May 11, 2017 | HAYWARD, CA – Magico, the Leader in High-Performance Loudspeaker Design and Manufacture, is pleased to announce the M6 which establishes a new pinnacle of engineering and design vision at Magico. Since the release of the M-Project in 2014, Alon Wolf and his engineering team have worked to expand upon the ground breaking […]
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March 24 | Kari Nevalainen A loudspeaker can be “sophisticated” by featuring highly complex and unusual techniques, or simply by being elegant and expert in matters of culture. ProAc Response D20R sports a new ribbon tweeter, modern carbon fiber mid-woofer and of course, ProAc’s trademark: the meticulously executed crossover. But I’d not call this speaker
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7th March 2016 | What Hi-Fi? So, if you’re not familiar with the Clearaudio Concept turntable by now, the concept is essentially getting the most exceptional sound you can from your records at this price. If that, combined with the five stars at the top of this review and this deck’s mantelpiece full of What Hi-Fi? Awards,
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By Al Griffin | Apr 4, 2017 With the Triton Reference, GoldenEar Technology has delivered their finest loudspeaker yet. It looks great, sounds great, and represents an exceptional value in high-end audio. When I reviewed GoldenEar Technology’s debut loudspeaker, the Triton Two, shortly after the company launched in 2010, co-founder/president/polymath Sandy Gross indicated that it
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By Hi-Fi Choice | May 2017 Classic hi-fi brand, Quad hasn’t forgotten how to innovate as Ed Selley discovers from this luxury set of components I’m not much of a gambler, but I’d be willing to bet that for some readers, a Quad Beautiful System should have a pair of electrostatic speakers fronted by something
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By Hi-Fi Choice | May 2017 It isn’t often we see a tweeter take up more space on a speaker’s baffle than its mid/bass driver. In fact, I can’t think of another example. So let’s get this out of the way: grilles off, the Quad Z-1 does look oddly top heavy until you get used
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By Todd Anderson | May 25, 2017 Highlights: Manageable compact design, strong deep bass performance with excellent musicality, unique driver array technology, high-end build quality. Summary: The SuperSub X is GoldenEar’s smallest SuperSub model to date. Utilizing two horizontally-opposed active drivers and two vertically-opposed passive radiators, it’s capable of bone-rattling deep bass output that’s suited for both
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8th December 2015 | What Hi-Fi? Ordinary describes their looks, but not the ProAcs’ sonic performance Look at Lionel Messi. Universally regarded as one of the best footballers on the planet, yet, with his short stature, sizeable conk and schoolboy haircut, he’s otherwise about as ordinary-looking a chap you’re likely to see this side of
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by Mr Eric Neff | May 03, 2017 “Hey, come here! You have to hear these things!” So said one of my friends in our early audio days. “These” turned out to be the Magnepan Magneplanar Tympani full-range quasi-ribbon big-as-a-room-divider flat panel speakers from decades ago. Walking into the room at the audio dealer, my first
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5th January 2017 | by Adam Smith The S3 Mk II speakers are a high-price pair of speakers that are apparently designed to increase dynamic range and lower distortion. Magico has announced a new pair of seriously high-end speakers, the S3 Mk II, which are launching at CES 2017. Sitting between the S1 Mk II and the
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