Kenwood KA-3020SE Amplifier
Kenwood KA-3020SE Amplifier

The model KA-3020 has been produced by Kenwood for a number of years, but is still very popular with customers. Following a clearly defined tendency to produce on the basis of popular series models its improved versions, the firm Kenwood showed the world KA-3020SE. "Special Edition" is made thoroughly...
Denon PMA-250SE Amplifier
Denon PMA-250SE Amplifier

Amplifiers of this company are famous for their neutral sound character without audible coloration and good transfer of the dynamics of musical works. For particularly demanding audiophiles, the company produces improved versions of its serial models, which differ from the basic model mainly by the use...
Cerwin-Vega! VS-150 Floor standing speakers
Cerwin-Vega! VS-150 Floor standing speakers

The Cerwin-Vega! VS-150 is an American three-way bass-reflex speaker system. The number of drivers corresponds to the number of bands tweeter with rigid inch dome, 160 mm midrange driver and leaving a lasting impression woofer, 380 mm in diameter! The bands are separated at 250 Hz and 5 kHz. At the bottom...
B&W P4 Floor standing speakers
B&W P4 Floor standing speakers

B&W P4 is a British two-way speaker system, the sound field of which is organized by a pair of drivers: a tweeter with a 26-mm metal dome on a neodymium alloy magnet (NdFeB) and a 165-mm driver with a conical Kevlar fiber cone. The remarkable properties of Kevlar allowed the designers to use first-order...
Yamaha DSP-A590 AV amplifier
Yamaha DSP-A590 AV amplifier

Although the Yamaha DSP-A590 is the "youngest" model in the company's AV amplifier family, it has an extremely solid and immediately respectable appearance. Inside this powerful gray box is Yamaha's DSP sound processor, which stands for Digital Soundfield Processing (not Digital Signal Processing, as...
Creek Evolution CD-player
Creek Evolution CD-player

The British company Creek Audio has been known among audiophiles for a long time - this year it celebrates its 25th anniversary. It has gained popularity thanks to high-quality and at the same time relatively affordable solutions in the field of amplifiers, tuners and CD-players. The Evolution (Evo)...
Vincent SV-234 Amplifier
Vincent SV-234 Amplifier

Vincent SV-234 integrated amplifier pleased us with its excellent design. Fully symmetrical layout of the channels, revealed in the internal space, immediately caused positive emotions. Logical and competent layout of the blocks: in the middle, closer to the front panel - a power unit with a powerful...
Denon AVR-1800 AV-receiver
Denon AVR-1800 AV-receiver

The Denon AVR-1800 has a sense of power and class that is taken for granted with obvious satisfaction. The receiver also uses a digital-to-analog converter capable of 24-bit/96 kHz signal processing. The tricky contrivances of the remote with its own LCD display, which replaces the kit's on-screen menu,...
Celestion F2 Floor standing speakers
Celestion F2 Floor standing speakers

The Celestion F2 enclosure is well designed, neat and well built. The developers did not set out to get deep bass from the system for this money - also a good sign. So, there is reason to count on the real sound quality of the main informational aspect of music. The appearance of the speakers convinces...
Arcam FMJ A32 Amplifier
Arcam FMJ A32 Amplifier

Six legs instead of four, large matrix display that would be quite suitable for AV-receiver, long row of source selector buttons and unusual controls called Mode and Enter - you can identify in Arcam FMJ A32 stereo amplifier only after a prompt. The unit, designed by the specialists from A & R Cambridge,...
Denon PMA-2000AE Amplifier
Denon PMA-2000AE Amplifier

Judging by the index, this model, although it is only a step above the recently tested amplifier PMA-1500AE, but if we focus on the dimensional and weight indicators of the novelty, there is no doubt that the "two thousandth" is another step up. Extremely solid and weighty device! And if you take into...
Audio Aero Prima Amplifier
Audio Aero Prima Amplifier

Do you want something completely new and unusual? Please - the Prima integrated amplifier, created by a small company Audio Aero. By the way, the air theme in the name of the company from the French "silicon valley" is explained by the fact that its production is located in the same place where all kinds...
Audio Pro Blue Diamond Floor standing speakers
Audio Pro Blue Diamond Floor standing speakers

Everything in the Swedish Image Series Blue Diamond excites interest in the owner of such an expressive and promising name - the authority of the Swedish Audio Pro, and the refined polishing of the heavy and strong, as if basalt, body, and extraordinary design, and high technology. In the "Blue Diamonds"...
Castle Severn 2 Floor standing speakers
Castle Severn 2 Floor standing speakers

The speakers of the famous British company, as a rule, are distinguished by outstanding, refined design, and the charming Severn 2 is no exception to this rule. The beautiful quality of the lacquered wood veneer finish immediately distinguishes the system from the rest of the competition, the appearance...
Infinity Kappa 200 Bookshelf speakers
Infinity Kappa 200 Bookshelf speakers

Even against the background of not "poor" rivals the "200th" Kappa looks luxurious, even though its price is below the average for the test value. The quality of the heavy acoustic design made of MDF is above all praise: the thickness of the front panel inclined exactly by 5 degrees (for phase coordination...
Yamaha CX-1/MX-1 Amplifier
Yamaha CX-1/MX-1 Amplifier

Yamaha's approach is defined as the purest of its products: no compromises, no external embellishments, and everything to achieve perhaps the purest sound possible. A feature of this ideology is to keep signal processing as simple and direct as possible, using the highest quality electronic components....
Marantz CD 67 CD-player
Marantz CD 67 CD-player

This model was released by the company to replace the CD 63. In this player everything is familiar and recognizable - from the color of the indicator, the brightness of which can be adjusted with the remote (four levels of brightness), and the front panel buttons to the simultaneous remote volume control...
Eltax Symphony 12.3 Floor standing speakers
Eltax Symphony 12.3 Floor standing speakers

Eltax Symphony 12.3 is the next modification of the "long-playing" brand line. Behind the modest appearance is a solid, reliable construction in all respects. High weight of the speaker system is explained first of all by a good casing, assembled from 18-mm MDF boards and reinforced with internal braces....
Paradigm 3se Mk3 Bookshelf speakers
Paradigm 3se Mk3 Bookshelf speakers

Canada again: the Paradigm 3se Mk3 is a two-way speaker system with a reflex port output on the rear panel. The first eye-catching difference between the Paradigm and the other participants of our contest is the color: light ochre in wood (you can also choose the speakers in fashionable black if you...
Philips FB 652 Bookshelf speakers
Philips FB 652 Bookshelf speakers

The Philips FB 652 is a 2-way speaker system with a reflex port on the front panel. Very elegantly designed shelf design with the dimensions 215x380x250 mm. The speakers are equipped with a special protection system, which turns off the high-frequency speaker in case of overloading. On the front panel...