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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Ear’s reviewers pick the best hi-fi of 2025 If you want to discover the best hi-fi of 2025, the audio products that really wowed our reviewers over the last 12 months, look no further. These components made a lasting impression, they are the ones reviewers would have held onto if they could and in […]
Oephi Lounge 2 speakers Don’t know about you, but just sometimes I find it’s the simpler things in life that hit the spot. Back in my car journalism days, it would happen with surprising regularity. The odd supercar was great for a blast of showy shock and awe but, for pure driving enjoyment, it was […]
Triangle Borea BR04 speakers Never quite sure whether to pronounce the brand with the Anglicised ‘try-angle’ or ‘tree-on’gle’ with a French twang (tomarto/tomayto – Ed), I read with interest that the brand’s founder had inauspicious beginnings, starting life as a music lover experimenting in his garage. Today, Triangle it is one of the most famous […]
Guru 8 speakers Running a successful audio company is not easy. This is the lesson that Guru founder Erik Ring discovered when he started to scale up loudspeaker production when the company started to grow about 10 years ago. That taught him a lot of valuable lessons and when Guru V2 started just before the […]
Acoustic Energy AE1 40th Anniversary speakers You will have almost certainly noticed that nostalgia and retro are ‘doing the numbers’ in a huge swathe of product categories at the moment. It’s not too hard to see why either. Retro creates a pincer movement that snares people who couldn’t afford the object the first time around […]
Dali Kupid speakers At countless hi-fi shows I’ve marvelled at the sheer size, not to mention cost, of Danish loudspeakers from Dali which are often a talking point. Now there’s the opportunity to sample the brand’s sound for a mere £300. Yes, a budget Dali is launched today (1 October) in the shape of the […]
Fyne Audio F5E speakers The thought of a sub-£400 coaxial driver loudspeaker had me intrigued, but that’s the selling price of Fyne Audio’s latest model, a compact stand-mount two-way but featuring their Iso-Flare coaxial technology. Could a design at this level be any good, and were they wise to put their reputation on the line […]
Bowers & Wilkins 805 D4 Signature speakers Every five or so years Bowers & Wilkins revises its top flight 800 series models, this move is usually preceded by a Signature version of the current models which incorporates some of the upgrades that will be seen in the next version. A couple of years ago the […]
Elipson 402 Tribute speakers The French have always been a bit more outgoing when it comes to design, you only have to look at the Citroen DS or the creations of Philippe Starck to see that imagination thrives as well as cuisine in that part of the globe. The same is true of audio gear, […]