Having met the rest of the family, EdSe/fey takes it on When first launched, the Lumina range represented a bit of a gamble for Sonus faber but it seems it seems to have paid off. The original small range of speakers was something of … Read more