System Audio Silverback 1 & Stereo HT Hub wireless speaker system If there’s one thing this industry needs it is sensibly priced high performing audio systems that minimise complexity and appeal to a younger demographic. The System Audio Silverback 1s are a compact active, wireless speaker system with WiSA, which, combined with the firm’s recently […]
Fyne Audio F701SP speakers With the news that Scottish brand Fyne Audio outgrew its factory and had to expand to larger premises, I was keen to try the latest stand-mount model from this burgeoning manufacturer. Boasting a dual-concentric driver with new HF waveguide, the F701SP also incorporates an overhauled crossover network and downward firing reflex […]
Martin Logan Electromotion ESL X speakers The concept of the ‘marmite product’; a device that appeals hugely to a subset of people while repelling roughly the same number, is one with which the audio industry is both familiar and fairly comfortable with. While I am pretty confident that the good people of Martin Logan won’t […]
Perlisten R4b loudspeakers As a company, US-based Perlisten may only have been manufacturing its speakers since 2016, but it has enjoyed a growing reputation in home cinema for its THX Dominus certified speakers and subwoofers, designed to reproduce very low distortion in larger home cinema systems. It’s no coincidence that the same virtues have won […]
Q Acoustics 3030c speakers A new loudspeaker from Q Acoustics is something that’s become a talking point, especially now that the brand is approaching its twentieth anniversary and achieving worldwide recognition for its value-for-money loudspeakers. Among the newest products is the compact, two-way 3030c stand-mount which enters a crowded marketplace and was previewed at Munich […]
Dali Epikore 7 loudspeakers I first encountered the Dali’s Epikore range during a pre-release showing in September 2024, where head of product management Krestian Pedersen explained how they had taken techniques from their award-winning Kore flagship loudspeaker and applied them to create a brand new five-model range above Epicon. They decided where improvements could be […]
Chario Aviator Amelia speakers Readers will often see the term ‘musical’ used to describe a product—surely, every hi-fi component should produce music? This beautiful speaker from the Italian brand Chario could perhaps be the ideal foil with which to demonstrate this term. It is not a speaker that grabs your attention and impresses at the […]
Revival Audio Atalante 4 speakers It was at the Oslo Hi-Fi Show last year that I first managed to hear Revival’s Atalante 4, and pretty impressive it was as well even in the starkness of a Scandinavian hotel bedroom. When the pallet arrived I was thankful to have extra hands available to cope with unboxing […]
Project Audio Stereo Set E1 system I have been listening to music via digital mediums exclusively since the mid-nineties. Prior to this, I was an avid record collector, albeit on a schoolboy budget. My migration to CD was forced by circumstances, namely that until recently I had neither the space nor suitable room in which […]
Kudos Sigao Drive passive/active crossover Every now and again, a product turns up for perusal that defies easy description and the Kudos Sigao Drive might be the gold standard of the breed. Kudos is a County Durham based speaker manufacturer and a significant proportion of their products are supplied with both conventional speaker terminals and […]
The Ear’s reviewers pick the best hi-fi of 2024 If you want to know the best hi-fi of 2024, the audio products that really wowed our reviewers this year look no further. These components that made a lasting impression, they are the ones reviewers would have held onto if they could and sometimes did. There […]
Living Voice OBX-R80 loudspeakers Living Voice was born out of desire to make loudspeakers that were suitable for the valve/tube electronics. Founder Kevin Scott got his start with Definitive Audio selling tube amplifiers and a small range of speakers that were suited to their relatively low power, but when such models as he considered of […]