Floor standing speakers reviews

AAD C-500 Floor standing speakers

C-series, produced American Acoustic Development, includes seven classic speakers - from polochnikov to giant floor towers - and six purely theatrical models. In the line of C500 - the smaller of the floor systems. Gracefully looks slim speakers are on the stylish support; favorably shades her strict...
AAD C-600i Floor standing speakers

C-600i - second floor model line growth Ci consisting of six classic and five speakers purely theatrical purposes. We are already familiar with some representatives of the series, in particular - with a smaller floorstanding acoustics C-500i. In the six hundredth similar two-way design. Convincingly...
AAD C-880 Floor standing speakers

Company AAD (American Acoustic Development) founded by the famous designer speakers Phil Jones. In his account of such legendary development studio monitors as AE-1 and a series of Lynnfield for Boston Acoustics. Jones received a classical music education, so that the live sound he knew firsthand. Massive...
AAD Silver-5 Floor standing speakers

By bringing together all the latest achievements, AAD has created its top-of-the-line Silver Reference series. Outwardly, it resembles its predecessor: the S series. But the Silver Reference series has an exclusive finish: the side walls are decorated in wood and immaculately lacquered, the rest of the...
Acoustic Energy 305 Floor standing speakers

Acoustic Energy 305 are made in an elegant, laconic manner that goes well with modern interiors. The bodies are assembled from 18-mm MDF plates with an inclined front panel, which reduce unwanted internal distortions. Bass-reflex with a slotted port on the front panel is used as acoustic design. From...
Acoustic Energy AE109 Floor standing speakers

To its 30th anniversary Acoustic Energy decided to release several iconic products, symbolizing the commitment to the glorious Hi-Fi traditions. AE1 Active, active version of the legendary AE1 monitors, had become the first such symbol, then, the series AE100, hit of sales in the mid-nineties, was revived....
Acoustic Energy AE120 Floor standing speakers

Launched at the end of last year, the AE120 floorstanding loudspeakers have become the oldest model in the line, ahead of the previous flagship AE109 in all respects. Although externally, the novelty undoubtedly betrays its belonging to Acoustic Energy products - it has an impeccably tailored high body...
Acoustic Energy AE209 Floor standing speakers

Massive speakers AE209 react to rather energetic tapping no more vividly than rocky basalt. The metal cones, three bass-reflex ports - quite familiar attributes of the products of a well-known British company - in the minds of many audio enthusiasts are rightly associated with a certain guarantee of...
Acoustic Energy Aelite 3 Floor standing speakers

The first thing you notice at removing the speaker systems out of the box is a perfect quality of finish. The transfer of production lines in Malaysia allowed the company to offer three-way floor speaker systems with rounded and decorated by natural veneer body to buyers for much less price than if it...
Acoustic Energy Aesprit 309 Floor standing speakers

Flagship series Aesprit - a new generation of British acoustic Acoustic Energy - by virtue of his position was simply obliged to comprehensively meet the increased interest in the lineup. In a sense, encouraging strict no extra "frills" exterior columns - more capital invested directly in the production...
Acoustic Energy Neo 3 v2 Floor standing speakers

Acoustic Energy Neo 3 v2 model is a medium-sized loudspeaker designed for small spaces. The loudspeakers have a 2.5-way configuration with the cutoff frequency of 200 and 3500 Hz. The lower part of the working spectrum is reproduced by a pair of branded 130-mm drivers with diffusers made of lightweight...
Acoustic Energy Neo Three Floor standing speakers

The Neo range is new from Acoustic Energy, and replaces the successful Evo range. Comprising all-new designs throughout the range, the name comes from the fact that AE have made use of powerful Neodymium magnets for all of the drive units in each speaker, as opposed to just the tweeters, which is more...
Acoustic Energy Radiance 2 Floor standing speakers

Compact systems, designed for work in relatively small rooms, are a classical 2,5-way construction with bass-reflex design. The main loading is on a pair of self-engineered 130-mm heads with individual profile of the membrane. It is made of a lightweight aluminum alloy by the patented Pure Piston technology,...
Acoustic Energy Radiance 3 Floor standing speakers

Acoustic Energy Radiance 3 has a three-way construction with back bass-reflex. It is assembled in a relatively small by volume body with a special antiresonant profile and the system of internal ribs. LF spectrum is sounded by a pair of the branded 16-cm drivers with the diffusers made of pressed aluminum....
Acoustic Research Status S30 Floor standing speakers

Heavy body of two-way S30 has classical proportions, which significantly increase the possibility of harmonious fusion of speaker systems with different types of interiors. In addition to black there is a bright cherry variant of side panels' finish. Separate connection of the ranges is provided. The...
Advent Legacy III Floor standing speakers

The Advent Legacy III is a two-way floor-standing speaker system using a 10-inch woofer and a 1-inch soft-dome tweeter with magnetic-fluid damping. The woofer is unusual in having a dual voice coil that enables the system impedance to be set at either 6 or 8 ohms by means of a toggle switch on the back...
ALR Jordan Classic 5 Floor standing speakers

Looking at strictly rectangular body of ALR Jordan Classic 5 speaker system, finished with natural veneer and polished, you can confirm immediately, "Yes, this is classics". The body, made of MDF, is reinforced from inside by numerous struts, greatly reducing the resonance of walls. New high-tech 25-mm...
ALR Jordan Entry 3M Floor standing speakers

The creative symbiosis of the British company Jordan and the German Acoustic Laboratory Research, relatively recently formed into the ALR/Jordan association, of course, should be recognized as productive in all respects. The validity of this statement perfectly illustrates the fact of the development...
ALR Jordan Entry 5M Floor standing speakers

Model 5M from the series with the hospitable name Entry produced by the Anglo-German consortium ALR / Jordan demonstrated all the best qualities inherent in the youngest representative of the family - 3M. At the same time, compared to 3M, the sound of the Entry 5M was enriched as expected. Seemingly...
ALR Jordan Entry L Floor standing speakers

ALR Jordan hail from Essen in Germany, and have been manufacturing loudspeakers since 1989. The Entry Series, as might be expected from their name, marks the first step on the ALR Jordan ladder, below the Classic and Note ranges. Another design from the pen of loudspeaker design supremo, Karl-Heinz Fink,...
Amphion Helium 520 Floor standing speakers

Clear lines and white coal-black finish look modern and at the same time classical, reminding the forty-year-old creations of the famous designer Dieter Rams for Braun. A pair of mid-woofers and the tweeter between them is the configuration of D'Appolito. Quite small LF/MF-drivers with paper diffusers...
ASW Cantius 404 Floor standing speakers

The body of ASW Cantius 404 is narrow but deep. Finish is standard - black natural veneer; however, 16 more design options are available. According to d'Appolito scheme (with a tweeter in the middle), on the front panel there are a large 30-mm tweeter with a silk dome and two 100-mm MF/LF drivers with...
ASW Cantius 504 Floor standing speakers

The ASW Cantius 504 has a slim high body with a narrowed front panel. The quality of finishing is brilliant (a choice of more than a dozen different options, including veneer from exotic wood species). The construction is a two-way with back bass reflex port. 130-mm woofers have the diffusers made of...
ASW Opus L14 Floor standing speakers

Slim and tall ASW Opus L14 can be externally referred to Lifestyle category, but the manufacturer emphasizes that the systems are designed under the strict canons of Hi-Fi. On a narrow faceplate there are three branded drivers, installed by D'Appolito scheme. As you know, it provides more continuous...
Athena Technologies AS-F1 Floor standing speakers

AS-F1 - the smaller of the two (older model of AS-F2) floor Audition Series Speakers Canadian Athena Technologies. Close molded polypropylene cone 200mm driver promises to pamper hearty bass. With a very good sensitivity value nominal electric power of 200 watts. Stiffness acoustic design seems necessary...
Athena Technologies S3/P2 Floor standing speakers

Athena Technologies - the Canadian branch of the concern Audio Product International. His credo - to orient the user block construction home audio complex. Powerful advantage of this approach is the ability to build this complex phase of technologically homogeneous components. Revered causes four-abundance...
Audio Physic Classic 20 Floor standing speakers

Elegant compact speaker system has a number of unusual features in design and finish. A large, soft tweeter's dome of 3 cm on the diameter on the suspension of the same fabric can be considered to be classical. A massive metallic flange on the outside is covered with the figured header, cut in the form...
Audio Physic Spark Floor standing speakers

Thin lean back "Pisan towers" are gently curved in cross-section housing approximately equal depth and width. Inch soft dome with special impregnation provides high-frequency reproduction. Two identical midrange/woofer with 95 mm cone of paper coated with a protective cap provided with a concave shape...
Audio Physic Tempo 25 Floor standing speakers

Will listen to our previous models Audio Physic - cheap floor Spark and shelving Step - were similar to the current Midwoofer and midrange, but were silk dome tweeters. Now all three speakers - aluminum coated, and dome tweeter is not, and is also tapered, but more about that a little further. Traditionally,...
Audio Pro Black Diamond v.2 Floor standing speakers

These floor standing speakers have much in common with compact Black Pearl by Audio Pro. For example, not only black lacquered finish, but also a two-way scheme and even drivers are the same. For high frequencies, a fabric dome tweeter with a neodymium magnet is placed in a specially designed aluminum...
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"...
Audio Pro Cinema Precision PM-09S Floor standing speakers

In the line of Swedish Cinema Precision Audio Pro has two "size" for flat speakers - PM-02 (mini-monitors), and PM-09 (monitors). Second, there are performed by PM-09S and PM-09C, front and center, respectively. Also sold 5.1 kit, consisting of five mini-PM-02 monitors and a subwoofer. Subjects with...
Audio Pro Evidence E.5 Floor standing speakers

The Swedish company Audio Pro since its inception in the mid-1970s adheres to the line for the production of high-quality and inexpensive Hi-Fi products. E.5 - younger floor system is a series of Evidence, which has everything for retrofitting a stereo pair to a multichannel system. The model divides...
Audio Pro Focus SA-5 Floor standing speakers

Surely a sealed box? Naive question when we first met. No, of course, bass-reflex, but it is going down the tube by some improvised megaphone, expanding down from 60 to 120 mm ... I'll be a step towards powerful bass - a kind of passive subwoofer c total internal volume of the vessel more than 50 liters....
Audio Pro Stage 66 Floor standing speakers

The construction is made to be good, without undue savings on important points. Housing - hard, solid. In Stage 66 is applied symmetric radiating circuit dAppolito. Unconventionally high frequency section - 4.2 kHz, and crossovers used in "soft" separation filters. Apparently, small, for the stiffness...
Audiovector C2 MkII Floor standing speakers

C2 Mk II leads C series - the most inexpensive in the lineup of Audiovector. Slim 2,5-way loudspeakers look very nice; the quality of panels' facing admires - can't distinguish from natural veneer. The bodies are made of 20-mm HDF plates (more dense and rigid analogue to MDF). Dynamical equipment is...
B&W 683 Floor standing speakers

The bodies of B&W 683 have classic rectangular shape and are finished with a red cherry-colored vinyl film, except the front panel, which is made of a viscous vibration-damping material. The tweeter is an aluminum dome, loaded on the branded Nautilus tube, which is hidden inside the case. The midrange...
B&W 684 Floor standing speakers

B&W 684 - 2,5-way system is equipped with dynamical heads of its own development and production. The patented Flowport bass-reflex port is directed forward that noticeably eases the installation of the speaker systems in a room. The diffusers of two bass heads are made of Kevlar - favorite material of...
B&W 703 Floor standing speakers

The model B&W heads the 700th series of the speaker systems of the English company "Bowers&Wilkins". All main technologies, which glorified the company's products, incarnated in these speaker systems. In addition to the traditional tweeter, which is loaded on a tapered tube, perfectly absorbing the rear...
B&W 704 Floor standing speakers

B&W 704 have unusual form: the back wall higher and narrower the front one, and the upper one is smoothly curved and serves as the base of free-standing metallic tweeter, borrowed from top models of Nautilus series. At first glance this model differs from the larger B&W 703 only by a number of woofers...
B&W CM7 Floor standing speakers

B&W CM7 are three-way speaker systems with elegant body and back bass-reflex port, traditionally equipped with own-produced drivers. High-frequency segment is presented by 25-mm tweeter with aluminum dome and extended band, and MIDs are sounded by 5-inch driver with the diffuser made of woven kevlar...
B&W DM305 Floor standing speakers

The British B&W has been producing a well-established series of DM acoustics not for the first year. We will note that B&W like the most of companies, even generally reproducing developed earlier technologies, reserves the right to improve the product, actively living on the market. But at least outwardly...
B&W DM309 Floor standing speakers

If you get in the official site of "B&W Loudspeakers" company, you will find out that the popular "300th" series of inexpensive speaker system is presented by only shelf speaker systems, central channel and subwoofer. But since 2001 also a floor model has produced, which externally looks like DM303 -...
B&W DM603 S2 Floor standing speakers

Creating famous now "Nautilus", B&W significantly modified the series DM600 by implementing a number of recent in-house technical and technological solutions. The series in this vein was renamed into DM600 S2. In addition to S2 prefix in the title, DM603 also got a damping channel with exponentially...
B&W DM603 S3 Floor standing speakers

The DM603 S3 is the middle of three floorstanders in the 600 series, led by the three-way DM604. Work with low frequencies here is entrusted to a woofer with an aluminum dome-conical diffuser. Such a design of the membrane, in theory, significantly increases the frequencies of the first bending resonances,...
B&W DM604 S2 Floor standing speakers

Testing DM604 S2, we fill a gap in our knowledge about floor speaker systems of DM S2 series. DM604 S2, matching by the body's height and width DM605 S2, is the main floor system of the line. The British Bower&Wilkins densely fills price segments of the market of speaker systems. Like in all systems...
B&W DM604 S3 Floor standing speakers

DM604 is the most powerful floor standing speaker system in the series DM600. DM600 series itself is in the center of the whole range of B&W, overtopping compact home theatres for small rooms, but not reaching perfection of 700, 800 series and famous "Nautilus". The model's body is classically rectangular...
B&W DM605 S2 Floor standing speakers

The DM605 S2, like all systems in this series, uses a number of developments implemented in the top 800 B&W series. In particular, a "nautilus" tweeter with an exponential waveguide as a design is installed on the system. Paired inclusion of woofers with light and rigid diffusers made of cellulose reinforced...
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...
B&W VM6 Floor standing speakers

The technological capabilities of Bowers & Wilkins allow it to create even relatively inexpensive universal acoustics with exceptional parameters. And as an example, the VM6 model is excellent. Oval in cross-section, the bodies of these designer speakers are molded from dense plastic and, in theory,...
Bang & Olufsen Beolab 8000 Floor standing speakers

The Danish firm of Bang & Olufsen (B&O) is well known for the innovative design of its audio and video products. B&O components are designed for people who appreciate attractive styling as well as good listening or viewing quality and are willing to pay for a combination of those features. The new B&O...
BIC Acoustech PL-89 Floor standing speakers

The model PL-89 is the older model in this series and in all model range of BIC America. From other models it distinguishes by horn tweeter and high operating power. The designers decided that having two bands of this model would be enough. In addition, 165m emitter with aluminum dome, being loaded on...
Boston Acoustics A250 Floor standing speakers

The part of body of Boston Acoustics A250 speaker system is finished with black film with leather like relief; other surfaces are covered with lacquer. At careful examination slight failures of workmanship are noticeable. Particularly, the gap in the junction of side and top panels could be less. There...
Boston Acoustics A360 Floor standing speakers

Three-way model Boston Acoustics A360 is the senior in budget line of A series. Slender bodies please the eye by good glossy finish and big weight that allows us to speak about the seriousness of construction. The speaker systems are built on own-developed dynamical heads, which a number of the patented...
Boston Acoustics CR95 Floor standing speakers

The modified Compact Reference series, which before consisted only of shelf systems, gained floor flagship - compact, but weighty CR95. The novelty has absorbed all constructive advantages of the series' representatives. LF/MF-driver is made by the proprietary DCD technology with the increased depth...
Boston Acoustics CR97 Floor standing speakers

Speakers Boston Acoustics CR97 is magnetically shielded and reinforced internal housing ties. The front panel is locked metal grill. In the column drivers established firm Boston - squeaker Kortec with 19 mm metal dome and enlarged to 175-millimeter-diameter woofer c patented design of the magnetic system...
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,...
Boston Acoustics VR-M80 Floor standing speakers

The U.S. Boston Acoustics company, also well known to the lovers of car audio, assigns a special part to this series - all produced speaker systems are compared exactly with it. We took the younger model from floor systems of reference class - VR-M80. These massive and well finished speaker systems are...
Boston Acoustics VR-M90 Floor standing speakers

The loudspeakers of VRM series by design are very similar to more affordable VR. There are also no fundamental differences in the type of the used drivers - these are the same branded DCD mid-woofers with the diameter of 165 mm and inch aluminum tweeters with the patented phase AMD corrector. A significant...
Boston Acoustics VR1 Floor standing speakers

VR series has three floor speaker systems (VR1, VR2, VR3) and central channel system. All systems of the series differ by very high sensitivity - not lower than 94 dB. Identical LF/MF drivers are made by Deep Channel Design technology, aimed to increase dynamical reserve of the drivers: the magnet has...
Boston Acoustics VR2 Floor standing speakers

VR2 refers to the new series, consisting of three large floor standing speaker systems (VR1, VR2, VR3) and three-way center (VRC). New MF head is installed in VR2 (like in the flagship - VR3): a 15-mm sound coil, dip into the field of neodymium magnet (neodymium magnet is rarely used in MF speakers),...
Boston Acoustics VR3 Floor standing speakers

Boston Acoustics VR3 loudspeakers slightly surpass the flagship VR-M90 in sizes, but have a lot of common features: three-way design with two woofers, similar design of the body, big bass-reflex port on the rear wall. It is interesting, why VR3, which is formally inferior to VR-M90 by weight, is more...
Boston Acoustics VR975 Floor standing speakers

Do tall "towers" Lynnfield VR975 American Boston Acoustics rare abundance of emitters - as many as five on the column. However, devoid of its own "motor" 305-mm membrane on the side belongs passive radiator redistribute the energy of 250-mm active principle at the lower end of the frequency range. MF...
Cabasse Jersey MT360R Floor standing speakers

Like all systems of the French company, Cabasse Jersey differs by exceptionally high power reserve (nominal power is 100W, peak - 700W). Add to this a record value of sensitivity - 95,5 dB... Big magnets, cast metallic baskets, lightweight paper diffusers tell own tale of capabilities of LF/MF-drivers....
Canton Chrono 507.2 Floor standing speakers

Canton Chrono 507.2 are made in a strict design with the lacquered front panel. This is 2.5-way speaker systems with bass-reflex, the port of which is directed down. Issuing air stream is additionally dissipated by a decorative base, which also serves as an effective decoupling from the floor. The...
Canton Chrono 509 DC Floor standing speakers

Series calculated by the company as a universal - can be easily assembled cinema (everything you need is provided), and you can stay on a stereo pair. By the way, served as the basis for the highly successful line of Ergo. The company claims that the new series took over from his predecessor's proprietary...
Canton Chrono 509.2 DC Floor standing speakers

Chrono 509.2 DC is the older floor standing model from Chrono line and has three-way architecture with four emitters of the branded development. They are installed on the lacquered front panel and framed by metal rings. The diffusers of two 180-mm LF-drivers are made of aluminum alloy and there is a...
Canton Chrono SL 590.2 Floor standing speakers

Three-way model Canton Chrono SL 590.2 is one of the two older floor speaker systems in the series. The systems have bass-reflex acoustic design and the air port is at the bottom, between the body's base and a massive supporting plate. Bass range is laid upon two drivers of the branded construction....
Canton Ergo 670 DC Floor standing speakers

Canton Ergo 670 DC - 2,5-way speaker systems are based on the famous D'Appolito principle with a symmetrical arrangement of drivers. This decision helps to bring the character of radiation close to the pointed sound source, what, in turn, guarantees maximally correct construction of space. The diffusers...
Canton Ergo 695 DC Floor standing speakers

These three-way giants with the height of more than a meter and impressive mass are made in classical style - with traditional proportions and gracefully smoothed edges of the body, richly finished with natural veneer. In recent years all the models of Ego line have own-produced drivers with lightweight...
Canton Ergo 700 DC Floor standing speakers

A shiny layer of synthetic lacquer on the panels of Ergo 700 DC is similar to the one on expensive cars. Loudspeaker is classical Canton. We see the familiar graded junctions of the body, black velvet on the faceplate and, surely, metallic protective and decorative grills. The bodies are filled with...
Canton Ergo 702 DC Floor standing speakers

702 DC is the next novelty in the modified Ergo lineup. Appearance is a classic Canton style: notable rounded edges, velvet facade, unchanged metal grill... Drivers are organized in an unbalanced d'Appolito scheme: the upper driver works both on bass and mid frequencies, the lower driver sounds only...
Canton Ergo 72 DC Floor standing speakers

Harmonious, calm, noble appearance of the German Ergo 72 DC with a black velvet cover of the front panel, successfully shading the silver sheen of the dome of the high-frequency head, immediately disposes, inspires confidence. Metal decorative grilles here perform a very important function of protecting...
Canton Ergo 81 DC Floor standing speakers

The Canton Ergo 81 DC is a German three-way bass-reflex loudspeaker system. There are three drivers on each speaker: a tweeter with a rigid inch dome and two 160 mm drivers with polypropylene conical cones. One of them, placed above the tweeter, operates in the range from 300 Hz to 3.5 kHz, the second,...
Canton Ergo 92 DC Floor standing speakers

Black velvet on the faceplate, sturdy metallic grills, and titanium membrane of the tweeter - all of these will undoubtedly call up one reaction of any educated audio lover - this is Canton. Keeping the corporate tradition, Ergo 92 entertains by confident and powerful bass. Sometimes there was a feeling...
Canton Ergo SC-S Floor standing speakers

A floor three-way acoustics of the bass-reflex type - Canton Ergo SC-S - looks great due to the use of oak veneer and details of natural wood in the finish. The case is made with care, which is called German. In this case we mean not the decor but the construction itself, which has high rigidity, perfect...
Canton Fonum 601 DC Floor standing speakers

Canton Fonum 601 DC is a bass-reflex three-way speaker system; the bass-reflex port is on the front panel. The speaker systems are high and slim (900x240x270 mm), well-made, of big weight. Metallic decorative grills are quite practical, give the importance and look quite appropriately. The reflectors...
Canton Fonum 630 DC Floor standing speakers

Canton Fonum 630 DC is a three-way speaker system of the bass-reflex type, the port of bass reflex is placed on the faceplate. Medium and lower sub-bands are controlled by two speakers with the diameter of 200 mm each. The profiles of their conical paper diffusers are optimized with a help of a special...
Canton GLE 407 Floor standing speakers

The loudspeakers of the GLE series are a further evolution of the LE series. A wide choice of finishes (five options) is provided for GLE and the main difference is in the bass drivers. German engineers, taking the drivers from older Canton models (Vento, Ergo, Karat) as a basis, changed the design of...
Canton GLE 470 Floor standing speakers

Canton designers issued a challenge to the classical black design of speaker systems. The whole GLE series shines by snow-white front panel and the same protective grill, made of metal. 7 variants of finish are available for the rest of the body's walls. Such design looks at least unusual. The body rests...
Canton GLE 476 Floor standing speakers

Canton GLE 476 is 2.5-way speaker system with the bass reflex. Two 180-mm drivers with diffusers from aluminum alloy, made by own technology, sound bass area and lower middle. They are mounted on flexible sinusoidal rubber suspension (Wave Surround technology), with the help of which a significant shift...
Canton GLE 496 Floor standing speakers

The German pair refers to the generation of budget GLE line and is its flagship. Canton GLE 496 is completely redesigned, only a three-way construction was saved. An internal damping of the body is reinforced for reducing resonances, the configuration of bass-reflex has been changed, and crossover filter...
Canton GLE 496.2 Floor standing speakers

Buyers often judge the novelty of the model only by its design, without going into the content. Nevertheless, Canton engineers preferred something not visible to the eye instead of a cosmetic update of the GLE series - technical modernization. Proportions, front shield, finish - everything is preserved...
Canton Karat 790.2 DC Floor standing speakers

Canton Karat 790.2 DC speaker systems differ not only by considerable weight, but also impressive construction. The bodies have increased depth and LF-head with a 10-inch diffuser is installed on the side edge. It is pressed from the cellulose and reinforced with the fibers of graphite to increase rigidity....
Canton LE 107 Floor standing speakers

LE 107 is a floor standing loudspeaker, made in traditional for the German company manner, as evidenced by the proportions of the body, characteristic rounded edges and, surely, unchanged metallic grills. Two drivers with polypropylene diffusers and flat dustproof inserts instead of caps work in the...
Canton LE 190 Floor standing speakers

The German company Canton has been more than 30 years on the market of Hi-Fi speaker systems and has approved itself among audiophiles long ago. Line is designed to bring not only high-class sound to your house, but also a stylish look (four variants of finish are available). The whole series consists...
Canton Nestor 603 Floor standing speakers

Canton is one of the companies, which products you recognize from the first glance. A high, wide three-way loudspeaker Nestor 603 is not the exception: familiar body's proportions, a recognizable location of heads, the metal of decorative grilles... On the plastic faceplate there are two luxurious woofers,...
Canton SP 706 Floor standing speakers

Three self-engineered heads, combined into 2,5-way construction, are used per each floor Canton SP 706 speaker system. Midbass diffusers are made of aluminum alloy and the tweeter's dome - of an impregnated fabric. Slim bodies are equipped with rear bass-reflex ports of special profile. Side walls are...
Canton Vento 807 DC Floor standing speakers

We have a younger floor model from the top Vento series of the Canton company. Side walls of the body are retroverted. On the front wall there are two MF/LF-drivers, tweeter between them and just below the bass-reflex port. The designers attempted to remove maximum of details from the front panel. Even...
Canton Vento 890 DC Floor standing speakers

In front of me are floorstanding speakers of a classic three-way design, where two woofers work at once on the bass. The traditional Canton tweeter with an aluminum-manganese alloy dome is loaded onto a small horn and covered with a neat metal mesh. At the top of the Vento 890 DC is an 18 cm midrange...
Castle Harlech Floor standing speakers

Castle Harlech - English two-way system with the original acoustic design. Speaker has three drivers: tweeter inch metal dome midrange and a pair of head diameter of 130 mm with polymeric conical diffusers. One of the conical speakers unexpectedly on the top panel. The inner space of the speaker is divided...
Castle Harlech S2 Floor standing speakers

Face and body carefully smoothed transitions, panache natural veneer inset highlights on the top panel, made of solid wood already. Well it is very beautiful. Castle Harlech S2 - one of the two systems have undergone another modification to the quarter-wave resonator. Even better was the look of the...
Castle Howard S3 Floor standing speakers

Castle Howard S3 - top floor standing model of Classic series is presented to be the third in succession version. Having kept the characteristic appearance, the Castle engineers have significantly reworked the design, introducing a number of significant improvements. For example, the tweeter received...
Castle Kendal Floor standing speakers

Many of those who are well acquainted with the products of the British Castle Acoustics, I think, will easily agree with the statement that one of the distinguishing features of the acoustic systems manufactured by the company is the constantly felt and somewhere even emphasized concern for the quality...
Castle Knight 4 Floor standing speakers

A smart acoustic design, which the manufacturer calls Twin-Pipe Technology (TPT), is used in speaker systems Castle Knight 4. In fact, it is a maze with the outlet on the bottom plane of the body. Therefore, the special space plates, providing a necessary clearance between the bottom part of the speaker...
Castle Knight 5 Floor standing speakers

Brand Castle has recently belonged to the British IAG Ltd. concern, which also includes such famous manufactures as Audiolab, Mission, Quad, Wharfedale and others. Castle Acoustics itself for over 35 years has made the specialty in production of speaker systems for different purposes. It independently...
Castle Richmond 7i Floor standing speakers

According to the words of the chief designer of Castle, in creating the new Richmond 7i all the available experience was used, which allowed them to improve their design. Bodies are assiduously designed and finished with luxurious natural veneer, even from the inside. The walls of the 18-mm MDF plates...
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...
Celestion 15 Floor standing speakers

The floor Celestion 15 is apotheosis of Unit series. However, it is said perhaps too much, because all the line is oriented on budget audio systems. The manufacturer does not also exclude the variant of using this model as the front speaker systems in inexpensive systems of home theater. The feature...
Celestion 23i Floor standing speakers

One of the most respected manufacturers of audio, a well-known British company Celestion, in the recommendations does not need. In connection with this interest in acoustics from Celestion is always high. Recognizable design 23i is also preparing for a serious outcome. Already from the first chords Dire...
Celestion 30i Floor standing speakers

Compared with the model 23i, 30i got more expensive extra speaker and along with it - 3-way speakerd qualifications. From a comparison of the frequency characteristics of the two systems, it follows that increasing the number of lanes through the introduction of additional midrange head certainly stabilized...
Celestion C2 Floor standing speakers

We continue to explore C series of speaker systems from Celestion. Shelf C1 left entirely positive impression. Stylistically assonant C2 will undoubtedly decorate a modern interior and laconism of its elegance, in return, do not place excessive demands on furniture. High-frequency head is carefully protected...
Celestion C3 Floor standing speakers

C3 - the third and most powerful system C Series British Celestion. Smaller line representatives - Bookshelf C1 and floor C2 - left a very good impression. Recall that all housing made of aluminum with three-millimeter thick - it comes with screws fastened the back-side portion and the top cover. The...
Celestion E3 Floor standing speakers

British Celestion has updated its "repertoire" by the release of new line of classical acoustics, ritually outlining it with alphabetic "E" index. The series has five systems: from 125-watts shelf E1 to 200-watts meter floor speaker system E5. A small floor two-way E3 takes a strictly middle position...
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...
Celestion F20 Floor standing speakers

Two-way F20 is the direct heiress of the model F2. The lineage of F20 is well read in its appearance. New heads are used in the system, so separation filters were undergone to a certain modernization. The tweeter, unlike the installed one on the prototype, emits by titanium membrane and LF/MF-driver...
Celestion F3 Floor standing speakers

The flagship of F-series is on 10 cm higher than F2, but this was enough in order to place an additional low-frequency head on the faceplate. It turns off already above 200 Hz by the filter of low frequencies, and then the identical midrange, based on combined with woofer air volume by back side of the...
Celestion F30 Floor standing speakers

Design of the system from fresh generation of F series by Celestion is in the style of the prototype, but changes in the construction were significant. The new F30 has bigger volume of acoustic design (in comparison with its predecessor - F3), new drivers are installed. MF/LF drivers are now equipped...
Celestion F38 Floor standing speakers

The British company Celestion can be referred to the founders of the acoustic industry. As long ago as 1922 a serious research in the field of high-quality sound reproduction began here and the production of monitors for broadcasting was established. In the modern world the company is known primarily...
Celestion Impact 30 Floor standing speakers

Celestion Impact 30 is a three-way speaker system of bass-reflex type with the output of bass reflex on the front panel. The diameter of dome tweeter is 25 mm. The sizes of conical mid- and low-frequency heads are 100 mm and 155 mm. Nominal electrical power is 150W. The speaker systems are equipped with...
Ceratec Effeqt T MkIII Floor standing speakers

These speakers differ in height as a solid (165 cm) and a nontrivial appearance. The main body portion that houses the dynamic head is made of aluminum and has a cylindrical shape. Round base - glass, and to decouple it from the floor glued adjustable spikes. The diameter of each of the two bass heads...
Cerwin-Vega AT-10 Floor standing speakers

Cerwin-Vega and rock music have grown up together with good reason: From its early days, the company knew how to build speakers that would reproduce the high acoustic levels demanded by rock, and most of its competitors didn't-at least, not at first. At hi-fi shows in the '60s, the staid audio establishment...
Cerwin-Vega XLS-12 Floor standing speakers

This American acoustics is difficult to take for any other, it is strongly associated with the "American" bass - powerful and uncompromising. Floorstanding Cerwin-Vega! XLS-12 are not an exception too. The index in the model name means the caliber of the low-frequency section; in this case it is a 12-inch...
Cerwin-Vega! E312 Floor standing speakers

Cerwin-Vega! E312 - American three-way bass reflex speaker. Drivers: Tweeter inch soft dome, midrange 130-mm head with reinforced paper cone and tapered 300mm conical woofer that the word "speaker" is called awkward. Proprietary driver for Cerwin-Vega ingrained glory unusually efficient converters that...
Cerwin-Vega! RL-16T Floor standing speakers

Unusual products for American companies view is RL-16T, in any case, the design of the overseas model is not different from the European. Apparently, the internal volume of the highest in the test columns are well plugged. Double bass-reflex port is organized at the bottom of the rear panel - to improve...
Cerwin-Vega! V-10F Floor standing speakers

V-10F is the lowest floor speaker system of new series by Cerwin-Vega!, consisting of eight models for different purposes and two theatrical 5.1 acoustics sets "turn-key ready". The novelties in the branded design should be considered to be definitely lottery - the front panels have a streamlined "anti-diffractive"...
Cerwin-Vega! VE-8F Floor standing speakers

Two-way speaker systems Cerwin-Vega! VE-8F are designed for small rooms and can be used in theatrical and stereo systems. They are built on own-developed dynamical heads in bass-reflex design. An 8-inch bass driver has a classical soft suspension, cast basket, sound coil of increased diameter and magnetic...
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...
Chario Cygnus Floor standing speakers

A proprietary NRS principle, allowing you to get convincing bass at relatively low volume of the body, is used in floor standing speaker systems of Constellation series. A paper woofer with a relatively modest volume (130 mm) is loaded on a pair of air ports, being placed in the body's base and directed...
Chario Pegasus Floor standing speakers

Italian acoustics looks as a rule gorgeous, can surprise with unusual engineering features, but sounds sometimes very specific. Chario Pegasus are bright personality - they look as unusual as expensive Italian sport cars. Milan "Chario Loudspeakers" has acquired a high reputation among audiophiles...
Chario Syntar 530 Floor standing speakers

Made in Italy Syntar 530 are quite compact, but at the same time are fully-featured three-way speaker systems. The branded 160-mm woofer with the diffuser made of special polymer hides in the bottom part, near it there is an air port of the bass-reflex. Such construction allows getting not only more...
Chario Syntar 533 Floor standing speakers

Chario Syntar 533 differs from the competitors by four-way construction, which is rarely met even in top segment. A pair of 200-mm self-engineered woofers, one of which radiates into floor, is installed in a large case with lower bass-reflex (the branded Vented NRS construction). Woofers' diffusers and...
DALI 5005 JUBI Floor standing speakers

The modified version of already existed in the market model Blue 5005 - 5005 JUBI - was released for the 20th anniversary of Danish Audiophile Loudspeakers Industry. The anniversary model inherited much from the prototype: the same speakers and body. Reforms touched the schemes of crossovers (impedance...
DALI 505 Floor standing speakers

Dali 505 is a strict system, without superfluity, and it is inappropriate for shaking air by thunder in a listening room and also for shocking the ear by high frequencies. Everything is decorously and at the level of audiophile requirements to the acoustics of Hi-Fi class. Although bass is not a comprehensive,...
DALI 606 Floor standing speakers

Having got best features from reputable 505 model, Dali 606 is among the leaders again. The value of succession is high if the object of evolution enriches with new qualities at each stage that, in fact, should be the goal of evolution. And if you compare 505 with 506 in this sense, you can find that...
DALI 8008 Floor standing speakers

The designers in DALI do not accept any superfluous "bells and whistles". The meter-high flagship of the latest version of the Blue Series is made in the classic age style - four reliable heads in an adequate acoustic design. Almost 50 liters of usable volume is reserved for the low-frequency section....
DALI 808 Floor standing speakers

A full three-way design, which is a series Blue of Danish company Dali, with basses of promising sizes visually really stood out. Directly related with this expectations of comprehensive bass were fully justified. Quite non-trivial in this sense, the system proved on drums "things" of rock'n'roll repertoire...
DALI Concept 10 Floor standing speakers

"NO 10" is a flagship model of Concept series of the Danish DALI. Today the line is equipped with three floor (Concept 6, Concept 8, Concept 10), two shelf (Concept 1, Concept 2), central speaker system and the subwoofer. "NO 10" is got by as if scaling (enlargement) of the forthcoming "NO 8": the same...
DALI Concept 6 Floor standing speakers

To the present moment the series Concept contains two shelf models (Concept 1, Concept 2), three floor ones (Concept 6, Concept 8, Concept 10) and a central speaker. Low-slung Concept 6 on an elegant stand is, in actual fact, a floor extension Concept 2 due to the additional LF/MF section. Compact crossover...
DALI Evidence 470 Floor standing speakers

Strict classical outlines, familiar heads, black polished glass of the top panel - this is Evidence 470, one of two floor systems, consisting of four models of the series. Natural maple veneer is slightly lacquered in order not to mask the beauty of wood texture - by beauty is not Grand yet, but not...
Dali Evidence 870 Floor standing speakers

Dali is actually an acronym for something to do with Danish audiophile loudspeakers, and the brand is part of a Danish group with both manufacturing and retail interests. UK distribution is handled by The Audio Club, alongside NAD electronics, and the several Dalis which have come our way over the years...
DALI Ikon 8 Floor standing speakers

Despite of the fact that DALI offers a very wide assortment of loudspeakers of various categories, it is the Ikon series that is distinguished not only by advanced technologies, but also by quite a democratic (for its class) price. This line is the successor of much more expensive Euphonia and Helicon....
DALI Lektor 6 Floor standing speakers

DALI stands as Danish Audiophile Loudspeaker Industries and its name obliges the company to produce acoustic equipment, corresponding to audiophile canons. And I must say, actions follows suit - meeting even relatively inexpensive Lektor 6, you pay immediately attention to high quality of the used drivers....
DALI Mentor 8 Floor standing speakers

Traditional for DALI hybrid high-frequency module consists of two separate drivers, being assembled in one aluminum pad and working for "one and a half band" - the fabric dome plays frequencies from 3 to 20 kHz and ribbon super tweeter switches on from 14 kHz and works up to the upper border. Also traditional...
DALI Oberon 5 Floor standing speakers

All floor loudspeakers with a height of no more than 75 - 80 centimeters, in my opinion, deserve to be allocated in a separate category. Today there are few such systems on the market - especially if we talk about quite serious models on high-quality drivers of decent caliber. But if you dig deeper into...
DALI Oberon 7 Floor standing speakers

This series will undoubtedly cause increased interest because all the models belong to a very accessible category. Let's see how the Danes made their new "towers". Let's start with the body. The mass of each loudspeaker is small, and the walls can not be called monumental - an aluminum pedestal holds...
Dali Opticon 6 Floor standing speakers

The appearance of DALI Opticon 6 speaker systems inherited much from their predecessors from the older Rubikon series. A lacquered front panel with figured selection above HF unit can be black or white depending on the chosen finish. Dual bass-reflex port is placed on the back panel, the block of...
DALI Spektor 6 Floor standing speakers

Just on the recent day we tested shelf models DALI Spektor 2 and found that only the price tag deserves an uncensorious attitude. Both the finish and the sound quality of the new loudspeakers, developed in Denmark and manufactured in China, were at the height that be attributed to True Hi-Fi. The floor...
DALI Suite 2.8 Floor standing speakers

Suite 2.8 is the top model of New Suite line. The reader is familiar with a smaller floor speaker system - Suite 1.7. The flagship is larger and equipped with two 165-mm woofer/midrange drivers (in "7th" there is a pair of five-inch heads). Conical cellulose diffusers are specially covered by thick layer...
DALI Zensor 7 Floor standing speakers

The shapes of DALI Zensor 7 speaker systems are classical in general; an aluminum stand, made in form of light frame, slightly revives the design. Against the background of monotonous MDF podiums, such stand looks interesting. The front panel of the system is glossy, the rest part has the wood grain...
Dantax Octave 30 Floor standing speakers

Dantax Octave 30 is a three-way speaker system of bass-reflex type. The architecture of the speaker system has a good classical style with even, maybe, the tints of retro: neat parallelepiped case (900x220x310mm), which practically wasn't been affected by dissipation of anti-diffractive ideas, is faithful...
Davis Acoustics Ariane 3 Floor standing speakers

Davis Ariane 3 - French two-way speaker system reflex. Drivers: Tweeter inch soft dome tweeter and mid-woofer with a diameter of 160 mm with a woven Kevlar cone. Separation of the bands takes place at a frequency of 2.8 kHz. Reflex port is located on the front panel, and the lack of any termination of...
Davis Acoustics Club 17 Floor standing speakers

The Davis Acoustics Club 17 is a French three-way bass-reflex speaker system. The loudspeaker is equipped with three drivers. Judging by the appearance, a 200 mm driver located at the bottom of the front panel sounds a purely low-frequency region, and a 170 mm driver placed on top serves both the lower...
Davis Acoustics Havalon HD Floor standing speakers

These slender French columns refer to the budget segment and are included in the Davis line Lifestyle HD. They have narrowed the case, which for added stability based on graceful platform. The company uses its own head (Davis - one of the largest speaker manufacturers in Europe) - a pair of 13-centimeter...
Davis Acoustics Matisse Floor standing speakers

Relatively young company (founded in 1986), created by the talented engineer Michel Visan, just 22 years the company has evolved into a super-modern, developing and making loudspeakers for home and automotive applications, as well as components for them. Executed in luxurious lacquered body slender...
Davis Acoustics Matisse HD Floor standing speakers

Floor standing Davis Matisse HD were created based on the popular Matisse model, which became a real bestseller of the company, and received an absolutely new high-frequency driver - now the role of tweeter is played by a specially designed inch driver with soft fabric dome. Two identical 13-cm drivers...
Davis Acoustics Opera 5 mkII Floor standing speakers

Exclusive - this can be said about any of the acoustics of the French Davis. And it is not the price or the original finish. French (legendary Champagne, Troyes) in these matters try to adhere to the standard, or more precisely - dictated by market standards. Elitist it should be named for two other...
Davis Acoustics Stentaure Floor standing speakers

Stentaure is a popular series of Power, the models of which are characterized by high sensitivity. This is achieved horn design RF link and allows speakers to work with small power amplifiers. Two-way design is built on the dynamic head of its own design and manufacture. Low-frequency portion is assigned...
Davis Acoustics Vinci 3D Floor standing speakers

Davis Acoustics Vinci 3D loudspeakers are a low-end version of floor-standing Vinci HD with a slightly simplified design and a more modest finish. They are three-way with a front bass-reflex port. A pair of woofers with 170-mm molded cellulose diffusers is used to reproduce low frequencies. To reduce...
DCM TF-1000 Floor standing speakers

We reviewed DCM's TF-250 loudspeaker, the smallest and least expensive in the company's Time Frame series. Although the TF-1000 stands just one rung down from the top of that line, it nonetheless bears a strong family resemblance to the TF-250. The most obvious difference is size, with the TF-1000 being...
Definitive Technology BP8 Floor standing speakers

Definitive Technology says that its bipolar speakers are designed to create a spacious, natural soundstage, closer to that of a concert-hall performance than that produced by most conventional (forward-radiating) models. The BP8, the newest addition to that series, has two identical sets of speaker drivers...
Definitive Technology DR7 Tower Floor standing speakers

The Definitive Technology DR7 loudspeaker system features the same styling and many of the technological features that were introduced in the company's first product, the BP10. The DR7, however, is somewhat smaller and considerably lower priced than the BP10 or its larger companion, the BP20. Also unlike...
Design Acoustics DA900 Floor standing speakers

The DA900, one of Design Acoustics' Summit Series of loudspeakers, is a floor-standing three-way system. The cabinet is a slender column finished in black wood-grain vinyl on all visible surfaces. A single 8-inch woofer, facing downward at the bottom of the cabinet, operates in a vented enclosure. The...
Design Acoustics PS-103 Floor standing speakers

With the exception of one outdoor model, all loudspeakers from Design Acoustics are designated PS, for Point Source. The goal behind each is to produce a "clear, defined signal with no trace of loudspeaker sound"-in other words, as if that signal were emanating from a single, infinitesimally small location...
Diapason Ares Floor standing speakers

Compact Ares are created for small spaces, where they can fully open their potential. These two-way monitor speakers (exactly the monitors, because the model is a floor-standing version of shelf Micra III) are assembled in elegant narrow cases, finished with natural wood. Supporting platforms with low...
Diapason Neos Floor standing speakers

In Italian elegant Diapason Neos are designed for small spaces. The speaker systems differ by the cases with small depth with non-parallel sidewalls and profiled pedestal. To decrease reflections from the front panel and improve spacious characteristics there are small bevels in the upper part. Also...
DLS R55 Floor standing speakers

For a long time the products of the Swedish DLS have been associated exclusively with car audio, but since 2004 the company has discovered a new direction - home audio. At the same time, many years of experience allowed the company to keep quite affordable prices. DLS R55 are classically shaped slim...
Dynaudio Audience 62 Floor standing speakers

In the most numerous Audience series of Dynaudio company the model 62 takes the place of the smallest floor speaker system. Natural veneer finish with polishing pleases the eye. The front panel and podium are painted into silver-grey color. Mounting rings of the speakers are painted in the slightly lighter...
Dynaudio Audience 72SE Floor standing speakers

Starting the production of Audience line many years ago, the Danes had one purpose - to give the customers for less money that legendary quality, which Contour speaker systems were once famous for. What was it? The cases of Audience are the same concise but well-damped rectangular boxes with a traditional...
Dynaudio Audience 82 Floor standing speakers

Dynaudio Audience 82, the flagship model in the Audience series, is a classical three-way construction, designed to provide the fullest reflection of the whole frequency range, including penetration into the depths of the bass. The pair of speakers differs by the perfect natural cherry veneer finish...
Dynaudio Confidence C4 Signature Floor standing speakers

Design C4, the older models in the line of Confidence, characteristic of elite products Dynaudio. It is tall and narrow tower, whose drivers are not installed on the front panel, and on a separate platform. It is made of vibration-absorbing material (composition is kept secret) and has a shape in terms...
Dynaudio DM 3/7 Floor standing speakers

Meeting the needs of wide masses of lovers of high-quality sound, the Danish engineers have produced a budget by their standards speaker system of DM series, one of the representatives of which we will get acquainted with. DM 3/7 is the result of thorough calculation of all elements of the construction...
Dynaudio Excite X34 Floor standing speakers

The speaker systems of the updated Excite series are not traditionally designed for Dynaudio - the body is completely finished by quality veneer or matt lacquer, no gaps, fasteners and other elements distracting attention. Even a protective grill is held on magnets. Traditional tweeter with silk dome...
Dynaudio Excite X36 Floor standing speakers

The flagship of Excite series is designed by three-way scheme with doubled low-frequency sector. Each woofer has 180-mm diffuser made of MSP composite, double magnetic system, cast basket and lighter sound coil wound with aluminum wire. Midrange of a bit smaller diameter (11 cm) is made by similar technology....
Dynaudio Excite X38 Floor standing speakers

A popular line of home systems Dynaudio by series Excite was completely updated - from this fall instead of the models X22 Center, X12, X32 and X36 the company enters production of improved versions X24 Center, X14, X34 and X38. The first in our editorial appeared the flagships of the new line - three-way...
Dynaudio Focus 260 Floor standing speakers

When you write about Dynaudio, all easy and difficult at the same time. Easy - because the firm has constant values like very careful speaker setup, regardless of price range. So you can be sure in advance that the response will be in the ticker - like top Confidence, and the younger, mainly theatrical...
Dynaudio Focus 360 Floor standing speakers

The appearance of model 360 in Focus series is, obviously, caused by the company's desire to produce the system, which will be able to plat bass in full range, from the lowest frequencies. a pair of 20-cm drivers with unusual construction is responsible for this - relatively lightweight diffuser made...
Dynaudio Focus 380 Floor standing speakers

By all outward appearances 380 th "Focus" and I want to be classified as "battering rams" that can easily digest the enormous power input and create a killer sound pressure. This 34-kg towers far beyond the meter, and each is equipped with two 20-cm woofer, so that a pair of speakers with a surface area...
Elac 209 JET Floor standing speakers

A two-way 209 JET is floor speaker system of series 200 of the German ELAC. The system is equipped with the branded high-frequency head, which earlier has been already installed only in the models of High End class. The emitter is an accordion-fold thin membrane with the area of almost 60 square cm,...
Elac FS 108.2 Floor standing speakers

The speaker system FS 108.2 refers to a modified 100 series. The family includes 6 classical models and all necessary theatre components. The main feature of new "100th" is the use of woofer/mid-range speakers with two-layer aluminum-cellulose hemispherical diffusers, which previously sounded only in...
Elac FS 109.2 Floor standing speakers

Three-way loudspeaker - FS 109.2 has recently taken the place of the flagship reorganized series 100. The diffusers of LF/MF drivers are made of cellulose, covered with 0.2-mm layer of aluminum foil. A pair of 140-mm drivers plays bass. One more driver of the same size plays the MIDs and there is a special...
ELAC FS 127 Floor standing speakers

The model ELAC FS 127 has intensive construction of the body, and this allows to avoid any vibrations even at maximum volume level. Each body has two phase inverters: one is placed on the back wall, the other is aimed in the stand by bell (there is a backlash between the stand and the "cabinet"). You...
ELAC FS 197 Floor standing speakers

In 2.5-way Elac FS 197 speaker systems the drivers are located symmetrically and this provides higher unity of sound. A pair of branded woofers is equipped with 140-mm multilayered diffusers with cellulose base reinforcing aluminum foil, applied over it. Such structure has a minimal weight and at the...
Elac FS 207 Floor standing speakers

ELAC FS 207 is a floor speaker system of 200th series, representing the "subtype" with a dome tweeters (some models of the series have the branded JET-tweeters). The heads are placed by a classical symmetrical d'Appolito scheme. The ELAC pride is two-layered woofer/midrange diffusers: an aluminum dome...
Elac FS 208.2 Floor standing speakers

2.5-way Elac FS 208.2 are considered to be the pinnacle of technological evolution. The diffusers of 180-mm woofers are stamped from a special aluminum "sandwich", not coloring the sound. JET III tweeter can't also be called an ordinary, which is equipped with powerful neodymium magnets and is able to...
ELAC FS 247 Floor standing speakers

Elegant FS 247 speaker systems are among the most popular models in the assortment of ELAC. A 2.5 way scheme is laid into the basis of construction, which allowed to get quite impressive by depth basses (the specified lower border is 30 Hz). The bass-reflex is placed into the bottom of the body and directed...
Elac FS 57 Floor standing speakers

FS 57 is a two-way speaker system of bass-reflex type. Drivers are placed by D'Appolito scheme. A woven dome of 25-mm tweeter is covered by metallic protective grill for better heat dissipation. In its series the German company ELAC decided to withdraw from using traditional diffusers of "sandwich" type...
ELAC FS 58 Floor standing speakers

FS 58 is the top model in the budget line of ELAC acoustics, released at the end of 2004. German developers understood that the "fifty" will fall into the segment where competition is the hottest, and therefore decided to stand out. How? They abandoned the typical schemes and ready-made drivers and created...
Elac FS 67.2 Floor standing speakers

In the vast catalogue of Elac FS 67.2 floor standing speaker systems lie closer to initial level. Slim 2.5-way systems have carefully muted bodies with massive frontal panel of increased thickness, on which there are own produced drivers. Mid-low-frequency section is presented by a pair of identical...
Elac FS 68 Floor standing speakers

60 series of famous German manufacturer is the youngest of those which use aluminum diffusers. The mode FS 68 is made in quite traditional for this company manner: neat rectangular body, a small podium, securely protected by a metal mesh tweeter, aluminum diffusers with solid profile, neat protective...
Eltax Millenium 400 Floor standing speakers

Millennium 400 is though smaller Millennium 500, but record 400 Watts of peak power and 200 Watts of nominal impress. The volume of isolated LF-section is almost 50 liters. Two 8-inch woofers impress. The diffusers of all LF/MF-drivers are made on a cellulose base. "Flat" filters are used in crossovers....
Eltax Silverstone 300 Floor standing speakers

The silverfinish of the facial plastic cover plate Silverstone 300 immediately attracts the eye but it would be absolutely unfair to claim for "stone" rigidity of the body in this price category and in a three-way (!) acoustics. The walls of bass-reflex speaker systems are made of 12mm MDF. Electro-acoustic...
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....
Energy C-300 Floor standing speakers

Energy C-300 is a compact two-way loudspeaker with an elegant lacquered front panel. Finished by high-quality film, imitating wood veneer, bodies have quite a decent weight - 16 kg. As the design of loudspeaker is a two-way, there are two drivers: an inch aluminum tweeter, enclosed into special chamber,...
Energy C-500 Floor standing speakers

Externally Energy C-500 is traditional rectangular towers with high-quality woodgrain lamination and rear location of bass-reflex port. As in the predecessor, here are three drivers. They are an inch tweeter with aluminum membrane, loaded on a small horn, and two similar 165-mm drivers with the diffusers...
Energy Connoisseur C-5 Floor standing speakers

C-5 is a two-way floor system from the model range - Connoisseur. The name of the series, the prototype of which appeared in the early stages of the existence of Canadian company, sounds like a serious advance (connoisseur in French is expert). In the line there are seven classical models plus a common...
Energy Connoisseur CF-30 Floor standing speakers

Nice Energy CF-30 are the youngest of floor speaker systems in popular Connoisseur series (CB-10, CB-20, CF-30, CF-50, CF-70), which underwent a significant upgrade recently. Now it counts about a dozen models for different purposes, so you can assemble a system of any configuration from them. CF-30...
Energy Connoisseur CF-50 Floor standing speakers

Energy CF-50 is available only in one variant of finish - piano lacquer and looks very modern and rich. It has 2.5-way scheme and bass-reflex loading with the front location of the port. 3 identical 140mm divers play bass, but one of them is filtered higher, therefore, captures also MIDs. In the center...
Energy Connoisseur CF-70 Floor standing speakers

High towels CF-70 are the eldest of floor speaker systems in popular Connoisseur series (CB-10, CB-20, CF-30, CF-50), which recently has underwent a significant upgrade. The flagships are high 3-way systems with narrow faceplate, which has four emitters. The diffusers of two 6.5 inch woofers and 5.5...
Energy RC-30 Floor standing speakers

Energy RC-30 looks elegant and not massively, but make the impression by big weight. The bodies are perfectly damped. The bass-reflex port is put on the back panel. A modern tweeter with an inch aluminum dome answers for the upper range. Midranges are made of Kevlar composite and differ by a suspension...
Energy RC-50 Floor standing speakers

RC-50 is a medium-sized floor standing loudspeaker in Reference Connoisseur series, closely approaching to the top series - Veritas. A rectangular body is finished very unusually with natural veneer and lacquered. White metallic mounting rings of the drivers successfully complement the matte surface...
Epos Elan 30 Floor standing speakers

Epos Elan 30 speaker systems are made in conservative style with minimum external decorations. 18-mm MDF plates were used for the manufacture of bodies, the thickness of front panel at the same time was increased due to a strong strap. The tweeter is equipped with van inch dome made of impregnated fabric,...
Epos Elan 35 Floor standing speakers

Clever, very clever. And that's just the removable front baffle of the new Epos Elan 35 speakers. Add in a vast 92dB sensitivity which makes flea Watt partnering amplifiers usable and it's clear that beneath their prosaic exterior some serious design work has gone into this new floorstander from Epos....
Epos Epic 5 Floor standing speakers

Epos Epic 5 speaker systems are made in classical style but at the same time not devoid of external elegance. Structurally the model is made by 2.5 scheme with the use of two 179-mm drivers in bass sector. Their diffusers with bullet caps are made of polypropylene, which is widely used in the acoustic...
Epos M22i Floor standing speakers

The Epos M22i speakers are quite tiny, but in this case, small size does not mean small sound. The same mid- and low-frequency drivers with polypropylene cones and molded chassis are capable of withstanding significant long-term loads, and paired with these speakers, the company recommends using a fairly...
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,...
Focal Chorus 726 Floor standing speakers

The most stout in the series three-way systems Chorus 726 are produced with the same dimensions, with the same acoustic design (bass-reflex with a forward port) and have a similar tapering shape with non-parallel side walls made of MDF. External differences can be found only in the finish - the design...
Focal-JMLab Aria 936 Floor standing speakers

Its height is more than a meter and its depth is approximately forty centimeters. There are four 17-cm caliber speaker drivers and the tweeter on the frontage. And there is a wide and steady aluminum foundation with adjustable spikes at the bottom. After all the Focal Aria 936 is not even the flagship...
Focal-JMLab Aria 948 Floor standing speakers

Focal began the work upon Aria series literally from scratch, because the company not only changed construction of the body, but also designed new drivers. The most important direction of the researches is the creation of diffusers with improved sound characteristics. Ideally it must be lightweight,...
Focal-JMlab Chorus 714 S Floor standing speakers

The French company Focal-JMlab is famous among audiophiles by high-quality speaker systems, built on the base of unique technical solutions. Chorus 714 S was not an exception. These speaker systems are built by 2.5-way scheme with bass-reflex port on the front panel. A unique tweeter made of aluminum-magnesium...
Focal-JMLab Chorus 715 Floor standing speakers

The attractiveness of the ideology embodied in Chorus acoustics - a new series of speakers by the French firm JMlab, - is in the pursuit of the company to make the most advanced of its technology available to the audiophile masses, and this goal is not only noble, but also extremely well thought out......
Focal-JMlab Chorus 716 S Floor standing speakers

716 S is the model from fully upgraded Chorus series. It is straight felt that the developers thoroughly fought for purity of sound from impurities. Strong body is reinforced by bulkheads, MDF panel is installed in its lower part - to decrease effectiveness of wave resonances of air volume. Low-frequency...
Focal-JMlab Chorus 716V Floor standing speakers

Chorus 716V are built by 2.5-way scheme with cutoff frequencies on 300 and 3000 Hz. The main range is played by the pair of midbass heads with the diameter of 16.5 cm (6,5"). They are equipped with Polyglass diffusers, the manufacturing technology of which implies coating the smallest glass spheres on...
Focal-JMlab Chorus 725 Floor standing speakers

Chorus 725 is a crowning model of the Jmlab budget series and a good epilogue to the research work aimed at achieving extreme heights. The meter-high (39") speakers look gracefully. Despite a decent height and slenderness, they are quite stable - the center of gravity is on the lower part, where the...
Focal-JMLab Chorus 726 S Floor standing speakers

716 S is the model from the fully upgraded Chorus series. It is immediately felt that the developers thoroughly challenged for purity of sound against foreign substances. Strong body is reinforced with bulkheads, and a solid MDF panel is installed in its bottom part - to reduce the efficiency of wave...
Focal-JMlab Chorus 816V Floor standing speakers

Focal Chorus 816V is the junior floor standing model, built by 2,5-way scheme. The branded 165 mm drivers, made by Polyglass technology patented by Focal, ask for the playback of lower range. Traditionally for Focal, the tweeter here is an inch driver with a convex TNV dome, which differs by increased...
Focal-JMLab Cobalt 810 Floor standing speakers

The faceplate of two-way Focal-JMLab Cobalt 810 speaker system is decorated with a famous tweeter with the convex spherical titanium membrane, the surface of which is covered with a thinnest layer of viscous titanium dioxide, and midwoofer with the diffuser, made by Polyglass technology (cellulose base...
Focal-JMlab Cobalt 816S Floor standing speakers

In 2003 the speaker systems of Cobalt series from the French Focal JMLab got with "S" index technological know-how of Electra and Utopia series. Cobalt 816S is equipped with a new version of the branded Tioxid 5 tweeter (Electra has the same). The form and material of membrane (convex dome made of titanium...
Focal-JMLab Profile 918 Floor standing speakers

Focal Profile 918 speaker systems have a very interesting shape. On the front panel there are two woofers with the diameter of 6,5 inches and an inch tweeter made of aluminum-magnesium alloy. it is mounted on a massive spear-shaped aluminum base and, as usual for Focal, is closed by a fine-meshed metal...
Gale 3040 Floor standing speakers

Slim, neat and heavy 3040th of the British company "Gale" creates an impression of a serious, good-quality acoustic product. A ballast compartment, isolated from the useful volume by a solid partition, is arranged in the bottom part of the body. There is a dome membrane of the tweeter in the base of...
HECO Aleva 400 Floor standing speakers

Speaker systems are not only important components of audio set, but also noticeable elements of an interior so many things are depend on their appearance. Perhaps, the developers of speaker systems of the company "HECO" have gained a big experience in the studying of consumer reactions - otherwise nothing...
HECO Aleva GT 1002 Floor standing speakers

Impressive by height loudspeakers differ by powerful thick-walled bodies made of massive MDF plates with internal ties and rib stiffeners. Configuration of the drivers in HECO Aleva GT 1002 is not usual: on the powerful faceplate there are MF and HF drivers, and woofer is mounted on the side wall. By...
Heco Astron 500 Floor standing speakers

Astron 500 is a single floor speaker system of the branded series, which can be considered as the set for realization of a theatrical installation. In addition to 500th there are the speaker system of the central channel and small-sized back speaker systems in the lane. A two-way Astron 500 is made by...
Heco Celan 800 Floor standing speakers

Heco Celan 800 is the most powerful floor standing speaker system in top Celan series. The body made of MDF in the form of irregular hexahedron is carefully reinforced by struts and finished with qualitative natural veneer. On the top there is an optimized for middle frequencies speaker with the diffuser...
HECO Celan GT 702 Floor standing speakers

It is immediately obvious that every small detail is thought out in the construction of HECO Celan GT 702. Four drivers with proprietary design are installed in powerful faceted bodies with the rear bass-reflex. They are mounted on a massive front plate of the increased thickness that excludes any possible...
Heco Celan GT 902 Floor standing speakers

In the hierarchy of Heco Celan GT series is located on the second top position: above - only speaker Statement ("statement" in English), a step below - Celan XT. Thus, being the senior speaker corresponding line, Celan GT 902 costs just a step away from the leader of the lineup, and probably it also...
HECO Celan XT 701 Floor standing speakers

To minimize unwanted side-tones of the body the massive bodies of these floor speaker systems are almost deprived of parallel facets and reinforced with the system of internal partitions. HECO Celan XT 701 are three-way speaker systems with bass-reflex design - a pair of metallic ports is placed to the...
Heco Cerion Tower Floor standing speakers

Slim floor front Heco Cerion Tower proportions and "silver" design definitely claiming conformance category Lifestyle. Weighing up the speakers on hand, you realize that the developers have paid attention not only to the appearance of the advantages... The case is completely - aluminum stand, which is...
Heco Krypton Tower Floor standing speakers

Tower - the flagship line of Krypton, which had the opportunity to meet through its shelf representative Krypton 200. Architecture German couples reflects one of the basic ideas of the concept of multivariate Lifestyle-speakers. One way to achieve high quality sound from the towers, on whose front panels...
Heco Music Style 500 Floor standing speakers

Speakers have a complex combination trim, front and top covered with white paint, the rear wall of laminated white vinyl with no texture and sidewall - white film with the texture of the tree. From a distance it looks excellent acoustics. Upon closer inspection, you will notice slight imperfections in...
HECO Music Style 800 Floor standing speakers

These loudspeakers belong to the newest Music Style series, which appeared at the market most recently. They are assembled in narrow bodies - such solution is caused by sideward placement of low-frequency driver. It differs by an impressive 8-inches caliber and a soft suspension, allowing great displacements...
HECO Music Style 900 Floor standing speakers

A new flagship of the series is made in a three-way variant and slightly differs in sizes from floor Music Style 800. The increase in height is short three inches, in width is still less and in depth the speaker system seems to be slightly decreased. The bodies of new speaker systems got the same black...
Heco Superior 500 Floor standing speakers

Heco Superior 500 are made in modern corporate style and yellow-silver color scheme. The drivers are drowned in a plastic overlay on the front panel and there are no signs of traditional fastening - looks both stylishly and fundamentally. Figured metal protective and decorative grill is fixed in the...
Heco The Statement Floor standing speakers

Huge floor speakers with a luxurious finish with black piano lacquer have tapered back hexagonal in cross-section body with softly rounded corners. Durable and robust cabinets are mounted on tapered legs without sharp spikes. Tweeter is a inch textile dome with nano-tech and magnets with double winding,...
Heco Victa 500 Floor standing speakers

Although nice turrets Heco Victa 500 belong to the budget segment, they are recommended by the manufacturer for quite advanced sound systems. Unlike the older 700th model of the Victa series, these loudspeakers have a 2.5-way configuration. The driver here is a dome tweeter with a fabric membrane, onto...
Heco Victa 700 Floor standing speakers

Heco Victa 700 can boast of a three-band performance. The massive body with more than a meter height has non-parallel side walls, which gives an additional chance in the fight against internal resonances. For relatively little money the manufacturer managed to provide the speakers with four qualitative...
HECO Victa 701 Floor standing speakers

New Victa 701 is outwardly little different than its predecessor. However, the speaker systems have undergone quite deep internal revision: body rigidity is increased, wiring is changed, and drivers are improved. LF-drivers are equipped with diffusers made of the pressed cellulose with reinforced wood...
Heco Victa Prime 702 Floor standing speakers

The model Victa Prime 702 is made very qualitatively for a budget speaker system. Two curved side walls, made of several glued MDF layers,were used for the body. This not only significantly enhances the construction of the speaker system, but also helps to fight effectively with internal resonances of...
Heco Vitas 500 Floor standing speakers

The speakers of three-band Heco Vitas 500 loudspeaker are located by symmetrical scheme and have paired magnetic systems. The upper one radiates bass and the middle band, the lower one - only bas (work in interconnected volumes). A ribbed surface of diffusers is typical - this is made to increase their...
Heco Vitas 800 Floor standing speakers

Vitas series includes eight different speakers, including two bookshelf (Vitas 200, Vitas 300), center(Vitas Center 2), subwoofer(SUB 25 A) and four floorstanding speakers(Vitas 500, Vitas 600, Vitas 700, Vitas 800). Heco Vitas 800 is the flagship model line and, consequently, they are the same - the...
Heco Xenon 400 Floor standing speakers

Participating in this test less floor system is a series of Xenon German incompatibilities is a shining example of rational design - everything is there and nothing more. However, the speakers look as if they were in our test of the more high-end cut-off: balanced circuit d'Appolito (to reduce the effect...
Highland Audio Aingel 3203 Floor standing speakers

The concept is very interesting company, formulated on the site: "Designer Acoustic music lovers". Watching her visual expression in the face slim floor speakers Aingel 3203, involuntarily you catch yourself thinking about explicitly "Interior" purpose of this model. It clearly hinted fashionable...
Highland Audio Oran 4305 Floor standing speakers

Wide platforms are attached to the set of high "towels" Highland Audio Oran 4305. A small diameter of bass-reflexes causes slight embarrassment - usually there is the tendency to make them larger to reduce "aerodynamic" side-tones. Natural veneer finish and high-quality audiophile terminals pleasantly...
Infinity Alpha 30 Floor standing speakers

Alpha 30 is an intermediate variety between Alpha 20 and the relentless Alpha 40 three-ranger. All Alpha systems have speakers with dual-layer membranes made from porous ceramic material, which is covered on the surface with aluminum foil (the proprietary Ceramic Metal Matrix Diaphragm technology). The...
Infinity Beta 40 Floor standing speakers

Beta 40 is a floor standing speaker system of the budget series of the American Infinity. Facade looks promising, richly decorated with the branded drivers with the membranes made of CMMD (this composite is also used in Alpha and Primus systems). You can feel that acoustic loading won't fail too - everything...
Infinity Beta 50 Floor standing speakers

BETA 50 from a California company Infinity stands out by its appearance. Not only high-quality beech, cheery or black ash grain vinyl film finishing draws the eye. Beveled front panel has the branded speakers, created by C.M.M.D. (Ceramic Metal Matrix Diaphragms) technology. Diffusers of these speakers...
Infinity Delta 30 Floor standing speakers

Delta loudspeakers differ by an original case with a trapezoidal base and a branded tweeter with flat membrane. In all music programs the speakers showed a perfectly balanced sound. High frequencies are bright and expressive, though not without some peculiarity. Moreover, the detailing at the top is...
Infinity Kappa 400 Floor standing speakers

Luxurious thing! It would look pretty good even in the midst of a higher blooded company - Kappa 400. The weight of the speaker systems is such that it is better to unpack and install them together. None of the cabinetmakers would question in high quality of the finish by natural veneer; the back side...
Infinity Kappa 70 Floor standing speakers

Kappa series by its appearance can be characterized as an improved variant of greatly sounding Delta series. Architecture style - trapezium in horizontal section of the body- and also the use of proprietary EMIT-R tweeters with flat and exceptionally lightweight membrane, the surface of which is spirally...
Infinity Kappa 9 Floor standing speakers

Far too often, advances in high-end audio simply bring greater sophistication and greater expense. Indeed, as top audio designers focus on equipment whose price is no object, the end result is often a product that most audiophiles can only dream about. The Infinity 9 Kappa speaker system is a major exception. The...
Infinity Primus 300 Floor standing speakers

The relatively recently released Infinity Primus series is designed to cover a highly demanded price segment below that occupied by the Alpha line. The hierarchy of a small series consists of three classic models, a center channel speaker system and an active subwoofer. The appearance of the three-lane...
Infinity Reference 31i Floor standing speakers

Infinity Reference 31i is a two-way speaker system of a bass reflex type, the reflex port is on the rear panel. The soft dome of the tweeter has a diameter of 25 mm (1 inch). The woofer, with a cone type diffusor, is 210 mm (8"). The amplifier has a power range of 15-100 watts. The dimensions of the...
Infinity Reference 41i Floor standing speakers

The Infinity Reference 41i is a three-way speaker system with a bass reflex port on the rear panel. A well-tailored, elegantly designed loudspeaker will appeal to a wide variety of audiences - from the aesthetic snob to the modest "hi-fi". For a floor system, it is very compact (595x270x300 mm), which...
Infinity Reference 51i Floor standing speakers

Infinity Reference 51i is a three-way bass reflex speaker system. The number of drivers matches the number of bands: an inch dome tweeter, a 130mm cone midrange driver and a 210mm woofer. One of the main advantages of the Reference series loudspeakers are the radiating elements of the drivers: tweeter...
Infinity Reference 61i Floor standing speakers

The Infinity Reference 61i is a three-way bass-reflex loudspeaker system, crowning the line of the popular American company's Reference series. The drivers are a one-inch dome tweeter, a 130mm midrange and two 210mm woofers with graphite-coated composite cone cones. Composite cone structure is formed...
Jamo 507 Floor standing speakers

The Danish-made Jamo 507 is next to the top of the company's new "07" line of loudspeaker systems. That it is not just another me-too design is immediately apparent: Standing 36 inches high and weighing a solid 42 pounds, the speaker has front and back panels only 5 inches wide. Curved sides, finished...
Jamo 707i Floor standing speakers

The Jamo 707i is Danish three-way speaker system of bass reflex type. The high-frequency region is served, as usual, by inch dome tweeter. A pair of heads with conical diffusers (127 mm) works in the range of the mid frequencies. The low-frequency range is voiced pair 205-mm heads, and both speakers...
Jamo C457 Floor standing speakers

Concert Series Danish giant acoustic Jamo very extensive. In it, in compliance with a strict hierarchy, including dozens of different models, some of which are floor standing and bookshelf, center channel speakers, surround speakers and a powered subwoofer. In short, everything to create systems of all...
Jamo C605 Floor standing speakers

Jamo C605 uses highly effective for small speaker systems cross band isolation into 2.5 bands. A 25-mm tweeter with a soft dome is installed on a special damping suspension (OTT) with some semblance of horn. The horn helps to achieve wider directivity of high-frequency component of sound and the suspension...
Jamo C607 Floor standing speakers

A family Concert of Danish company Jamo includes several series in different price segments - from S400 of entry-level to high-end audiophile C80. They have the general concept - the ability to recreate the live sound in home. In the line of C60, which takes a middle position in this hierarchy, there...
Jamo C803 Floor standing speakers

Having almost 10 kg (22 lb.) weight and massive sizes, Jamo C803 may boast of powerful 180-mm (7") woofer, which ensures the playback of deep basses. It is made by the branded Hard Conical Cone (HCC) technology - the combination of rigid diffuser with elastic suspension, made of rubber, allows to reduce...
Jamo C807 Floor standing speakers

In our time many manufacturers began to pay increased attention to external look of their products, focusing on the visual effect. A successful compromise between technically justified solutions and design was found in Jamo C807. Quite massive and very rigid body with the rounded edges is perfectly...
Jamo Classic 10 Floor standing speakers

The Danish Jamo finishes Classic series with the model 10. Judging by sizes, it quite fits the role of a flagship. The traditional design correlates well with the name of the series and the bass-reflex port's size and sizes of low-frequency drivers - with understandings about present with a capital "Bass"....
Jamo Classic 6 Floor standing speakers

Strict appearance of a system by the famous Danish company Jamo quite corresponds to the name of its series - Classic. Sound palette is a different story. It is a difficult task to generate a noticeable and always necessary low-frequency stream, the depth of which forms the basis of character of many...
Jamo D450 Floor standing speakers

Two solid boxes with stickers "Made by Jamo - Denmark" we learned relatively small and not heavy speakers very modest form. Side walls are covered with vinyl ebony, and everything else ... under gray plastic. Shiny strip on the top panel is secured with velcro and looks like a cheap imitation jewelry,...
JAMO D570 Floor standing speakers

Recently speaker system of Jamo from a new "concert" series has been in our tests and conquered by solidity and dynamics of sound. Now let's appraise the possibilities of the model Concert D570, which, despite of smaller sizes, equally repeats a three-way construction of Concert D590. The body of these...
Jamo D590 Floor standing speakers

This construction can be described in three words: rationally, modern, fundamentally. Mention one case. It has maximally tight faceplate that should affect well the sound stage, but at the same time it has a huge internal volume, which is necessary for 20-cm woofer (mounted in the bottom), due to the...
Jamo E470 Floor standing speakers

Jamo E470 shows with its appearance what a rationally designed floor speaker system should be for little money if for getting a solid bass it is necessary to make it a three-way. A mass of powerful magnet systems makes quite a significant contribution to almost 11 kg. An 8-inch LF/MF driver gives the...
Jamo E670 Floor standing speakers

E670 has a canonical form and proportions. The drivers on the faceplate are enclosed into a plastic steel-gray frame. A stylish decoration is a metallic rim, being put on vertical perimeter. The body's color of our exemplar is dark ashy. Two more variants of finishing are available - "cherry" and "birch"...
Jamo E680 Floor standing speakers

The Scandinavian pair from Jamo looks respectably and powerful. Three-way E680 are equipped with two impressive 203-mm drivers, which have diffusers, made of fiberglass, and work for low-frequency range. Midrange driver with the diffuser of 76 mm in the diameter is integrated with 25-mm tweeter. The...
Jamo E750 Floor standing speakers

E7 series of the famous Danish company has become famous before it hit store shelves - exactly this series in 2004 receive EISA reward in the nomination of "Home Theatre Loudspeaker". Floor standing loudspeakers Jamo E750 are three-way. On the faceplate there is only a dome fabric tweeter and a small...
Jamo E850 Floor standing speakers

The motto of the Danish company, Jamo is "Let's get personal" - which essentially means that, in developing its acoustics, the company strives to take the "human factor" into account as much as possible in the sense of catering to the variety of "acoustic needs". This task isn't exactly trivial. But...
Jamo P-270 Floor standing speakers

These are cute loudspeakers, in which the conventional geometry of the parallelepiped is broken by a graceful front panel and a dark decorative grille in the shape of a stretched drop. As usual, the crown of the whole structure is the corporate label, which speaks of the speakers' belonging to the products...
Jamo R909 Floor standing speakers

Acoustics, created lately by the company "Jamo", cannot be considered as usual. Each model has its own twist: heather location of speakers, extravagant appearance, unique characteristics... But even in the light of this tendency it is hard to stay calm looking at the flagship floor pair: they are not...
Jamo S426 Floor standing speakers

Jamo S426 floor speaker systems, despite of the "budget" status, are well made and have elaborate design. The bodies are made of thick MDF plates and the side walls are rounded to reduce internal reflections. Speaking about layout, this is two-way systems with three emitters. The lower section of the...
Jamo S606 Floor standing speakers

Three-way speaker system S606 is designed in the body with bass-reflex (port is on the back wall). A soft dome of 25-mm tweeter has a textile base. Two 127-mm MF/LF-units at once with a static metallic bullet instead of dustproof cap are given for midrange. The tweeter and MF-units are placed into a...
Jamo S718 Floor standing speakers

Jamo S718 are three-way speaker systems with a bass reflex, built on four drivers. A 10-inch woofer is located on the side of the body. Other three drivers are a fabric tweeter, placed in a small horn, and two paper midrange drivers with special impregnation. A two-wire bi-wiring/bi-amping connection...
Jamo X550 Floor standing speakers

Jamo X550 looks really effectively in wood and polished surrounding of the most speaker systems. The destination of such extreme trend in the design is also clear... "They look cool because they are really cool!" The main super detail is, of course, a horn arrangement of the tiger in entirely plastic...
JBL Balboa 30 Floor standing speakers

Balboa 30 is a floor standing speaker system from Balboa series. HF and MF drivers are placed on the separate panel, woofer is below. The diaphragms of LF and MF JBL drivers are traditionally made of cellulose; on the cone of woofer you can see familiar concentric ring swellings. Magnets of the drivers...
JBL ES80 Floor standing speakers

JBL has many different lines of speaker systems for different needs. Sometimes a line has only one model or two-three. However, our model is from the larger, classical Hi-Fi ES family of average (by the standards of JBL) level. This line has nine models and JBL ES 80 is the youngest among them, floor...
JBL HP520 Floor standing speakers

JBL says that its HP series of loudspeakers is designed to bring many of the features of the company's professional theater and monitor speakers to home systems at affordable prices. The HP520, the larger of the two models currently available, is a floor-standing four-way system with five drivers. Its...
JBL K2 S9800 Floor standing speakers

JBL K2 S9800 is the result of the ambitious project of the company, which in 2000 wanted to regain its reputation of the best manufacturer of speaker systems. The upper part is given for a horn section - a small horn of super-tweeter perched on sloping top panel and the main horn, serving the lion's...
JBL L100 Century Floor standing speakers

The JBL L100 Century is an unusually styled version of their 4310 control room monitor speaker developed by James B. Lansing Sound Inc. (JBL) for studios in America who wanted an enclosure of modest size. It has now been provided with a ducted port and certain changes in the tweeter, which makes i t...
JBL L250 Floor standing speakers

It's impossible not to be impressed by JBL's flagship loudspeaker-even before you hear it. One reason is that unlike most other audio products, the L-250 makes a strong visual statement. Styled as a truncated, asymmetrical pyramid, it stands almost four-and-a-half feet tall, and even with the grille...
JBL LS60 Floor standing speakers

LS series is quite expensive and consists of five models: three stereo pairs (LS40, LS60, LS80), subwoofer and speaker system of the central channel. All speaker systems (except subwoofer, of course) are equipped with similar HF-emitters and differ by the set of LF- and LF/MF-speakers. LS60 is the medium...
JBL LX 2003 Floor standing speakers

A two-way LX2003 is the next model in the LX model range after the compact one - 2001. The construction of both systems is almost the same, except the difference between sizes. Heads seem to be the same: woofers with paper diffusers and tweeter with titanium domes. But unlike LX2001, LX 2003 has the...
JBL LX 3 Floor standing speakers

The JBL LX 3 is a three-way floor standing speaker system with a bass reflex output on the rear panel. Next to most of the other participants in the test, the speakers look downright tiny - 550x220x275 mm. The front panel is covered with a decorative grille, from under which the edging of the aqua-colored...
JBL LX10 Floor standing speakers

The JBL LX10 is an American three-way bass-reflex loudspeaker system. Each speaker system is equipped with four drivers: a tweeter with an inch metal dome, a 145-mm midrange driver with a polymer cone and a pair of woofers, each 255 mm in diameter, conical cones of which are also made of polymer. The...
JBL LX6 Floor standing speakers

If legitimately speak about "American sound", it will be the most appropriate to do it relatively to JBL acoustics, the sound of which differs by a certain singularity. We can judge about the importance of this singularity by high popularity of the company's products. We won't risk confirming that the...
JBL MX1500 Floor standing speakers

Minimal "architectural" decorations, three-way construction, quite a light body - this is MX1500 from JBL. This is a big woofer with cellulose diffuser. The membrane of midrange head is produced from pulp too. The last one is located in the isolated muted module and has non-classical "concave" form of...
JBL Northridge E100 Floor standing speakers

60, 80, 90, 100 ... The bigger number is the greater sizes and drivers of Northridge series systems are. The granted flagship E-100 is a real present to music lovers, who sadly look at graceful ranges of subtle floor speaker systems. A 120-liters body has three branded heads with two-layered cellulose-polymer...
JBL Northridge E60 Floor standing speakers

E60 is a three-way speaker system of Northridge model range. From whatever side you look you immediately feel a fundamental approach: three bands, massive loading made of 20-mm MDF, powerful supports, woofer with light, "rifled" diffuser, huge bass-reflex FreeFlow port... Seemed to be a two-layered faceplate...
JBL Northridge E80 Floor standing speakers

JBL E80 speaker systems are literally the center of the branded technologies. These are three-way speaker systems, made in the opened-type body. 19-mm (3/4") tweeter with titanium coating, installed in frames of the branded EOS (Elliptical Oblate Spheroidal) horn is used here. This horn was initially...
JBL Northridge E90 Floor standing speakers

There were no any precedents of such a good three-band system for such money within living memory. All four drivers of the largest participant in our test look extremely seriously, especially a pair of woofers - hurricane! Record high mass of the speakers is caused almost equally by luxurious case made...
JBL S3900 Floor standing speakers

What is JBL S3900? It is a three-way floor speaker system, structurally repeating the classical speaker systems. Low-frequency range operates two parallel affiliate 10 inch 100FE-12 speakers. Their diffusers are made from cellulose with reinforcement threads of fiberglass; such material seems to be covered...
JBL S412P Floor standing speakers

The sizes of speaker systems, their mass and the size of the woofer indicate serious intents of the developers of S412P belonging to Studio series. Corrugated membranes of Lf and MF drivers are made of Polyplas material (cellulose plus polymer). The titanium dome of the tweeter is surrounded by a special...
JBL Studio 130 Floor standing speakers

Looking at the exterior of Studio 130 speaker systems teh designers of JBL let you see that even inexpensive system can look fresh and individually. The front part is lined with diagonal lines, on the intersection of which there is the company's logo and in the two formed niches there are drivers, being...
JBL Studio 580 Floor standing speakers

Unusual form of the front panel of JBL Studio 580 speaker system is dictated by a horn design of high-frequency part. Compressional one-inch HF-head differs by the expanded play band and starts to work already from 1500 Hz. Doubled low-frequency part is presented by the branded 6.5-inch heads made of...
JBL Studio Monitor 4307 Floor standing speakers

According to JBL, in the design of this pair (as in all modern replicas and new models of the old way) 60-year-old tradition of the famous American company combines with fresh design solutions. One can argue about the authority and authenticity of such a union of time, as well as on how good the real...
JBL Studio Monitor 4319 Floor standing speakers

There is no need to present JBL acoustics to those, who earn their bread in record studios. The rest of the audience will need a little help: monitor speakers of this company became a classic of the genre in the arsenal of any sound engineer long ago. Very high demands have always been made to control...
JBL Ti 600 Floor standing speakers

Quite often the production of American company motives to discuss general topics about the essence and efficacy of constructional decisions, using in modern speaker systems (let remember a horn design of high-frequency head in HSL 820 model). Classical, strict in its limit laconism form of researching...
JBL TL260 Floor standing speakers

Let's start with the fact that JBL TL260 is nothing less than a five-banded acoustics! Its predecessor, L250, could make boast of only four bands, and in the novelty an additional tweeter with expanded up to 40 kHz frequency range went on a pedestal (literally). Generally speaking, the construction with...
JBL TLX 161 Floor standing speakers

JBL TLX 161 is a three-way speaker system of bass reflex type with a port on the back panel. Metalized dome of the tweeter has the diameter of 10mm. The diameters of cone mid- and low-frequency heads are 100mm and 240mm. The diffuser of low-frequency loudspeaker is calculatedly optimized and produced...
Jean-Marie Reynaud Euterpe Floor standing speakers

Quite rare for modern speaker systems "Labyrinth" acoustic design is used in these floor standing Jean-Marie Reynaud Euterpe speaker systems. Bass section consists of 7-inch head with combined membrane made of cellulose mass, reinforced with carbon fiber. Due to the use of increased coil with efficient...
JMLab Daline 3.1 Floor standing speakers

The JM Lab Daline 3.1, manufactured in France, is a recent addition to the American audio scene. It is a slender columnar speaker housed in an attractively finished cabinet. The system's name is derived from its internal construction, described as a "decoupled anti-reso-nance line." This is a variant...
JPW 203 Floor standing speakers

JPW 203 stands down a notch of a three-way flagship JPW 205. These speaker systems have very attractive appearance. It is felt that all the elements of the construction are made at a high level - from the dynamic heads to the body and graceful protective and decorative grill. The speaker systems weigh...
JPW 204 Floor standing speakers

In floor acoustic systems developed by JPW for Audio Group, there is a massive 20-cm (7.8") woofer (placed not on the front, but on a side panel) with a classic pulp cone responsible for low frequencies. A slightest, though expecting a big recoil, fiberglass 100-mm (3.9") driver is responsible for the...
JPW 205 Floor standing speakers

JPW205 is a speaker system in the design of the closed type. The massive case seems to be totally dispossessed of "voting right". A curved metal grating is fixed in the joints of a d?cor molding, which is mounted on the MDF faceplate. The woofer is installed to the side and is closed by a removable metal...
JPW 207 Floor standing speakers

One of the differences can be seen with the naked eye - it is characteristic only for JPW constructive design. Radiators, mounted at the top of a narrow body and covered with a compact metal grill, framed by massive plastic shaped pad, designed to reduce diffraction. But the main part JPW speakers are,...
JPW ML710 Floor standing speakers

ML series produced by a famous British company is already well known to us by its two representatives. Now it is the turn of JPW ML710. The loudspeaker has a well-damped body with fairly rigid walls; due to the massive framing, the small diameter of the low/mid driver visually seems to be larger than...
JPW ML910 Floor standing speakers

Firstly, I would like to mention a pleasant appearance of ML910. All details of the loudspeakers are harmoniously combined with each other; the combination of light body and black faceplate looks festively. The memories about recent acquaintance with the shelf model - JPW ML510, surprising by correct,...
JVC SX-WD10 Floor standing speakers

No need to explain what important role a material of speaker's diffusers plays in the sound of speaker system. This is a kind of philosophers' stone in audio alchemy. The comparison with the ancient doctrine is not a literary device: sometimes not quite logical decisions give a good result. Satoshi Imamura,...
KEF C7 Floor standing speakers

Two-way KEF C7 is older floor speaker systems in popular C series. Bass-reflex design is used here, but airy port has the form of chink which differs by minimal turbulence. A pair of identical heads with 165 mm diffusers made of pressed pulp plays the lower part of the range. And starting already from...
KEF Coda 10 Floor standing speakers

KEF Coda 9.2 performed well in the test for floor speaker system. Its features were accurate, although not deep bass, slightly emphasized intonations at high frequencies. If not go into details, you can agree that the same factors of organization of sound image are also typical for KEF Coda 10. But,...
KEF Coda 9.2 Floor standing speakers

Coda 9.2 is small and lightweight speaker systems. But this doesn't mean "lightness" in the sound image, creating by them. Summarizing our impressions, let's sum up. A moderate depth of the transfer of low frequencies, typical for the tested category of the loudspeakers, isn't compensated in simple manner...
KEF Coda 90 Floor standing speakers

The flagship of updated series of Coda by British KEF is covered by natural wood veneer. The system is classic, three-way. The tweeter, mid-range head and the first bass-reflex port are grouped on the faceplate in original way - Coda style. The woofer is placed on the side wall, on the opposite side...
KEF Cresta 30 Floor standing speakers

Low 18-litre KEF Cresta 30 weights a lot for its volume, although there are no any special struts in MDF body. But there is a lot of sintepon sound absorbent. On the rear panel there is an original bass-reflex port with elliptical cross section; a hand freely gets through its deep and spacious port....
KEF iQ5 Floor standing speakers

And here again we can define the difference between senior and junior floor models, which belong to one series, but now on the example of the products of the British KEF. We remind that the new iQ7 distinguished by smooth tonal balance, high sensitivity and clear transfer of dynamical contrasts. What...
KEF iQ50 Floor standing speakers

Compact floor KEF iQ50 speaker systems are recommended for small rooms. The branded Uni-Q modules of the last generation are already used in them, where in the center of composite 130-mm midrange diffuser there is a tweeter with the dome made of aluminum alloy. In new Uni-Q version the working range...
KEF iQ5SE Floor standing speakers

The appearance of iQ5SE has not changed in comparison with the original model. This is narrow, low speaker systems with a pair of five inch miniature speakers which doesn't inspire any fear. In the series Q has 5 classical systems of different caliber and iQ5 is the lowest in the rank. However, these...
KEF iQ7 Floor standing speakers

The main task, set before iQ developers, was to make system with lesser distortion and better dynamic properties in comparison with previous Q generation. In order to solve it they had to thoroughly change the construction of the branded UniQ drivers. The heads, used in a modern Reference series, were...
KEF iQ9 Floor standing speakers

Embodied the latest achievements, iQ series moves closer to Reference series by quality, favorably differing by price. iQ9 is the most powerful floor speaker system in this series. The side and back walls form a smooth surface, curved in the shape of ellipse. The body is thoroughly reinforced with struts....
KEF iQ90 Floor standing speakers

The older model of iQ90 line can boast of a significantly modified Uni-Q module. Now a new tweeter with 19-mm membrane, which has the enhanced playing band and portioned waveguide "tangerine" for expanding a polar pattern, is used in this module. In addition, it performs another useful function - protects...
KEF Q11 Floor standing speakers

The speaker systems KEF Q11, flagship of Q series, are four-way construction, enclosed in an elegant cabinet with smooth contours. Despite of the fact tat they refer to a budget level by the classification of the company, the quantity of original solutions, used here, will do credit to any expensive...
KEF Q30 Floor standing speakers

KEF Q30 is two-way speaker system with the bass-reflex. An original patented solution, aimed to improve acoustic characteristics, is used in the system. The solution lies in spatial combination of high-frequency and low-frequency emitters: the tweeter's dome (diameter is 21mm) is placed in the center...
KEF Q35 Floor standing speakers

The KEF Uni-Q35 is a two-way coaxial speaker system with a bass reflex port on the front panel. The soft dome tweeter, 19 mm in diameter, is mounted coaxially with the low-frequency cone (Uni-Q technology). The diameter of the woofer with a polypropylene cone is 160 mm. The horn nozzle of the phase inverter...
KEF Q35.2 Floor standing speakers

The two-way Q35.2 is based on the proprietary next generation Uni-Q coaxial driver - the developers from British KEF are well aware of the inexhaustibility of perfection. The diaphragm material has changed, which is visible to the naked eye through the pearlescent glow of the diaphragms. The ferrofluid...
KEF Q4 Floor standing speakers

A three-way Q4 by the British company "KEF" is the sample of compactness among floor speaker systems. 130mm coaxial head, made by one of the latest modifications of the branded UNI-Q technology, radiates middle (from 250 Hz) and high frequencies. 130 mm speaker is for basses. All speakers are magneto-shielded...
KEF Q5 Floor standing speakers

The main advantage of Q5 is the last version of coaxial system of Uni-Q drivers. We will remind that now new conical membranes (the profile of the diffuser was improved and a different material was used) are used in coaxial speakers of KEF, reflection of high-range head is corrected by matching horn....
KEF Q500 Floor standing speakers

We took for the test Q500 - the youngest and the most available (1663 $ pair) floor systems from the new line. External differences from previous models strike your eyes: now classical rectangular bodies are popular again instead of rounded. And the matter is not only in the desire to return to more...
KEF Q55.2 Floor standing speakers

The speaker systems of Q series with index of 2 are designed not only for use in theatre, but also for satisfying the needs of demanding representatives of audiophile society. The structural differences of Q55.2 from Q55 are very significant at visible outward similarity. A new membrane of coaxial Uni-Q...
KEF Q65.2 Floor standing speakers

In addition to the external differences, caused by new color decisions, the modified flagship KEF Q65.2 got a real low-frequency driver instead of passive radiator. The topology of separation filters was reworked. Even the material of membrane's driver from the branded coaxial configuration (Uni-Q technology)...
KEF Q7 Floor standing speakers

We have tested most of 11 models of Q series from the British company "KEF". Now there is Q7 - a floor speaker system. The system presents one of the latest modifications of the branded Uni-Q technology. The horn of aluminum dome of the tweeter damps the reflection of HF-stream from the surface of woofer/midrange...
KEF Q700 Floor standing speakers

KEF Q700 is a medium by the rank floor speaker systems in Q line, which earned the reputation of universal speaker system. Having identical technology and the same coaxial module three floor speaker systems of the family differ from each other only by the sizes of LF speakers: 13 cm in younger model...
KEF Q900 Floor standing speakers

Uni-Q module of the last generation is used in KEF Q900. In the center of 200-mm aluminum dome there is a 38-mm tweeter, framed by Tangerine waveguide. There are three bass drivers and only one of them is active. All of them have the diameter of 20 cm. Passport data are impressive: due to significant...
KEF R500 Floor standing speakers

Compact floor KEF R500 speaker system from R series has on board absolutely new drivers. Previously such drivers were used only in the older Reference series. The latest version of coaxial 125-mm Uni-q driver is equipped with the diffuser made of magnesium-aluminum alloy and also with Z-flex suspension....
KEF Reference 104/2 Floor standing speakers

KEF were, as far as I recollect, the first British company to come up with three-way loudspeakers in which separate detached enclosures were provided for each unit, although the concept had been seen before in Europe, particularly in France. KEF's Reference 105, with its swiveling head embodying the...
KEF Reference 105/3 Floor standing speakers

KEF, a British company, has been in the forefront of applying the most modern loudspeaker technology. In the Reference Series Model 105/3, KEF has taken advantage of the latest in very powerful neodymium-iron-boron magnets to shrink a 1-inch dome tweeter and actually place it in the neck of a midrange...
KEF XQ5 Floor standing speakers

XQ series incorporated all the best from the Reference and Q series. On the upper panel there is a 19 mm hyper-tweeter with titanium dome for playing the highest frequencies. The area of mid frequencies is divided between 19-mm tweeter with aluminum dome and a 160-mm midrange, which are assembled in...
Klipsch Epic CF-1 Floor standing speakers

The new Epic Series of loudspeakers from Klipsch & Associates features what the company calls "controlled focus" design. Rather than referring to a single characteristic, this term represents a group of design features intended to make the Epic series equally suitable for home theater and conventional...
Klipsch KG4 Floor standing speakers

The Klipsch kg4 is a two-way floor-standing speaker system featuring unusually high efficiency (for a home speaker) combined with an extended, smooth frequency response. Its handsomely finished oak-veneer enclosure is 24-1/4 inches high, 15-3/4 inches wide, and 10-3/4 inches deep, and the system weighs...
Klipsch RF-10 Floor standing speakers

The construction of RF-10 from the American Klipsch company comes from reputed reference series (RF= Reference Floor). Despite of the fact that this is the youngest speaker systems in the series, the researches widely used in the older "brothers" are used here. A 25-mm tweeter's dome is hidden in the...
Klipsch RF-35 Floor standing speakers

Massive body, finished with vinyl film (which distinguishes RF-35 from the older models), explicitly gives to understand that bass potential of the acoustics is serious. The impression is reinforced by two 8-inch drivers made by firmed technology Cerametallic (metal with ceramic coating). A huge bass...
Kudos Cardea C2 Floor standing speakers

Cardea C2 has a number of family characteristics inherent in Kudos products. These are small, floor standing, two-way loudspeakers with two drivers and one large port of the bass reflex that is pulled down into the stand. The mid-woofer from SEAS has a cone made of coated paper and a very small hemispherical...
Kudos Cardea C30 Floor standing speakers

The British company Kudos Audio started their business in 1991 and became famous for S100 racks for shelf monitors. A slightly light weighted S50 is still produced, but the main products of the company are speaker systems, the release of which was in 2006. Since then an extensive series was developed,...
Magnat Anniversary 40.5 Floor standing speakers

The watchers of the brand, I think, will immediately guess what speaker systems were the prototype for the floor 40.5 - these are quite popular Vector 205. Differences are seen primarily in design. An anniversary version is available only in a glossy black finish, which fairly imitates a piano lacquer....
Magnat Monitor Supreme 1000 Floor standing speakers

Floor speaker systems Monitor Supreme 1000 inspire respect from the first sight due to its considerable sizes. Three-line system is built on firmed drivers, acoustic design of bass section - a bass reflex with two small ports on the back wall. Two bass heads of 6.5 inch have diffusers made of cellulose...
Magnat Monitor Supreme 800 Floor standing speakers

The junior Monitor Supreme floor speaker systems are built by 2,5-way scheme. They have two identical speakers with the caliber of 165 mm. Their diffusers are pressed from cellulose pulp and impregnated with damping compound, which reduces internal resonances and gives additional rigidity. The construction...
Magnat Motion 1000 Floor standing speakers

Motion 1000 is a floor speaker system from a new model range of Magnat, not very clearly but all the time supporting the traditions of the corporate design: right angels, strong color gamma, central position of the tweeter. But midrange driver is not above the tweeter (as usual), but below; above and...
Magnat Quantum 505 Floor standing speakers

The massive and rigid body (the thickness of side walls is 22 mm) of Magnat Quantum 505 is flawlessly cut and finished with utmost care. Three standard variants of coloring are available, also including an exclusive "wenge". All of these look cute and modern. Those who have pets or small children will...
Magnat Quantum 557 Floor standing speakers

As befits the senior models of the series, Magnat Quantum 557 are richly equipped, have impressive sizes and volume. Each speaker system has four self-engineered drivers - three identical 6,5-inch (one of which plays MIDs) with the diffusers made of very lightweight aluminum alloy and the branded 25-mm...
Magnat Quantum 605 Floor standing speakers

At first glance Magnat Quantum 605 is a typical 2,5-way system, however, going into details, you can open lots of interesting nuts and bolts. We'll start with the most important thing - drivers. Here is a symmetrical arrangement of the drivers, known as D'Appolito system. Such layout improves the focus...
Magnat Quantum 675 Floor standing speakers

Rounded side faces of Magnat Quantum 675 bodies are made not only for aesthetic reasons - this is an effective way to reduce undesirable side-tones. The front panel made of 25-mm MDF plate, on which self-engineered emitters are symmetrically mounted, also played a significant role. A 30-mm tweeter with...
Magnat Quantum 677 Floor standing speakers

Despite of relatively low price, Magnat Quantum 677 differs by pleasant appearance and carefully elaborated design. High and massive three-way speaker systems are built on four own-produced heads. Three of them, being responsible for middle and bass, are absolutely identical - these are 165 mm (6.5")...
Magnat Quantum 705 Floor standing speakers

Quantum 700 Series takes one of the top positions in the Magnat production program and was created to meet the needs of sophisticated listeners with high demands on sound quality. Now we are getting acquainted with two-way floor standing Quantum 705 in a chic finish with black piano lacquer. According...
Magnat Quantum 755 Floor standing speakers

Magnat Quantum 755 can be referred to the systems, designed for medium-sized rooms. The loudspeaker has bass-reflex design with 2.5-way configuration, consisting of the pair of 170-mm woofers and an inch tweeter with the extended playback band. Cast basket and the diffusers, made of aluminum with a ceramic...
Magnat Quantum 757 Floor standing speakers

In the older line of Quantum 750 the German engineers tried to achieve maximal quality of sound for allowable money. The base of construction is body, the side walls of which are made of thick MDF and a two-layer frontal panel has the thickness of 45 mm. A dual bass sector is presented by the branded...
Magnat Quantum 805 Floor standing speakers

The speaker systems Magnat Quantrum 805 have medium size, distinguish by pleasant exterior with modern patent finish and are literally stuffed with firmed know-how. Three patches of patented construction are involved in 2,5-way configuration. The tweeter F-Max Signature with expanded frequency range...
Magnat Vector 207 Floor standing speakers

Three-way speaker systems, Maganat Vector 207, have impressive sizes. Four dynamical emitters are installed in the bodies of more than one meter in height. Air ports (two, diameter - small) are located on the back wall, so it is not recommended to place the system too close to wall. Three mid-bass drivers...
MartinLogan Aerius Floor standing speakers

Martin-Logan is well known to serious audiophiles as a manufacturer of high-quality electrostatic loudspeakers. Wide-range electrostatic speakers I are typically large and expensive-until the recent introduction of the Aerius, Martin-Logan speakers ranged in price from $3,000 to $60,000 and in weight...
MartinLogan Motion 10 Floor standing speakers

Motion 10 are two-way speaker systems with the bass-reflex in the lower part of the body. A ribbon emitter, made by Folden Motion technology (the company's patented development), is used as HF-section. Woofers here (two) are equipped with 133-mm diffusers made of pressed cellulose, reinforced by synthetic...
MartinLogan Motion 15 Floor standing speakers

Carefully assembled MartinLogan Motion 15 immediately attracts attention by unusual set of emitters. An expensive ribbon tweeter with increased sound resolution is used in HF-section. In comparison with dome heads such solution provides noticeably better impact showings (due to minimal mass of movable...
MartinLogan Motion 20 Floor standing speakers

The model Motion 20 refers to a relatively budget Motion series, designed for a wide audience. The systems are assembled in classic by form bodies, the most part of which has a perfect grand piano finish. As for acoustic design the developers preferred a bass-reflex, the large port of which is placed...
MartinLogan Preface Floor standing speakers

To see the system of this famous brand in the middle price range is unusual. Usually MartinLogan products, which for many are the standard of sound, are perceived as products of not only an exceptionally high class, but also price. Preface is an attempt of the company to enter the mass market, releasing...
MB Quart QL60C Floor standing speakers

MB Quart QL60C is a four-way speaker system of bass-reflex type (bass-reflex port is on the faceplate). The system's sizes (1000x260x300 mm) leave no doubts in terms of the problem how to place the speaker systems: put them on floor! A meter height is not a tragedy yet for the interior, of course if...
MB Quart QLC400 Floor standing speakers

A modest design of the German system embodies the ideology of acoustic expediency, not neglecting by details, but not paying excessive attention to influence of negligibly small effects. The use of decorative grills, fitting into sizes without prominent fragments, is justified aesthetically and acoustically....
MB Quart Quart Three Floor standing speakers

The products of MB Quart, a major German loudspeaker manufacturer, have been well received in the United States since their introduction here a number of years ago. The Quart Three, a recent addition to the company's line, is assembled in the United States using components made in both North America...
Meridian A500 Floor standing speakers

The Meridian A500 is a British three-way system with a closed-type acoustic enclosure (a rarity these days). Drivers: one inch soft dome tweeter and two 170 mm drivers with conical cones. The system allows independent switching of the woofer; the contact terminals are gold plated. Judging by the input...
Mirage M-1 Floor standing speakers

Although it bears a striking resemblance to the extraterrestrial monoliths in Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey, the Mirage M-1 loudspeaker has arrived from a bit closer to home: Ontario, Canada. Despite its unusual appearance-and sound quality - the M-1 is a rather conventional vented system...
Mirage M-1090i Floor standing speakers

Mirage is the company that first popularized the concept of "bipolar" loudspeakers, which use identical sets of drivers, driven in phase with each other, on the front and rear of the cabinet. The Canadian manufacturer has recently enlarged its family of bipolar speakers with the introduction of three...
Mirage M-390is Floor standing speakers

Mirage M-390is is a two-way bass reflex speaker system with a bass reflex port located on the front panel. The diameter of the soft titanium-coated tweeter dome is 25 mm; the molded polypropylene cone of the woofer has a diameter of 165 mm. The system allows connection according to bi-wiring and bi-amping...
Mirage M-790 Floor standing speakers

The M-790 is one of the loudspeakers in Mirage's Bipolar series. Like the company's top-of-the-line M-l, the M-790 was designed to produce a spacious, 360-degree sound field in the listening room. The bipolar effect is achieved by a combination of front and rear radiation to generate similar sound fields...
Mirage OMD-15 Floor standing speakers

The concept of this Canadian manufacturer is well known - contrary to traditional approaches to speaker systems' design the company confidently follows the ones accepted concept. I mean the principle of omnipolar, i.e. omnidirectional, radiation that does not require precise positioning of speaker systems...
Mirage OMNI 260 Floor standing speakers

MF/HF section of OMNI 260 is the general place for all models of the series: radiation of up-directed midrange driver is dissipated by a convex lens; installed in the upper part of the lens tweeter also radiates up, its sound is dissipated by the smaller lens. On the facade there is the woofer, which...
Mirage OMNI 350 Floor standing speakers

OMNI series was introduced in 2002 and from that moment the technology of surround OMNIPOLAR has started its history. Its essence is simple - the speaker looks at an upward angle, but there is a small saucer above it which flings non-directional wave around the room. In 2006 a second generation of speaker...
Mirage OMNI 550 Floor standing speakers

The Canadian company "Mirage" has used the patented omnipolar layout of speakers for a long time, which is implemented almost in all models. The essence of the construction is in the use of special scattering lens under the high-frequency emitter, with a help of which 360-degree field is formed. I must...
Mission 733i Floor standing speakers

The floor speaker systems - 733i should be a good alternative for those Mission lovers, who are satisfied with the sound of 732i monitor type in general, but don't want to put up with a need to buy also stands. As a bonus the company guarantees the extension of an operating range in bass area up to 10...
Mission 734 Floor standing speakers

Mission 734 is English three-way system with the bass reflex output on the front panel. They are distinguished by carefulness of manufacture and harmonious design. High, but not bulky (sizes are 840x204x335 mm) speakers will look well in any interior. Acoustic properties of the construction allow the...
Mission 753 Floor standing speakers

The 753 is the top model in the Mission Electronics range of loudspeakers yet it costs a relatively modest £699 per pair. One is frankly surprised to find a flagship model coming in at below £2,000 these days, let alone below £1,000, yet there is no aspect of this design, technical...
Mission 766 Floor standing speakers

The top model of the 76 series is a serious three-way design with a side-mounted woofer and a reflex port on the back of the cabinet. The 8" woofer and 6" midrange driver are made with Parawave proprietary technology, allowing for lightweight cones with much higher stiffness than metal cones of the same...
Mission e54 Floor standing speakers

A pair Mission e54 looks richly and stiffly. Slim "cabinets" from MDF are rounded on the sides and finished by mahogany veneer sheet. In addition e54 Esprit series will suggest you silver or black piano varnish, veneer sheet of beech or cherry. At the top there is a dark trim-peakless cap made of polycarbonate....
Mission m33 Floor standing speakers

m33 is one of three floor-standing speakers of the m3 series (m33, m34, m35). The design of the British company Mission is classical: a 165-mm LF/MF driver with a cellulose hemispherical membrane (DiaDrive) occupies the top position on the front panel, a tweeter, created for Mission by the Danish company...
Mission M33i Floor standing speakers

M33i comes from the line of initial level, M3i, by Mission. Seemingly simple, unpretentious design, in fact, contains a lot of advanced design solutions. The body is assembled from two U-shaped panels, which complement each other to a closed configuration. This arrangement was chosen as a result of research,...
Mission m34 Floor standing speakers

The model range of British Mission with "m" index consists of six models, being positioned as a universal acoustics, which is able both to play music and provide sound accompaniment of a movie. A two-way m34 is one of the older floor speaker systems in the series. Two mid-high-frequency heads with semi-spherical...
Mission m34i Floor standing speakers

Mission m34i is a two-way construction. The branded drivers, among which I'd like to note a 25-mm tweeter with membrane made of the patented Viotex material, are used here like in most other products of Mission. In fact, this is fabric with a special impregnation with unique properties - astonishing...
Mission m35i Floor standing speakers

The British Mission began its journey in 1977, having set itself a super complex task - to dominate in each price segment. For this purpose they had to undertake lots of researches (mainly with materials of diffusers) and already a year later the first in the world speaker system with polymer membrane...
Mission m66i Floor standing speakers

Two-way floor loudspeakers m66i takes the top position in M series of this British manufacturer. Despite of small sizes, Mission m66i loudspeakers are heavy. The body is rounded on the sides, the front panel is made of MDF plate with the thickness of 38 mm. The drivers are located by D'Appolito scheme,...
Mission M73 Floor standing speakers

Mission m73 is the younger sister of m74. With a slightly smaller body it has not two but one driver and, consequently, half the internal volume necessary for work. Therefore, the rest part of the body is, in fact, an improvised stand, the properties of which can be significantly improved by filling...
Mission MX3 Floor standing speakers

Among the whole MX series of the English Mission the model under the index of MX3 is the most available from floor standing speaker systems. With relatively modest dimensions the speaker system are quite massive (almost 20 kg). If you fill the existing ballast compartment with grit, the weight will significantly...
Mission MX5 Floor standing speakers

Impressive by sizes Mission MX5 speaker systems are also incredibly heavy - in the assembled condition the weight of each speaker system is almost 30 kg. These British three-way speaker systems are equipped with four branded emitters with artful interlinking arrangement (the developers call it Inverted...
Mission SX3 Floor standing speakers

Mission SX3 are compact floor standing speaker systems, designed for work in small rooms. These are the two-way speaker systems with bass-reflex and two small ports, placed on the back wall. The location of speakers is almost symmetrical that allows achieving better polar pattern. These are two bass...
Mission V63 Floor standing speakers

Mission V63 is the winner of EISA 2003-2004 in the "speaker systems" category and made of MDF; faceplates have the thickness of 38 mm, side and back walls - 25 mm! Anti-diffracting form of the facade creates the impression of monolith design. Two-way speaker system is built by symmetrical d'Appolito...
Monitor Audio Bronze 3 Floor standing speakers

In order to achieve a perfectly smooth frequency response the British Monitor Audio uses very sophisticated technologies and materials even in relatively inexpensive models. The space for ballast is provided. Terminals are universal. According to the developers, the feature of Bronze loudspeakers is...
Monitor Audio Bronze B4 Floor standing speakers

The second from the top model of budget line of Monitor Audio is Bronze B4. The quality of acoustic design makes a very good impression: a hard case made of MDF is reinforced by partitions; despite of small sizes the speaker system weigh 18 kg. The membranes of emitters are made of well-proven branded...
Monitor Audio Bronze BR6 Floor standing speakers

Bronze series is the youngest in the assortment of premium speaker system of this famous British manufacturer. However, the most modern technologies, materials and design methods are used in it. Monitor Audio Bronze BR6 are 2.5-way speaker systems, i.e. one 140-mm LF-driver plays only bass and the...
Monitor Audio Bronze BX5 Floor standing speakers

In the famous Bronze series BX5 floor speaker systems are given the role of systems for small and medium-sized rooms. Like the most modern models, the systems are equipped with a bass-reflex, and for optimal air distribution the ports are installed on both front and rear walls of the body. The construction...
Monitor Audio Gold GX200 Floor standing speakers

Monitor Audio Gold GX200 is equipped with two 5.5-inch woofers, a 4-inch midrange driver and a tape tweeter. All drivers are attached to the body with long through bolts, going out to the rear wall. Traditional material for drivers' diffusers is magnesium-aluminum alloy with ceramic coating. Rounded...
Monitor Audio Gold Reference 20 Floor standing speakers

GR20 in the Gold Reference series are not the largest, but attractive by price. Midrange driver and woofer with a special texture of the diffuser's surface are made of metal composites and each works on its own volume. Gold anodized dome of the tweeter, C-CAM, is closed with an acoustically transparent...
Monitor Audio Silver 500 Floor standing speakers

The first generation of Silver series speaker systems appeared in 1998, which almost immediately took the leading positions by volume of sales among products of the British brand. The reasons of such success were quite obvious - exactly in this series the company managed to achieve perfect balance between...
Monitor Audio Silver 5i Floor standing speakers

Absolutely adorable are the representatives of the Monitor Audio "Silver Series". All in wood, on neat foundations, they fascinate with the glow of the golden domes which stand out on the silver-matte background of the ceramic diffusers. In all the series' systems the Coated Ceramic Aluminium Magnesium...
Monitor Audio Silver 8 Floor standing speakers

Monitor Audio Silver 8 is the representative of the updated Silver line - a three-way speaker system with the set of branded drivers and back bass reflex. The tandem of 6-inch drivers with C-CAM diffusers of the last generation, which have increased rigidity due to optimized RST technology, works up...
Monitor Audio Silver RS5 Floor standing speakers

Hand-made and perfectly finished with natural veneer Silver RS5 looks like live embodiment of modern British speaker system. The construction is almost monitor: a relatively small internal volume, bass-reflex and two bands. Although the bodies are simple, rectangular boxes, but they are damped well....
Monitor Audio Silver RS8 Floor standing speakers

Silver RS8 is the most powerful speaker system in Silver RS series. Sharp corners are eliminated in the design, all the edges are neatly rounded. The protective mesh also has rounded corners. A 25-mm tweeter with gilt C-CAM dome, located behind metallic protective grill, is based on the best tweeter...
Monitor Audio Silver RX6 Floor standing speakers

Compact speaker systems, RX6, have 2.5-way configuration with two 6-inches mid-woofers with the branded C-CAM diffusers of the last generation. This is an aluminum-magnesium alloy with ceramic coating, combining low weight and high rigidity. Small spherical hollows (RST technology) contribute to the...
Monitor Audio Silver RX8 Floor standing speakers

The largest floor systems in Silver RX series are made in slim bodies with narrower front panel. On the faceplate there are four branded drivers, among which the main energetic load lays on a pair of 6-inch woofers in bass-reflex design. Their diffusers are made of the patented C-CAM composite, being...
Monitor Audio Silver S6 Floor standing speakers

S6 is the latest version of Silver version from Monitor Audio. Deeply toned mahogany veneer in contrast with silver membranes of speakers seems to be almost black; the effect is enhanced in the diffused evening light. Gorgeous. Diffusers are made of well-proved C-CAM composite alloy. Woofer and midrange...
Mordaunt-Short Avant 904 Floor standing speakers

The 904 model is part of the full-scale Avant line, which is new this year. The structure of the series almost completely repeats the structure of the well-established Declaration family on the market: in a completely similar way, the "identification" number corresponds to the hierarchical status of...
Mordaunt-Short Avant 904i Floor standing speakers

Avant 904i is a two-way speaker system with bass-reflex. A 25-mm tweeter with aluminum dome is protected by metallic mesh. The diffuser of 133-mm MF/LF-unit is also made of aluminum. All drivers are magneto-shielded. The bass-reflex is placed on the back wall. The first-ordered filter is used in the...
Mordaunt-Short Avant 906i Floor standing speakers

The second generation of Mordaunt Short's successful Avant range of loudspeakers hit the shops last year, with the 'i' suffix bringing about a number of improvements. These included new surrounds for the bass/midrange drivers and updates to the tweeter dome design to lower distortion and improve smoothness....
Mordaunt-Short Avant 908 Floor standing speakers

Avant 908 is top model of the new Mordaunt-Short series, which appeared to replace Declaration. Having graceful proportions the speaker systems weigh a lot. Powerful magnetic systems of the branded drivers determine this weight to a large extent. The lead here belongs to woofer, installed on the side...
Mordaunt-Short Avant 908i Floor standing speakers

The loudspeakers Mordaunt-Short Avant 908i are the flagship of 900-th line of English company; they replaced the reputable model with index of 908. The appearance of the acoustics stays the same: slim narrow bodies, elegant aluminum panel, where the firmed MF-speakers made by CPC technology (continuous...
Mordaunt-Short Avant 914i Floor standing speakers

A successful series of the speaker system with a sonorous name Avant, which has been brought into production already in 2004, has recently increased with compact floor loudspeaker - Mordaunt-Short Avant 914i. It has only two drivers - an inch tweeter with a dome made of aluminum alloy and 165-mm mid-woofer...
Mordaunt-Short Aviano 6 Floor standing speakers

Despite of modern design, traditional and typical features of Mordaunt-Short stayed in Aviano series - aluminum diffusers. The designers gave the front wall of the body the form of vertical cylinder's surface of large radius. This is not only the element of design, but also the tool to expand dispersion,...
Mordaunt-Short Aviano 8 Floor standing speakers

Floor standing Mordaunt-Short Aviano 8 are three-way loudspeakers with rear location of bass-reflex. Drivers are designed and made by the specialists of Mordaunt-Short. A pair of 6.5-inch woofers with aluminum diffusers, made by the patented Continuous Profile Cone technology, is responsible for lower...
Mordaunt-Short Carnival 8 Floor standing speakers

From the products of Mordaunt-short Carnival 8 distinguishes by the lack of metallic diffusers, which the engineers of this English company like very much. In these three-way loudspeakers a 6,5-inch woofer has the diffuser made of woven composite fiber. The same driver works at MIDs and higher the baton...
Mordaunt-Short MS 206 Floor standing speakers

The model MS206 of English company - Mordaunt-Short is truly young, slim and beautiful. It is young because the series just came out of factory stocks. Speaking about two last qualities, the reader can test the subjectivity of our opinion by its own taste... In any case the speaker systems successfully...
Mordaunt-Short MS 814 Floor standing speakers

The external look of Mordaunt-Short MS 814 generates a stream of positive associations. The speaker systems look like a bold challenge to boring isolation of traditional solutions and thereby immediately call sympathy. Several features of the sound could be predicted, based exceptionally on the results...
Mordaunt-Short MS 815 Floor standing speakers

In comparison with the previous model - MS814, MS815 not only has the woofer in its construction, but also a mid-range driver has the form of ellipse. The company's designers successfully used a non-trivial form of the heads and gave the speaker systems quite a memorable look. It turned out to be difficult...
Mordaunt-Short MS 908 Floor standing speakers

MS-908 is the flagship of the 900th series. A luxury tweeter is installed on the side panel. The driver is hidden by a round, protective mesh, which you can remove by pulling a special rope. But you shouldn't do this - it is more beautiful in the mask: the view is not distracted from the gorgeous aluminum...
Mordaunt-Short MS 914 Floor standing speakers

A two-way MS914 is the second by height and only slightly falls in MS906 by the energetic potential. The construction of 914th is similar to the construction of smaller floor speaker system - MS904, but mid-high-range part of the specter in 914th is lighted by larger 165mm head (against 130 mm in the...
Mordaunt-Short MS40i Floor standing speakers

Mordaunt-Short MS40i is a three-way speaker system of bass-reflex type. Speakers look very convincingly and incite you on serious attitude. Strict design will satisfy the most respectable people. The speaker's sizes are 820x225x271 mm. The speaker system consists of two cone drivers with the diameter...
Mordaunt-Short MS50i Floor standing speakers

Mordaunt-Short MS50i is a two-way speaker system of bass reflex type. Each loudspeaker has three heads: an inch tweeter, the aluminum dome of which is anodized by gold, and two 200-mm heads with conical diffusers (MSC-technology). The last-mentioned jointly organize the middle and lower part of the range....
Morel Octave Signature Floor standing speakers

Elegant bodies are made of MDF with polymer coating. Each loudspeaker consists of two independent parts - subwoofer with the driver on the side and MF/HF-section, which is an individual shelf loudspeaker. Quadri-angular port of the bass-reflex in LF block and two small triangular ports of shelf loudspeaker...
Morel Solan Floor standing speakers

In accordance with Morel classification, these systems are related to the initial level and allow to join the branded sound for relatively little money. Speakers are three-way with side location of woofer. This allowed to maximally narrow the front panel, reducing harmful for sound diffraction. The woofer...
NAD 804 Floor standing speakers

NAD 804 is a two-way phase-inverting speaker system. The designers managed to laconically ensure that the decent appearance of the speakers can successfully fit into more than just business-style interiors. The dimensions of the speaker are 720x200x260 mm. Half of the body volume, which is relatively...
Naim Allae Floor standing speakers

At first glance, there is nothing special in the appearance of Naim Allae - well, maybe only woofer is installed above the tweeter, not vice versa. However, you will find in them many distinctive and sometimes puzzling design solutions. Allae are two-way composite systems with an external crossover (it...
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

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...
Opera Seconda Floor standing speakers

Opera Seconda are high, beautiful 2,5-way floor speaker systems. Cherry or mahogany veneer (glossy black finish is also available) covers side panels of the body with wide horizontal stripes that already become traditional for the Italian speaker systems. Front, back and top walls are finished with leather....
Paradigm 7se mk3 Floor standing speakers

Paradigm 7se Mk3 is a Canadian three-way speaker system of bass reflex type (bass reflex output is on the faceplate). Design color decision is recognizable: the body and grilles are black; the dynamics panel is silver-grey. Translucent diffusers as though shine on the background, completely keeping the...
Paradigm Eclipse BP Floor standing speakers

Paradigm is a well-known Canadian loudspeaker manufacturer whose diverse product line ranges from inexpensive bookshelf speakers to large systems in the 100-pound/$2,000 class. The company recently introduced a pair of bipolar speakers as part of its new Paradigm Reference brand that are obviously designed...
Paradigm Export/BP Floor standing speakers

The Export/BP loudspeaker system, designed and manufactured in Canada by Paradigm Electronics, Inc., is a bipolar design with identical sets of drivers on its front and rear panels. The front drivers provide the signals normally heard from a conventional front-firing system, supplying program detail...
Paradigm Millenia 200 Floor standing speakers

Model range of Millenia was put into production not at the term of the century, as you might think, but in 2007. And its name symbolizes the technologies of new era. Engineers of the 70-ies could see modern materials, laboratories and computer modeling perhaps only in a dream. But now the developers...
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...
Paradigm Monitor 7 v.5 Floor standing speakers

In the new version Monitor 7 has undergone significant changes, both cosmetic and more serious. A slim body became significantly narrower and has a lower height, while almost without losing weight. As before the system is a 2.5-way with the second and third order separation filters, however, the number...
Paradigm Monitor 9 Floor standing speakers

When you look at the "niner", you can't get happy enough because of the two luxurious woofers, with which its wide front panel is decorated - the bass will be no problems. Feeling the compliance of the suspension with your fingertip, you can easily imagine how, like mighty pistons, the transparent diffusers...
Paradigm Studio 100 Floor standing speakers

The last Paradigm speaker I tested, the Eclipse/BP, was a bipolar system. But the Studio/100, which comes from this Canadian company's Paradigm Reference division, is a conventional, front-radiating, design. The four speakers in the Reference division's Studio series, of which the Studio/100 is the top...
Paradigm Studio 100 v.4 Floor standing speakers

Keeping all the strong features of its predecessors, the new Studio 100 v4 has incorporated almost all the latest engineering solutions. This is still a three-way system with five drivers in phase-inverting design. In the low-frequency section, three 7-inch drivers with diffusers made of mineralized...
Paradigm Studio 60 v.4 Floor standing speakers

Studio series of one of the leading manufacturers, Paradigm, is extensive; you can build from its models the speaker system of any configuration. Today, in our listening room we have Studio 60 v.4 and, as follows from the title, this is the forth in succession version. We're going to see what the changes...
Penaudio Sara Floor standing speakers

Sara speaker systems look pretty laconically and actually they do not have something special. The most important thing, as always, is hidden in details, and also in the most literal sense. The developers has chosen 5.5-inch Seas heads for lower and middle bands, the diffusors of which are made of impregnated...
Philips FB 698 Floor standing speakers

Philips FB 698 at the moment of unpacking seem to be too lightweight (12 kg) for their sizes (880x250x230 mm, internal volume is 37 liters). In technical manual they are called three-way, frequency range is 38 Hz - 20 kHz. Two similar by size and design MF/LF drivers with the diameter of 170 mm, working...
Phonar S150G Floor standing speakers

Slim floor S150G are two-way with bass-reflex design. Drivers of exceptional quality are ordered in the leading specialized manufacturer. Phonar has been the local distributor of the Danish loudspeakers for a long time, so its developers know well the potential of European drivers. The tweeter with a...
Phonar Veritas P3 Floor standing speakers

In Veritas serias the specialists of Phonar tried to be maximally close to live sound, not saving on components and structural elements. The Danish custom-made drivers, are used in floor P3; the bodies are carefully finished with natural veneer and differ by big weight. The acoustic design of these 2,5-way...
Phonar Veritas P4 Next Floor standing speakers

Veritas line has undergone revision not long ago, marking all updated models with "Next". The bodies of redesigned P4 kept a slight slope (for phase coherence of drivers) and at the same became much more rigid due to the internal bulkheads. Rear bass-reflex with low-noise air port is used as the acoustic...
Piega Premium 7 Floor standing speakers

The Swiss couple can make boast of massive bodies, made of extruded aluminum, whose height reaches almost 170 cm. The recently presented Decoral technology allows giving metal surfaces a picture that is similar to natural veneer. This method is based on a rather complex technology, in which a special...
Piega TMicro 5 Floor standing speakers

Graceful Piega TMicro 5 was conceived as a design system for small rooms. Narrow and tall cases are made of milled aluminum - this gives them an acoustic inertness. There is a pair of compact (100 mm) woofers and bass-reflex port on the faceplate. But despite of such a small caliber, the lower border...
Piega TMicro 6 Floor standing speakers

Well-proportional Piega TMicro6 towers are designed in modern interior style. Like in most other models of the company, the bodies are made of milled aluminum, which the Swiss specialists prefer because of outstanding acoustic properties. There are four branded drivers on the narrow front panel under...
Piega TP 5 S Floor standing speakers

TP5 S refers to the line, holding the middle position in the model range of Piega. This is a junior, quite lightweight and very compact floor speaker system in the TP line. In fact, it is a reduced copy of TP 5. You see the same ribbon tweeter (not coaxial), the same pair of LF/MF-speakers and the bass-reflex...
Pinnacle Classic Gold Tower Floor standing speakers

Pinnacle loudspeakers, which now comprise more than a dozen models, have been a part of the audio scene for some twenty years. From the company's inception most of its speakers have shared several characteristics, including a compact size, moderate price, and consistently good sound quality. A significant...
Pioneer S71 Floor standing speakers

S71 is the result of joint work of the French and Japanese branches of Pioneer corporation. To fight against standing waves the bodies of these elegant loudspeakers have the special profile, which together with the proprietary ABD/AFAST technologies of damping guarantees complete inertia. The figured...
PMC FB1 Floor standing speakers

PMC has built itself a fine reputation in the professional monitoring sector over the past 10 years, its larger models widely used by Hollywood film studios. Fashion is not a priority down at PMC, which explains why this new design is actually the company's first domestic floorstanding model. The designers...
PMC FB1+ Floor standing speakers

These two-way loudspeakers, which have collected a solid number of awards for several years, are well suited for both studio and home use. They are distinguished by high sensitivity and wide range. The bodies are slim, finished with natural veneer and thoroughly dig into floor with spikes, screwed into...
PMC GB1 Floor standing speakers

PMC GB1 are lightweight floor speaker systems. Stands are screwed to them for better stability. On the faceplate the single 140-mm mid-woofer with the basket made of magnesium alloy and dome fabric tweeter with the caliber of 27 mm are hidden under very small dust cap. Main tricks are inside. Fourth...
Polk Audio LSi15 Floor standing speakers

The appearance of Polk Audio LSi15 cases mixed emotions. The bodies styled under black piano lacquer look expensive and respectable, but the finish of side panels, which a 20-cm woofer is built into, reminds a vinyl film. Superior tweeter in the upper section stands between two 135-mm midbasses (diffusers...
Polk Audio LSiM705 Floor standing speakers

The bodies of Polk Audio LSiM705 speaker systems with smooth contours and non-parallel edges are made of 19-mm (3/4") MDF plates; the thickness of their powerful front panels exceeds 3 cm. Internal horizontal, vertical and inclined bulkheads divide the body into several isolated compartments, tightly...
Polk Audio Monitor 70 Floor standing speakers

Polk Audio Monitor 70 is interesting due to the use of self-engineered five drivers. These are already familiar polymer-coated fabric tweeter, made according to the corporate Dynamic Balance recipe, and four drivers of the same size with composite membranes. Monitor 70 is built on a 2.5-way bass-reflex...
Polk Audio R40 Floor standing speakers

It seems that nothing in the appearance of the two-way R40 says that it belongs to the most recent issue of the Reference Theatre series, which has recently become the object of our most careful attention. The innovations introduced in R40, specially dedicated to it, are very important. New "sound generators",...
Polk Audio RT1000i Floor standing speakers

RT1000i is the smaller from active floor speaker systems manufactured by the American Polk Audio. And if the first representatives of RT series were mainly aimed to be used in home theatre we should expect drastic musical achievements from the updated "1000". The system has all the branded attributes:...
Polk Audio RT3000p Floor standing speakers

Placing bet on acoustics for Home Theatre, the American company Polk Audio is quite satisfied with its current status and continues to excite the public by new models. This time the loudspeakers for frontal channels RT3000p are presented at the bar of video lovers. The fact that it is the basis of full...
Polk Audio RT800i Floor standing speakers

Home theatre is gradually forcing out Hi-Fi from the market. However, some companies manage to keep in step with theatrical progress and at the same time not to offend audiophiles. The speaker systems RT800i, developed by the American company Polk Audio, have extraordinary musical abilities and in addition...
Polk Audio RTi A7 Floor standing speakers

The model A7 is positioned as more affordable version of the older A9. The differences lie in the size of the body and in the number of dynamical heads. A7 in bass section (it can be easily called a passive subwoofer) has two branded woofers with the woofers on the polymer basis. There are two bass-reflexes...
Polk Audio Rti A9 Floor standing speakers

The flagship model from the newest Rti series (RTi A3, RTi A5, RTi A7, RTi A9) can be called a giant. Three-way Rti A9 speaker systems differ, firstly, by "unusual" for Polk Audio rounded side walls. This innovation is motivated by the desire of the American engineers to get the most effective damping....
Polk Audio RTi10 Floor standing speakers

Polk Audio RTi10 is large speaker systems. The membranes of woofers and mid-ranges are made of polymer; powerful shielded magnets were used. Radiating by a silk dome tweeter is equipped with a heat emitter, mounted on a neodymium magnet. Filters are "cool" (of second and third order). The branded Power...
Polk Audio RTi12 Floor standing speakers

The speaker systems outstrip rivals by sizes, mass and the number of drivers (six). The woofer and mid-ranges emit by membranes made of polymer composite (Dynamic Balance technology), there are powerful shielded magnets in the speaker's motors. The question with thermal protection of the tweeter (its...
Polk Audio RTi8 Floor standing speakers

The popularity of Polk Audio production is explained, to our mind, by the fact the company is able to achieve the balance of various consumer qualities in its systems. The speaker systems have a modern look, differ by good for its price finish, are built on advanced speakers, filled with different innovations...
Polk Audio TSi300 Floor standing speakers

MF/LF drivers, used in the system of Polk Audio TSi300, have lightweight and firm polycarbonate diffusers. The construction of drivers is developed by Dynamic Balance technology, allowing the developers to analyze and optimize resonance-frequency behavior of the driver in different working modes. Bass-reflex...
Polk Audio TSx 440T Floor standing speakers

In assortment of American company "Polk" the line TSx is the most democratic of habitually decorated. It is a classical Hi-Fi, made firstly for qualitative sound but not as a part of the interior or exotic gadget. Design is respectively simple - laminated wood grain columns, quite massive with fabric...
ProAc Studio 125 Floor standing speakers

ProAc is one of the rare manufactories, hallowing the traditions of foggy Albion: no move of production to China or other Asian countries. All production cycle starts and ends in the Great Britain - from the development of speaker systems, selection and order of dynamic heads to finishing of acoustic...
ProAc Studio 130 Floor standing speakers

Despite of the outward similarity with the speaker systems ProAc Studio 125, Studio 130 is substantially different from its predecessors. What are the changes, which found the place in ProAc Studio 130? Firstly, a different tweeter is used here, custom-made by famous Danish company - Vifa. MF/LF-speaker...
PSB Speakers Alpha T1 Floor standing speakers

Here is the representative from the budget Canadian PSB brand, T1 index means "Tower" and this is the only floor model in Alpha series. The emitters are symmetrically located by D'Appolito scheme. A 19-mm aluminum tweeter with sound coil, cooling by magnetic liquid, is between two 13-cm midbasses with...
PSB Speakers Image T45 Floor standing speakers

Image series of the Canadian brand PSB contains several classic speaker systems and wide set of theatrical components. T45 is the smallest of floor speaker systems. The model is equipped with high-tech drivers, which are placed into hard acoustic loading (block design). An inch dome of ferro-cooled tweeter...
PSB Speakers Image T65 Floor standing speakers

Among the competitors Image T65 distinguishes by their mass-dimensional aspects: the height is more than a meter and mass is almost thirty kilograms. The developers of this model followed the rule "in large volume - a great sound". The construction of loudspeakers is 2.5-way with separation at the frequencies...
PSB Speakers Stratus Bronze Floor standing speakers

Stratus is the top branded series, which includes loudspeakers with "metal" names: Gold, Silver, Bronze... Bronze is the youngest from the listed range. Proportions are classical, weight is normal. If black finish seems to be too strict, you can buy variant of "cherry" finish. The fact of detailed...
PSB Stratus Gold Floor standing speakers

The Stratus Gold is the top of Canadian manufacturer PSB's loudspeaker line, which also includes models from $225 to $1,400 per pair. The Stratus Gold is a large, floor-standing tower system with a vented-box low end designed around a high-excursion 10-inch woofer. PSB was the first Canadian loudspeaker...
Pure Acoustics DREAM 77F Floor standing speakers

Pure Acoustics DREAM 77F looks richly due to lacquer finish. These luxury speaker systems are equipped with four drivers, connected by three-way scheme. On the front panel there are the tweeter and two midranges. A silk dome of the tweeter is in the center of acoustic horn made of the milled aluminum...
Quad 22L2 Floor standing speakers

L2 series, the top model of which is 22L2, is positioned by the manufacturer as universal set for wide range of tasks. All systems of the series have elegant natural veneer finish and classical layout. Quad 22L2 are built by 2,5-way scheme and have bass-reflex acoustic design. The systems differ neither...
Quad 23L Classic Floor standing speakers

A representative of the famous British brand differs by an original acoustic design. A passive ABR radiator with the diameter of 165 mm is installed in the lower part of the body in aid of five-inch Kevlar low-frequency speaker. Due to this it became able to get quite a deep bass in small volume (according...
Quad S5 Floor standing speakers

The S series loudspeakers that we are going to talk about were presented in 2016, that is, exactly 80 years after the release of the first Quad amplifiers. The family composition is absolutely classic: two models of shelf speakers, two floor ones, and a central channel. Just a subwoofer was not found...
Quadral Ascent 80 Floor standing speakers

The German engineers consider tweeter to be the most striking feature of the speaker systems of Ascent series. Its thinnest aluminum dome is almost weightless, but at the same time has high rigidity. Unique features of the tweeter arise in the widest frequency range, the upper border of which is at the...
Quadral Chromium Style 50 Floor standing speakers

This graceful pair differs by quite compact lacquered body with nonparallel side walls. Despite of a small volume of the body, this is full-featured three-way systems with identical by size drivers of low and mid frequencies. Each of the two drivers is made according to the original receipt: a reinforcing...
Quadral Platinum 820 Floor standing speakers

To make the drivers' membranes the manufacturer preferred metal: the tweeter's dome is titanium, MF and LF diffusers are made of alloy of aluminum, titanium and magnesium. The developers solved the task of damping of the tweeter's dome unconventionally. A damping material is laid in certain places from...
Quadral Platinum M4 Floor standing speakers

The basis of three-way loudspeakers Quadral Platinum M4 is the idea of combined acoustic design. The advantages of traditional bass-reflex and compression chamber are used in low-frequency section, consisting of the pair of 170-mm aluminum woofers, and this gives deeper and more accurate bottoms. The...
Quadral Platinum M40 Floor standing speakers

Floor standing loudspeakers Quadral Platinum M40 have a classical layout of the body with elegant pedestal in the base, which spikes are screwed into for decoupling from floor. The walls are made of powerful MDF plates, here is the system of internal struts and the front panel is enlarged in thickness....
Quadral Quintas 505 Floor standing speakers

At the designing of this model the German developers tried to get the most dynamic sound and an extended working range. The loudspeaker has a pair of solid 20-cm (8") woofers. Drivers work on the rear bass-reflex with an original low noise air duct that does not form turbulent overtones at high volume....
Rega R3 Floor standing speakers

The feature of Rega R3 is an unusual three-way construction. Rega R1 mini monitor with 19-mm fabric tweeter was taken as a base and added with bass driver, which has the same size as RR125 MF-driver. By the way, it is also worth a special mention. This head with non-resonant cellulose diffuser is already...
Rega R7 Floor standing speakers

The body of Rega R7 loudspeaker, finished with natural veneer, rests on figured legs with spikes. The loudspeaker enclosure is a labyrinth. Tunnel goes to the side panel, near an 18-cm woofer with six-layered sound coil. Midrange is played by the driver with a lightweight cellulose 12-cm diffuser. The...
Rega RS3 Floor standing speakers

One of the most respected English producers of audio components gladdens by novelties not very often. Very small floor speaker systems RS3 are the continuation of quite successful previous model R3 but with serious constructive changes. The systems are three-line with side LF-dynamic; the same driver...
Rega RS5 Floor standing speakers

In comparison with previously tested RS3, the "5th" has big sizes, but by the design it is the same three-way speaker system with the front bass-reflex port and woofer on the side edge. It has a 7-inch gauge and eight-layer sound coil, which can hold an increased input power. A mid-range driver is installed...
Rega RS7 Floor standing speakers

Being the follower of successful R7 floor speaker systems, the model received some changes, among which we should note the updated HF20-ZRR tweeter. By complex damping of back radiation of a 20-mm dome silk membrane nonlinear distortions were significantly reduced and return was increased. RR125 head...
Revel Concerta F12 Floor standing speakers

F12 refers to Concerta entry-level series. A rectangular body made of thick MDF plates is finished with film and carefully reinforced by struts inside. The front panel is made of prominent matte black plastic. Strict construction gives solidity. Matte grey diffusers made of organic-ceramic composite...
Revolver RW45 Floor standing speakers

Revolver RW45 is the flagship of the series, which also includes two shelf loudspeakers (RW16, RW33) and also the speaker system of central channel (RW25). All models are available in two variant of the natural veneer finish - light cherry and dark cherry. RW45 is a full-featured three-way construction....
Revox Re sound L 120 Floor standing speakers

Loudspeakers Re:sound L120 are the product of joint efforts by Swiss engineers and acousticians Revox and renowned design group Team By Wellis, generating an expensive and exclusive furniture. Construction as such is quite traditional, but it is available in its original finish, genuine leather (more...
Ruark Prelude II Floor standing speakers

The British company Ruark Acoustic long ago accustomed to the fact that any their speaker system is a sample of impeccable manual work. It seems that in the design and finish of Prelude II there are no special tricks. Under the grill we see a dome tweeter, a woofer with a diameter of 165 mm with a polymer...
Ruark Talisman III Floor standing speakers

Ruark Talisman III is a typical representative of the English school acoustics, which usually has an outstanding elaboration of midrange and a bass, slightly limited by depth. Ruark Talisman III is small speaker systems with quite an original design. The front panel and the most part of sides are...
Sony SS-X90ED Floor standing speakers

The bodies of Sony SS-X90ED have an unusual form. Semi-circular side walls widen to the back wall, not vice versa. Unlike similar constructions with an external tweeter, the tweeter of SS-X90ED is made as a monolith with the upper wall. Look at the tweeter itself. Have you ever met 25-mm drivers made...
Sound Dynamics R 616 Floor standing speakers

The Sound Dynamics R 616 is a three-way bass-reflex loudspeaker system with two output ports, one located on the front panel and one on the rear wall, which should be considered when positioning the system (there should be free space between the rear panel and the listening room wall). Diameter of the...
Sound Dynamics RTS-7 Floor standing speakers

The Canadian company used in the RTS series loudspeakers a simple and very effective means of dealing with the wave resonances of the internal volume, making the body trapezoidal. And one of the main advantages of Sound Dynamics RTS-7 was the high sound transparency, which largely depends on the quality...
Spendor A3 Floor standing speakers

Spendor A3 - miniature two-way speaker systems (the body's height is just 75 cm) are built on the in-house drivers. A 150-mm diffuser of the mid bass is cast from the patented ep38 polymer and is equipped with a conical, phase-equalizing header. Sizes of the tweeter are somewhat unusual - 22 mm and the...
Spendor S5e Floor standing speakers

Spendor S5e is the most compact floor standing speaker system in S series. S series is a new one, designed for home theatres. Rectangular body is finished with natural veneer and installed on black podium. A 27-mm tweeter with a cloth dome is mounted in a damped vented compartment. 140-mm MF/LF speaker...
Spendor S6e Floor standing speakers

The British Spendor S6e speaker systems can be classified as usual two-way monitors, but in floor performance. One quite large midbass driver (the diameter is 180 mm, diffuser is made of semi translucent ep38 polymer, so it is a bit softer than polypropylene) and 27-mm silk tweeter by SEAS production...
Spendor S8e Floor standing speakers

The company Spendor is one of the founders of the English school of sound. It has been revived recently and in new appearance continues to produce speaker systems, which totally answers the traditions, founded in 50-es of the past century. But now the assortment is significantly expanded - in addition...
Spendor S9e Floor standing speakers

S series is the new milestone in the history of the British Spendor. It won't be an interchange of classical monitor speakers, which once glorified the brand, but only complement the model range. It is designed for home use and the logic of developers was extremely simple - the bigger the listening room...
Swans Diva 6.2F Floor standing speakers

It is no longer surprising that the manufacturers from China can create very qualitative products, being second to none of famous European and American brands. Hi-Vi Research, which was presented at the Asian, European and North-American markets more than ten years ago and has more than three hundred...
Swans Diva D3.2 Floor standing speakers

Something familiar peeps in the image of this luxurious two-way loudspeaker. The Chinese company orders the membranes with suspensions for LF/MF drivers in Germany from a company, which makes the same ones for the Danish Dynaudio. All the rest Diva makes itself. The construction of D3.2 is extraordinary...
System Audio SA 1230 Floor standing speakers

Narrow faceplate is the best solution in many respects: looks more graceful, spacious uniformity of the field is higher. However, in this case there is no any large woofer on the "face". The thickness of the faceplate of floor SA 1230 from System Audio is only 13 cm with the volume of acoustic design...
System Audio SA 1550 Floor standing speakers

A slim 2.5-way SA 1550 speaker system is the novelty of 2003, emits with five drivers lined up in a vertical line. The tweeter is placed between two MF/LF drivers (d'Appolito), lower pair of drivers emits only basses. Two bass-reflex ports on the rear panel end with one for all heads volume. Note that...
System Audio SA Aura 60 Floor standing speakers

Ole Witthoft, the head of System Audio, professes the ideology of maximally "fast sound", so several small woofers instead of one large are used in the system. In Aura 60 such "battery" is made up of four long-stroke W1108XL drivers with the diffusers, which weigh less than a gram, but an overall radiating...
System Audio SA Mantra 30 Floor standing speakers

System Audio Mantra 30 floor speaker systems are created for those, who do not want to overload a room with huge speaker system. Three compact self-engineered drivers settle in small by volume bodies. Midbasses are relatively modest by caliber (only 4,5 inches), but due to long-stroke construction they...
System Audio SA Mantra 60 Floor standing speakers

The engineers of System Audio think that for proper sound a system should have high speed. This idea is implemented in all models and Mantra 60 is not an exception. It has five identical mid-basses, four of which sound low-frequency area. The diameter of each driver is only 4 inches, but total radiation...
System Audio Saxo 30 Floor standing speakers

Saxo 30 is floor standing model of the Danish company, which perfectly fits the branded ideology of "fast" sound. Low-frequency heads with the caliber of only 4 inches with paper diffusers, mounted on a soft suspension, are used for the production of these speakers systems. Due to this, the drivers differ...
Tangent Clarity 8 Floor standing speakers

Still relatively unknown in the UK, partly thanks to their lack of fixed distribution (other than the odd Richer Sounds or Currys store), Tangent nonetheless have an impressively wide range of loudspeakers. Part of the Danish Eltax corporation, Tangent have been manufacturing loudspeakers since 1996...
Tannoy Autograph Mini Floor standing speakers

Autograph Mini are special loudspeakers in the Prestige series due to their almost "toy" (for traditional acoustic systems) dimensions (height 345 mm), weight (4 kg) and internal volume (3.5 litres). However, the design and sound of the loudspeaker is not toy at all. Autograph Mini is a greatly reduced...
Tannoy Eyris DC3 Floor standing speakers

With the advent of coaxial HF/MF-speakers the flagship Eyris Hi-Fi series has given birth to a new Eyris DC series. The front wall of Eyris DC3 is made of 30-mm MDF, the thickness of others is 18 mm. The upper panel laterally rounds upwards. The top of this hill is made of metal and has a 25-mm super...
Tannoy Fusion 3 Floor standing speakers

Fusion 3 is the youngest speaker system in the corresponding series of the famous British manufacturer (only Fusion 4 is elder). The construction is classic: two bands - two speakers. The tweeter has a cloth dome. A high-effective neodymium magnet is used in the design of the head. The diaphragm of 165-mm...
Tannoy Mercury F4 Custom Floor standing speakers

"Custom" index means that this is the modified version of the famous Mercury F series. The changes primarily concerned the crossover, which was almost completely redesigned. Internal structure of the body was also improved - it gained significantly higher rigidity due to new system of struts and the...
Tannoy Mercury m5 Floor standing speakers

The popular family of Mercury, renowned, particularly, by the EISA laureate for the successful compact m1 system and the well-reputed small floor m3, was increased with two more models: m4 and M5. The dimensions of the conical M5 drivers give us hope for a rich bass, but at the same time these dimensions...
TDL RTL2 Floor standing speakers

In general, bass speaker enclosures can be classified as closed (fully sealed) or vented through one or more holes (ports). Although each type has its advantages and drawbacks, practically all speakers fall clearly into one or the other category. There is, however, another type, known generically...
Technics SB-M500 Floor standing speakers

Loudspeakers for Hi-Fi audio - is the subject of a special, relentless attention over the years as developers and consumers of audio equipment. Let me explain this thesis: despite the apparent simplicity compared to other radio-electronic components, loudspeakers - as electromechanical system - the...
Thiel CS1.5 Floor standing speakers

The current trend in loudspeakers is to make them as small as possible, hide them in walls, or have a system that consists of small left and right satellites with a separate woofer or subwoofer. There are, however, practical limits to how small you can make a really good speaker and to how well you can...
Vincent SB-316 Floor standing speakers

Vincent SB-316 is a three-way speaker system with chicest finish. Body material is MDF plates of solid cross-section, reinforced inside with at least two spacers. The components of crossover are from Isophon brand. Internal space is generously paved with sound-absorbing material. Build quality is so...
Visonik Concept 5 Floor standing speakers

Little-known to a wide range of music lovers Visonik from Berlin in the middle seventies surprised even the professionals by releasing miniature, but by sound quality meeting the strict studio standards, David monitors. In our test we will examine much more modern model - floor standing Concept 5 of...
Visonik Evolution 6 Floor standing speakers

Visonik Evolution 6 returns you at the time, when loudspeakers were made by people, not robots, and it was made, in the popular phrase, from natural materials. Even surprisingly, how a small German Visonik (do not confuse with American Visonic Audiophonic, which produces the components for car audio)...
Visonik Evolution 7 Floor standing speakers

Luxuriously finished with natural veneer, heavy, three-way loudspeaker distinguishes among the competitors by a certain constructive peculiarity: the woofer is installed on the lower panel of the speaker, two bass-reflexes ports are there too. The acoustic design of the woofer takes almost the entire...
Wharfedale CR-30.5 Floor standing speakers

A representative of already third generation line of Crystal is before us. Unlike previous models new ones have a trapezoidal enclosure, what is considered to be an effective way of dealing with internal resonances. High CR-30.5 are senior in the line and the most massive of its brethren. These are...
Wharfedale Crystal 40 Floor standing speakers

Wharfedale Crystal 40 is a 2.5-way speaker system. All the elements of the construction are well-made - body, drivers, crossovers. The drivers with Kevlar diffusers in this price category are not already rare (in no small measure due to efforts of Wharfedale), but the tweeters with neodymium magnets...
Wharfedale D330 Floor standing speakers

Today it is the newest and most affordable full-fledged floor model, produced under the brand Wharfedale. The cost of such pair is only a bit higher than the shelf Diamond 11.2 - loudspeakers, which were also created for music lovers with low incomes. D330 also belongs to the "diamond" series, therefore,...
Wharfedale Diamond 10.4 Floor standing speakers

Diamond series has existed already for 30 years and this is its tenth version in succession. The branded MF/LF drivers with Kevlar diffusers are installed with vented low-profile basket. A dome fabric tweeter is equipped with neodymium magnet and closed from the outside by metallic mesh, providing necessary...
Wharfedale Diamond 10.5 Floor standing speakers

Almost forty years have passed since the first generation of the famous Diamond from Wharfedale - one of the leaders at the market of home speaker systems. And now this English brand presents another, the tenth, generation of Diamond. Insight into the updated series we will start with small floor standing...
Wharfedale Diamond 10.7 Floor standing speakers

Junior series Wharfedale Diamond has always been famous for great sound and quite affordable price. The latest reincarnation of this series in the Diamond 10 line also kept the long-term reputation of Diamond. Externally the new series began to look more solid. We will discuss Diamond 10.7 in our test. Four...
Wharfedale Diamond 155 Floor standing speakers

Less expensive in production 2,5-way scheme in floor standing Diamond 155. Bass-reflex was used as acoustic design and the ports are placed to the bottom wall and communicate with the exterior medium through a gap between the base plate and body. Light and durable Kevlar with antiresonant coating was...
Wharfedale Diamond 157 Floor standing speakers

The famous series of Diamond is presented by the newest floor model with the index of 157. On the front panel of these three-way systems there are in fours branded drivers, covered with a sectional grill. Two low-frequency heads work for back bass-reflex with a slot-type socket, which reduces side-tones...
Wharfedale Diamond 8.3 Floor standing speakers

Diamond Wharfedale line traces its history back to 1981 and has undergone significant changes for more than 30 years. Diamond 8.3 (junior floor speaker system in the line) is equipped with two speakers. The details of tweeter are: silk dome, neodymium magnetic system; ferrofluid does not allow the head...
Wharfedale Diamond 9.4 Floor standing speakers

Diamond 9.4 is two-way speaker systems with 25mm cloth tweeter and single 165mm mid-bass. For finish Wharfedale used the material, which by touch reminds rough ground aluminum. The sidewalls of the body are curvilineal and bass-reflex is implemented in the form of two pipes, which are on the front panel...
Wharfedale Diamond 9.5 Floor standing speakers

The model with 9.5 index goes just past the top model 9.6. This is a three-way speaker system, which is made in the body with beautifully bent side walls and qualitative vinyl finish. The lack of parallel walls allows to successfully fight against standing waves. The body is made of MDF, but it is impossible...
Wharfedale Diamond 9.6 Floor standing speakers

The latest models from a reputable UK manufacturer differ by a truly outstanding cost/quality ratio and Wharfedale Diamond 9.6, apparently, wasn't an exception - many technical decisions were combined in it, passing earlier this price category. The main of these is the use of mid-frequency driver with...
Wharfedale Emerald 95 Mk4 Floor standing speakers

Classic shape and design of acoustic line Emerald oldest British company Wharfedale exists as if out of time. Meanwhile underlined bend on the front panel speaker system adds personality and completes succinctly and without a presentable appearance. This is perhaps the most elegant in terms of finishing...
Wharfedale Evo 30 Signature Floor standing speakers

Externally, Wharfedale Evo 30 Signature does not almost differ from the original model - the only visible change is the "walnut" finish of the body. The systems are designed by 2,5-way scheme, where a pair of 170-mm Kevlar drivers works in the lower part of the working band. They look similar externally,...
Wharfedale Evo 50 Signature Floor standing speakers

The model belongs to the premium Evo Signature series, being its flagship at the same time. Wharfedale Evo 50 are made by a three-way scheme with a front bass-reflex. A pair of 170-mm woofers is equipped with woven diffusers made of dark Kevlar - a material of the highest rigidity. A unique 50-mm driver...
Wharfedale Evo2-30 Floor standing speakers

It is quite strange but it's a fact - we began studying Wharfedale Evo2-30 with... reading of instructions! It is the first in our practice case when the manufacturer, in addition to cautions and characteristics, give a full electrical circuit to all models and even electromechanical parameters for the...
Wharfedale Evo2-40 Floor standing speakers

Wharfedale Evo2-40 is the representative of Evolution2. Perfect polished finish by natural veneer gladdens the eye. A new 25-mm tweeter with a silk dome, high-temperature coil made of aluminum wire and built-in radiator, is able to play frequencies above 30 kHz. Now in 170-mm MF- and HF-drivers there...
Wharfedale Jade 5 Floor standing speakers

Jade 5 is a three-band construction with innovative acoustic loading, which the English engineers call aperiodic membrane. Dynamical heads were specially designed for these systems. This is a pair of 165 mm woofers with diffusers, woven from Acufibre, combining high rigidity with the ability to effectively...
Wharfedale Jade 7 Floor standing speakers

Jade for Wharfedale more than just another series of speakers, but the result of long and hard work, its release could well be a significant event in the life of the company. Designed a line of Peter Cameau, director of acoustic research. Under his leadership, was created fundamentally new material Acufiber...
Wharfedale Opus 2-1 Floor standing speakers

During his long 75-year history, dating back to the origins of Hi-Fi, Wharfedale brand has become firmly associated with quality budget speakers like famous bookshelf speaker Diamond 9.1. Less known is the fact that in addition to Diamond firm has slightly more expensive model lines, including attention...
Wharfedale Pacific Evo-20 Floor standing speakers

"Twenty" - a very beautiful pair of two-way series Pacific Evolution (Evo-10, Evo-40). Reliable and versatile silk tech Kevlar; polished natural rosewood veneer, just a member of the rack slots, support powerful spike - soundly, solidly rich ... very serious attention is paid to the body: tapering to...
Wharfedale Pacific Evo-40 Floor standing speakers

The modified Pacific series is called Evolution or EVO for short. In the new system, the configuration of the frequency bands has been changed - one of the pair of Kevlar cones reproduces only bass (up to 150 Hz). Attached "corner" on the top panel, the tweeter is made on a compact neodymium magnet....
Wharfedale Valdus 400 Floor standing speakers

Wharfedale Valdus 400 is a three-way speaker system of bass-reflex type. The bass-reflex port adorns the faceplate. The speaker systems are impressively designed, perhaps even catchy, but in taste and without cheapness. In addition, plastic contours of the front panel look acoustically appropriate. The...
Wharfedale Vardus VR-400 Floor standing speakers

Wharfedale Vardus VR-400 is 2.5-way floor closed back speakers with passive radiator. Its body has a complex hexagonal cross-section which can be described as a trapezoid, diverging to the front with cut edges. This not only gave the speaker systems an original and romantic look but also has become a...
Yamaha NS-1000M Floor standing speakers

The Yamaha NS-1000 is produced in two versions, domestic and professional, the former in ebony with dark brown front grille, the latter (NS-1000M) slightly less expensively in plain black with a perforated protective metal cover over the low frequency unit; both are supplied in left/right matched pairs....
Yamaha NS-325F Floor standing speakers

In floor Yamaha NS-325F loudspeakers there is nothing more that is especially noteworthy except the finishing (natural veneer) and an enlarged up to three centimeters aluminum dome tweeter with an extended frequency range of 50 kHz. A pair of 13-cm mid-woofers with white diffusers sadly made of not a...
Yamaha NS-50F Floor standing speakers

Design. Three drivers: 1.18 inch (30 mm) tweeter with textile dome and two identical 6.3 inch (160-mm) mid/bass heads work with two frequency bands NS-50F. The firm does not give the information about the dynamics (the material of diffusers and other specific features of their construction). The attempt...
Yamaha NS-515F Floor standing speakers

Experienced audiophiles know studio monitors of famous brands well... Yamaha NS-515F - an innovation in the lineup, positioned by the company as a front theatrical pair. The design is laudable in all respects. Light translucent membranes of the heads are made of polymer PMD (Polymer Injected Mica Diaphragm)....
Yamaha NS-555 Floor standing speakers

Yamaha NS-555 commands respect in its weight (20kg) and gorgeous multi-layered piano lacquer finish. The bodies create the impression of exceptional damping and seem to be cast from concrete. Apparently, such approach to design is one of key moments of concept "Natural Sound", which Japanese developers...
Yamaha NS-6HX Floor standing speakers

Among the extensive range of products speakers index HX occupy top positions in the class home systems. This model differs from the more powerful NS-8HX only in the absence of the second woofer. Rectangular housing of 25 mm MDF trimmed Canadian maple veneer and polished quality. Highlights the combined...
Yamaha NS-777 Floor standing speakers

Black, lacquered, with slightly convex side panels Yamaha NS-777 has record sizes. The walls of the speaker systems are made of 12-mm MDF plates. Horizontal struts increase the rigidity of construction. There is a minimum of absorber inside. Translucent membranes of both woofers and midrange are made...
Yamaha NS-9002 Floor standing speakers

The NS-9002 is part of the HT series - home theater speakers. However, despite its solid appearance, it occupies a junior position among the floorstanders in this series. The loudspeaker is made according to a three-way scheme, where one driver is assigned to each band. The bass-reflex horn is quite...
Yamaha NS-9502 Floor standing speakers

Under the slogan "Natural sound" Yamaha produces a variety of audio equipment for home. I must say that this is not just a slogan, but a reflection of rich traditions and tremendous experience. Yamaha NS-9502 loudspeakers are a logical continuation of the popular NS-series and are between the budget...
Yamaha NS-9900 Floor standing speakers

Production of speakers, according to many, is not the main activity of the Japanese corporation. Meanwhile, the world-famous studio monitors NS-10M used by thousands of engineers around the world for decades. Abbreviation NS in the model name stands for Natural Sound. Strictly speaking, all home phonics...
Yamaha NS-F101 Floor standing speakers

Massive housing Yamaha speakers are made of plastic and painted silver. When creating speakers engineers used three-way circuit configured in a gated enclosure, where a high-frequency region corresponds to a 19mm speaker, and the middle and lower ranges of "service" 4 drivers 100 mm diameter, two for...
Yamaha NS-F140 Floor standing speakers

Yamaha NS-F140 speaker systems look much heavier than their own weight (less than 10 kg) and more serious than their low price. Directly a 16-cm MF/LF speaker with a conical diffuser and a dome tweeter (3 cm) play sound. On the back part of the body there is a bass-reflex port, but, it is not very deep...
Yamaha NS-F160 Floor standing speakers

The appearance of Yamaha NS-F160 cannot be accused of being too utilitarian. Sidewalls have smooth edges and laminated films, expertly imitating the veneer of natural wood. Protective grills are removable, carefully faceted. In short, at first glance, nothing hints at the low-cost status of the model....
Yamaha NS-F700 Floor standing speakers

A 16-cm woofer and 13-cm midbass with the branded A-PMD diffusers are used in NS-F700 speaker system. This composite material of white color, consisting of polymer with the addition of mica, has high rigidity at a mass, which is considerably lesser than widely used polypropylene. Ground mica effectively...
Yamaha Soavo 1 Floor standing speakers

The basis for the creation of Soavo became Natural Sound concept, which has been used by Yamaha engineers more than half a century for creation of speaker systems and electronic components. Its essence lies in the fact that each component achieves maximally natural and accurate transfer of musical recordings,...