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Acoustique Quality Passion Loudspeaker

August 5, 2021

“Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.” (Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel) Up until very recently, I was unaware of Acoustique Quality, a loudspeaker manufacture based in the Czech Republic. But all [Read More]

Audeze LCD-X Planar Magnetic Headphones by Dave Thomas

July 7, 2021

In comedian Katt William’s 2006 live concert film The Pimp Chronicles, there is a segment where he talks about people who used to brag about owning a Chrysler 300 automobile because it “looked just like [Read More]

NSMT Loudspeakers 20M Armada System by Terry London

June 23, 2021

NSMT Loudspeakers is one of the great US boutique companies that hand builds and designs some of the finest musical transducers, including stand-mount monitors, sub-woofers, and floor-standers on the market today. Located in [Read More]

Quad S2 Monitor Loudspeakers

June 16, 2021

Quad save the queen! For me, no matter who owns the brand, ‘Quad’ will always be up there with Wimbledon, Churchill, and Hogwarts. Quad is leather brogues in the rain and Burberry and London [Read More]

The Dali Oberon 5 loudspeakers; Oberon Kenobi! by David Abramson

February 11, 2021

Denied but undeterred… Over the years no one at Dali (short for Danish Audio Loudspeaker Industries, a company founded by Peter Lyngdorf in 1983) has responded to a single request from me [Read More]

Alta Audio Alyssa Monitor Loudspeaker by Tim Barrall

January 13, 2021

Last November, I received an email from Adam Sohmer of Sohmer Associates, the P.R. agent for Alta Audio. He wanted to know if I would like to review one of the loudspeakers he proudly reps [Read More]

LSA 20 Signature Tower Loudspeaker by Terry London

December 8, 2020

As an introduction, on the LSA (Living Sounds Audio) 20 Signature Tower loudspeaker, which retails for $3,995 a pair but is on sale for $2,299 until the end of the year. I wanted to [Read More]

Role Audio Starship SE Loudspeaker by Terry London

November 4, 2020

Over the last ten years, I have enjoyed reviewing five loudspeaker designs from the “twin” companies of Role Audio and NSMT Loudspeakers, including stand mount and floor-standers, from the creative mind of [Read More]

Cube Audio Nenuphar Loudspeakers by Mike Girardi

October 23, 2020

I first learned about the Cube Audio Nenuphar loudspeakers from a close audiophile friend, Davis Ten, who frequently reviews audio components on Audiogon. We both owned the Tekton Design Double Impact loudspeakers (which are [Read More]

hORNS Symphony loudspeakers by Mike Wright

October 14, 2020

“Wow. The hORNS Symphony speakers are actually sitting in my listening room.” The thought came to me the first time I started staring at how nice the Symphonies looked. As I walked [Read More]