Davone Reference Three speakers The first Davone speaker I saw was the Ray, a very distinctive and beautiful design with a single stalk stand and a curvy shape wrapped in bent plywood. It immediately brought to mind the Eames Lounge Chair designed by Charles and Ray Eames in the fifties – the name that Davone […]
Wharfedale Diamond 12.1i speakers Wharfedale! For those of who came into contact with audio kit in the 1970s and even the 1980s that name will ring many bells and perhaps fond memories too. I was a very impecunious law student (don’t ask!) but my flat-mate had one of the classic set ups of the era […]
Mofi Sourcepoint V10 Master Edition speakers I should have read the small print or perhaps given the name a second glance. If I had then the size of these full-figuredspeakers might not have come as such a surprise. The name V10 is indicative of the 10-inch size of the drivers on Mofi’s biggest Sourcepoint speaker, […]
Dali Sonik 3 speakers Sonik is the latest range from Danish loudspeaker brand Dali, and the Sonik 3 is the larger of two stand-mount designs to be launched alongside three floor-standing models, a dialogue speaker called Sonik Cinema and the On-Wall unit presumably intended for read/side channel installations. We concern ourselves here with the somewhat […]
Velodyne Minivee X subwoofer Bass, the final frontier – the final few octaves, anyway. How many cinematic explosions and planet atomising alien death rays have not been given proper visceral punch by the injection of prodigious low frequency heft? Not even an option. No self-respecting, big screen home cinema set-up can be taken seriously without […]
Fyne Audio F55E speakers “Standby to receive some small floorstanding loudspeakers to try”, said the Editor. “Floor-standing?”, I enquired, “But you know my new room can’t cope with floorstanders!” It was thus with some trepidation that I welcomed the delivery drivers carrying two cartons up my path and unpacked a pair of Fyne Audio’s latest […]
PMC prophecy1 speakers There has now been a compact, two-way standmount in the PMC range for the best part of 30 years and the recipe that successive generations have been based on has been extremely consistent in that time. In one specific regard, the prophecy1 actually deviates from the script in that it’s no longer […]
Scansonic HD M30.2 speakers If you lust after an impossibly elegant pillar of Scandi sonic nirvana, no expense spared, Danish speaker maker Raidho Acoustics can help in two ways. First, in exchange for a suitably large amount of filthy moolah, it can make your dreams come true with svelte, driver-stacked towers that cast ever longer […]
Ophidian Seren speakers Reviewing hi-fi is frequently about fascinating juxtapositions. Analogue and digital are the background forces in opposition but, bubbling up from that, competing versions of sonic reality are undoubtedly the most diverting, as night and day differences can sometimes seem equally convincing. The phenomenon was thrown into sharp relief just after I’d reluctantly […]
Stack Audio Auva SW isolation feet Stack Audio is a British audio firm founded in 2013 in Devon which makes a range of audio accessories including turntable upgrades and streaming filters, today the emphasis is on isolation products. The firm offers a range of supports tailored to specific applications including record mats, speaker supports and […]
Kerr Acoustic K200 speakers Kerr Acoustics may not be the largest speaker manufacturer in the UK, but they have quickly gained a high profile in all the right places. If you are a regular visitor to any of the UK hi-fi shows, you will likely have heard a pair of Kerr speakers, which are used […]
RMB 35/4 speakers Loudspeakers are a very personal item. For many, the choice is limited by what’s deemed acceptable visually in their final listening environment. For others with a little more space available, or more flexibility on other criteria, choices can be made with more regard to how they sound. Lastly, there are those where […]