Loudspeaker Reviews

Describing sound is tricky business.

I’ll let you in on a little secret—while I have Favorites, within those favorites I have favorites.

Do you remember that famous photo of Picasso drawing with light in air? From the Light Drawings? Here, I’ll remind you:

The review pair of the Contour Legacy Limited Edition speakers arrived with plenty of play time already on ‘em and they were out their flight cases and playing music on the Barn’s A-Side moments later.

There’s something nice, something intimate, about a good two way.

On the face of it, a tower speaker that reaches down into the mid-20Hz region and needs only a few Watts to come alive sounds like a dream come true.

One word kept coming to mind each time I thought about writing about the Qln Reference 9 Loudspeakers—Yes.

Some speaker’s appearance telegraphs their sound more than others, or so I say in a kind of surface way.

When it comes to loudspeakers, I like all kinds.

To say I was impressed by the Fyne Vintage Classic XII is kinda like saying I’m impressed by air conditioning—it’s all a matter of degree.

Trees, ‘hauses, audio, and labs are some of my favorite words as they, when combined, bring to mind all manner of lovely hifi things past and present.

“Better” can be a tricky thing to ascribe to a piece of hifi gear. After all, what each of us like or prefer is a matter of taste not fact. With that being said, the GoldenEar T66 are my very favorite GoldenEar speakers.

Would you be surprised to learn that the Vivid GIYA G3 Series 2 loudspeakers sound like a larger version of the Vivid K 45 loudspeakers I reviewed back in July of 2023? Yet somehow even more than simply bigger?

There are few things in hifi less obvious than a large horn-loaded speaker when it comes to setting expectations.

The original Wharfedale Dovedales date back to 1959. This all-new version celebrates the company’s 90th anniversary and fits nicely into their Heritage line with lovely stout retro hand veneered appeal.