Neat Acoustics Elite Floor standing speakers
Neat Acoustics Elite Floor standing speakers

Neat Acoustics Elite is one of two floor standing speakers from Classic Series. Its woofer/midrange driver with impregnated paper diffuser is the same as in Ultimatum models. Tweeter is especially interesting - we are faced with such a driver for the first time. Tweeter introduces EMIT (Electro Magnetic...
Neat Acoustics Motive 1 Floor standing speakers
Neat Acoustics Motive 1 Floor standing speakers

In the Motive series, this model is the largest outdoor speaker. The small rectangular case of traditionally modest design is finished with natural veneer and somewhat tilted back. 15-mm MDF walls are reinforced with spacers and bitumen. A 25-mm NMT tweeter with an inverted dome is placed in the carefully...
Focal-JMLab Chorus CC 800 V Center Speaker
Focal-JMLab Chorus CC 800 V Center Speaker

This French system is distinguished not only by its lacquered top, but also by its solid construction (11 kg of weight). By design, it is a two-way loudspeaker with a rear bass-reflex port that expands the range of reproducible bass. Branded tweeter is unmistakably recognizable by the TNV concave dome...
Focal Chorus 714 Floor standing speakers
Focal Chorus 714 Floor standing speakers

The most compact floor model of the updated Chorus line is optimal for rooms of a relatively small area. Thanks to the 2.5-way design, French engineers managed to significantly simplify the separation filter, collecting it from the minimum number of components. Design is a bass-reflex with forward port,...
Wharfedale Diamond 9.CM Center Speaker
Wharfedale Diamond 9.CM Center Speaker

Well-known appearance of Wharfedale Diamond is repeated in 9.CM model. The loudspeaker is designed in a three-way scheme. These are fabric tweeter and midbass (with a diameter of 25 and 50 mm, respectively), two 165-mm branded Kevlar drivers work at low frequencies. The developers decided to do without...
NAD T747 AV-receiver
NAD T747 AV-receiver

NAD adheres to its branded principle, which can be formulated as follows: "excellent results for little money." In other words, nothing more, just the necessary functions and maximum attention to the signal path. NAD T747 receiver has HD decoders, an Audyssey auto-calibration system, ports for connecting...
Marantz CD-17 mkIII CD-player
Marantz CD-17 mkIII CD-player

Marantz CD-17 appeared in 1995. However, the manufacturer continues to improve this already cool model with enviable persistence. Is the release of its third modification caused by just a desire to keep up with fashionable technologies that are indirectly related to sound quality? MkIII version, according...
Marantz CD5003 CD-player
Marantz CD5003 CD-player

Marantz CD5003, in addition to usual CDs, can play the currently popular mp3 and WMA formats. This is plenty justified - having such a player, a beginner music lover will be able to gradually switch from "compressed" music to better quality. The digital path of the player is based on the well-known...
NAD C545BEE CD-player
NAD C545BEE CD-player

The appearance of NAD C545 is no longer as conservative and unshowy as before, but while maintaining a recognizable corporate style, the designers managed to make it more animated. The player is a creatively redesigned version of the very successful NAD C542, which has received many prestigious awards...
AMC XCDi CD-player
AMC XCDi CD-player

CD-player AMC XCDi is designed exclusively for CD playback (Red Book standard). The manufacturer ignored the compressed formats, focusing on getting the maximum quality from CD-Audio. The player is assembled on a rigid steel chassis with a massive front aluminum panel, in the center of which there is...
Cambridge Audio Azur 350C CD-player
Cambridge Audio Azur 350C CD-player

Cambridge Audio Azur 350C model appeared a little later than the older 550C and 650C, which we have already tested. The player is assembled in absolutely the same case, but has a number of internal differences. It is based on the proprietary CD1 transport with an advanced third-generation servo system...
Magnat MCD-450 CD-player
Magnat MCD-450 CD-player

Magnat MCD-450 belongs to the 400th series of stereo components, which also includes an integrated amplifier and an FM tuner. The player was designed as a classic digital source, intended only for playing CD-Audio discs, so it was decided to refuse support for compressed audio files. The player is assembled...
Pioneer A-A9MK2-K Amplifier
Pioneer A-A9MK2-K Amplifier

Outwardly the second version of A9MK2-K amplifier looks the same as the first, except that the finish is now black instead of dark gray and the remote control is noticeably prettier and has become much more convenient. Major improvements designed to make the sound more transparent and accurate, touched...
AMC 3100a Amplifier
AMC 3100a Amplifier

The design of AMC amplifiers is so conservative that you won't immediately understand if it's a new model or from twenty years ago. The inscription "LD" ("Laser Disk") on the input selector causes nostalgia! 3100a circuitry is made in the best traditions of the brand: transformer is impressive and toroidal,...
Paradigm Monitor 11 s.7 Floor standing speakers
Paradigm Monitor 11 s.7 Floor standing speakers

This is the seventh version of the Paradigm Monitor series. But now instead of the traditional v7 there is s7, which shows the cardinal difference of the new models. Almost everything has changed - cases, drivers, tweeter, finish and even grill. The most significant changes include the following: careful...
Boston Acoustics HS 460 Floor standing speakers
Boston Acoustics HS 460 Floor standing speakers

HS460 are the top in the Horizon series and are recommended by the manufacturer as universal, capable to successfully work in a system of any configuration and purpose. Designed according to the most modern canons, the loudspeakers are two-way with a rear port of the bass-reflex. Drivers are branded,...
AMC 306d Amplifier
AMC 306d Amplifier

Traditionally for this brand the amplifier is strict in appearance and does not stand out with impressive dimensions. The output power is also not too high, only 30 watts per channel, but it does not depend on the load. In addition, AMC 306d amplifier has high-current output stages. It is equipped with...
AMC 3050a Amplifier
AMC 3050a Amplifier

AMC 3050a amplifier is a version of 3050 equipped with a remote control. Outwardly, this was manifested in the occurrence of an additional knob - BALANCE and motorized volume control, which markedly increased the convenience and speed of adjustment. An input selector is also motorized, manual switching...
Dynaudio Sub 250 Subwoofer
Dynaudio Sub 250 Subwoofer

Sub 250 is one of the most affordable models in the Dynaudio assortment with closed acoustic design and a 250-mm (10") self-production driver. The diffuser is made of composite MSP (Magnesium-Silicate Polymer) - a material patented by Danish engineers. The declared nominal power of the amplifier is 200...
Dynaudio MC15 Bookshelf speakers
Dynaudio MC15 Bookshelf speakers

A few years ago, the line of the Danish company Dynaudio was enriched with a completely new product - high-end multimedia monitors. Although MC15 are positioned as home, in fact, they are clones of studio monitors BM5. Of course, there are differences: the multimedia version has a more "homemade" finish,...