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 […]
Neat Acoustics Momentum JS speakers A new loudspeaker from Neat Acoustics is always something I get excited about and none more so when it’s a two-way that draws on the company’s top-of-the range Ultimatum range. The Momentum Jet Series is born, of which the Momentum JS stand-mount is the only bookshelf model. Neat Acoustics In […]
Monitor Audio Gold 500 6G speakers I had not long read Trevor Butler’s review of the Monitor Audio Studio 89 speaker in this publication when I was asked if I would take a look at the top-of-the-range model from the newly launched range. This request was timely, as it caught me pondering that I had […]
Perlisten S4b loudspeakers Few new speaker brands have enjoyed the universal acclaim of Perlisten, and after a cursory listen, it’s obvious the critical acclaim heaped on its £7,000 S4b flagship standmount isn’t merely generous encouragement for a fledgling brand from Wisconsin, USA. Founded by acoustical engineer Daniel Roemer and former M&K Sound president Lars Johansen […]
Avid Evo Four loudspeakers Since first hearing Reference Series loudspeakers from Avid I’ve wanted to try some of their designs in my own system. When the Evo range was launched the designs became more affordable and I was delighted to be offered the Evo Four two-way to audition the Avid sound. Turntables and more Avid […]
Oephi Immanence 2 loudspeakers A red pill kind of speaker. Anyone who’s seen the film The Matrix probably won’t need further explanation but here goes anyway. Protagonist Neo is given a choice: take the blue pill and continue with the safe, unremarkable, comfortable life that’s being fed to you; take the red pill, though, and […]
PMC active twenty5.22i loudspeakers Active or powered speakers are finally having their hay day, the demand for smaller wireless audio systems is largely why this is happening now but incorporating amplifiers and electronic crossovers into the speaker cabinet has advantages way beyond space and cost saving. The main advantage and the one for which active […]