Lawrence Audio Double Bass Speaker Review
(5 out of 5) Performance (4 out of 5) Value Upon receiving Lawrence Audio’s Cello floorstanding speakers about two years ago for review, it was with great pleasure and to my surprise that they turned...
View ArticleBoston Acoustics M340 Floorstanding Speakers Review
(4.5 out of 5) Performance (5 out of 5) Value In a recent news piece, Home Theater Review publisher Jerry Del Colliano mentioned a trend in the AV industry that would be hard to deny. Through the...
View ArticleGoldenEar Technology Triton Seven Loudspeaker Review
(4.5 out of 5) Performance (5 out of 5) Value In the year or so since the 2013 International CES, two speaker demos in particular have haunted my memory as truly moving, ear-opening musical...
View ArticleNHT Absolute Tower Review
The NHT Absolute Tower loudspeaker is small in stature but capable of playing loud and clear when coupled with a subwoofer. The Absolute Tower is built like a tank but is still slim and sexy with an...
View ArticleBowers & Wilkins CM10 Floorstanding Speakers Review
(4 out of 5) Performance (4 out of 5) Value The “trickle down” effect can apply to many things, with mixed results. In connection with economics, many would say that there is no trickle-down effect....
View ArticleNeat Acoustics Ultimatum XL6 Floorstanding Speaker Review
(5 out of 5) Performance (3.5 out of 5) Value The English-based speaker company Neat Acoustics has been in business for over 20 years producing very highly regarded stand-mount and floorstanding models...
View ArticleBang & Olufsen BeoLab 20 Wireless Loudspeakers
Bang & Olufsen introduced a high-end wireless floor standing loudspeaker, called the BeoLab 20, which follows the recently released BeoLab 17, 18, and 19 wireless speakers. With its minimalist...
View ArticleCambridge Audio Aero 6 Floorstanding Speaker Review
(4 out of 5) Performance (5 out of 5) Value Tweeters can be troublesome things. The smaller they are, the more broadly they disperse high-frequency sound – but the more they also tend to distort at...
View ArticleMartinLogan Motion SLM-XL Floorstanding Speaker Review
(4 out of 5) Performance (5 out of 5) Value I admit it, I’ve always been more of a traditional AV enthusiast who appreciates the value and performance of using traditional floorstanding loudspeakers...
View ArticleInfinity R263 Floorstanding Speaker Review
(4.5 out of 5) Performance (5 out of 5) Value Ask some old audiophile (like me) about Infinity, and he’ll probably tell you about the Infinity Reference Series speaker, which broke the $40,000/pair...
View ArticleSonus faber Lilium Loudspeakers
Sonus faber introduced the Lilium full frequency range high end floor standing speaker, built around the knowledge gained through the creation of their flagship Aida loudspeaker. There is one enclosure...
View ArticleSony SS-CS3 Floorstanding Speaker Review
(4 out of 5) Performance (5 out of 5) Value None but the most pedantic of commenters would debate the contention that Sony has made more great audio products than any other company in history, but Sony...
View ArticleAerial Acoustics 6T Floorstanding Loudspeaker Review
(5 out of 5) Performance (4 out of 5) Value A little more than two years ago, I reviewed the superlative Aerial Acoustics 7T loudspeaker and was informed by the owner and designer, Mike Kelly, that the...
View ArticleBryston Middle T Floorstanding Speaker Review
(5 out of 5) Performance (3.5 out of 5) Value There aren’t a whole lot of audio brands as universally respected as Bryston. They’re popular with studio professionals. They’re popular with audiophiles....
View ArticlePSB Imagine T3 Tower Speaker
PSB Speakers announced their top-of-the-line floorstanding loudspeaker for stereo or home theater use. The new Imagine T3 Tower represents the latest and most advanced thinking from the company. Always...
View ArticleBowers and Wilkins CM8 S2 Review
You’ll lust after the way the CM8 S2 look, but you’ll fall in love with the way they sound. (8 out of 10) Pros More forceful bass requires subwoofer Port plugs may not be useful Cons More forceful bass...
View ArticleGoldenEar Technology Triton One Loudspeaker Review
(5 out of 5) Performance (5 out of 5) Value In his masterpiece Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space, the great Carl Sagan wrote, “It does no harm to the romance of the sunset to know a...
View ArticleEstelon Extreme Loudspeakers
There are speakers, then there are loudspeakers. The Estelon Extreme are the latter. These ultimate audiophile loudspeakers are taller than LeBron James (6′ 8″), and come with a price tag only he can...
View ArticleSVS Prime Tower Speaker Review
(4 out of 5) Performance (4.5 out of 5) Value You’d think that, after so many decades of speaker development, we’d have settled on a perfect driver complement. Actually, we kind of have. Once you look...
View ArticleJuno Audio Viotone M One – Violin Loudspeaker
Juno Audio has crafted the first-ever loudspeaker to play music derived from the soniferous perfection of violins. The $25,000 Viotone M One floorstanding speaker claims to be able to transform...
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