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GoldenEar Technology Triton Reference Loudspeaker Review

GoldenEar Technology, Hi-Fi / By Sounds Inc.

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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Beautiful System: Quad – Family Fortunes

Hi-Fi, Quad / By Sounds Inc.

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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Raise the Bar – High hopes for the compact and curvy Z-1

Hi-Fi, Quad / By Sounds Inc.

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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GoldenEar Technology SuperSub X Review

GoldenEar Technology, Hi-Fi / By Sounds Inc.

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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ProAc Studio 118 Review

Hi-Fi, ProAc / By Sounds Inc.

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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Magnepan Magneplanar .7 Floorstanding Loudspeakers

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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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Magico Launches $28,000 S3MkII Speakers at CES 2017

Hi-Fi, Magico / By Sounds Inc.

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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Q Acoustics Announces High-end Concept 500 Speakers

Hi-Fi, QAcoustics / By Sounds Inc.

by Verity Burns | 28th November 2016 The £3600 premium floorstanders are a departure from the rest of the brand’s more affordable line up, and offer new drivers and cabinet improvements. After previewing it quietly at the Munich Show earlier this year, Q Acoustics has officially announced its first high-end loudspeaker, the Concept 500. They

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Magico Introduces SPOD

Hi-Fi, Magico / By Sounds Inc.

by TAS Staff | Mar 24th, 2017 The following is a press release issued by Magico. March 24, 2017 – Magico, LLC the Leader in High Performance Loudspeaker Design and Manufacture, is pleased to announce a newly developed spiked footer solution called the SPOD. The SPOD is based on the scientific design principles of Constrained Layer

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Magico S1 Mk II Loudspeaker – Strong Family Resemblance

Hi-Fi, Magico / By Sounds Inc.

by Andrew Quint | Feb 21st, 2017 Magico loudspeakers have impressed a good number of TAS equipment reviewers. No fewer than seven Magico models are endorsed in the 2017 Buyer’s Guide and the most ambitious designs have served as references for Robert Harley (the Q7 Mk II) and Jonathan Valin (the M Project). Alan Taffel and Anthony

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