Oephi Ascendance 2 speakers Back in 2022, the Ascendance model name marked the access point to Oephi’s ecosystem of speakers and cables, a ground zero crucially assembled to express the Danish company’s deeply embedded ‘sonic purity’ values at an ‘accessible price’. These core values in turn were further refined to great effect by the Transcendence […]
Raidho X2t 25th Anniversary Edition speakers Sit down in front of these Raidhos and all you see is the slim front baffle and maybe a few degrees of the cabinet flank, it’s a deceptive design that appears to be a lot smaller than it actually is and that must make it all the more appealing […]
Elipson Prestige Facet II 24F speakers Elipson speakers from France have a long and distinguished 80 plus-year heritage and are perhaps best known for their spherical Planet speakers. However, the company today has an extensive range of speakers for hi-fi and home-cinema applications, as well as turntables, amplifiers, subwoofers and a streamer. However, the Prestige […]
Pylon Audio Diamond 28 MkII speakers To stand out in any crowded marketplace, a manufacturer needs to produce something that offers something substantially different from the norm. There is certainly no shortage of talented speakers available at around the £3-£4k mark, however, few of them come with a drive unit specification and a cabinet of […]
Tangent Spectrum II X5 speakers Danish audio brand Tangent describes its history as ‘a story of sound and design’ for over two decades, it is part of the AV Industry Group which encompasses Lumene projection screens, Eltax and Elipson speakers, Norstone audio furniture. The company prides itself on remaining in touch with both technological developments and […]
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 […]
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 […]