Detailed, rhythmic and ultimately rewarding, they're a great addition to the speaker market at this price. Read the full review: Q Acoustics i. French audio brand Triangle has come up trumps with the Borea BR03s. Even better, where previous Triangle speakers may have sounded hard or bright, these are perfectly balanced. The BR03s are the largest of two pairs of standmounters in the Borea range and boast a distinctive design that's finished to a decent standard.
Single-wiring is the order of the day, with a neat pair of terminals for 4mm banana plugs on the rear of each cabinet. Overall, the Borea BR03 are savvy musical performers with a great sense of scale and an even greater appetite for presenting music in a transparent and mature manner.
Well worthy of your consideration. Read the full review: Triangle Borea BR Wharfedale may have won plaudits for its Diamond range of speakers, but it has plenty to offer at the higher-end, too. Like the Elysian 4. These speakers are big, and unusually broad by current standards. But they're beautiful to behold, with a wonderfully deep and luxurious gloss that's unmatched at this price. Large-scale crescendos are dispatched with confidence, the Elysians punching out sound with real venom.
They can play at high volume levels without stress too, but also have the less common attribute of still sounding interesting at whisper levels.
So if you're starting a party, or just want to enjoy your vinyl on the quiet, the Elysian 4 are a great option for those with slightly deeper pockets. Read the full Wharfedale Elysian 4 review. Having spent some time with the new Response DT8 floorstanders, we wish it hadn't been so long.
The 98cm tall cabinet feels immensely solid, and is blessed with crisp edges and neatly applied wood veneer. You'll notice that the DT8s use two different types of The idea is to get the best of all worlds - a polypropylene cone in the top unit shoots for natural mids, while a stiff poly mica diaphragm in the lower to deliver powerful-but-articulate bass.
Slightly odd appearance aside, we really like these speakers. Take a bit of care with system-matching and they will impress. The big brothers of the A-Line series, these A7s are superb floorstanders that sound great, look great and are compact enough to fit into most homes. Performance is refined yet entertaining, combining stunning precision, clarity and subtlety with hugely enjoyable dynamics and rhythm.
They time with pinpoint accuracy and are immensely transparent — without straying into 'clinical-sounding' territory. Read the full review: Spendor A7. Never heard of Fyne Audio? The Fs are an extremely confident calling-card, and it's testament to their ability that they picked up a What Hi-Fi?
Award back in , the firm's first year of business. They're sturdily made, with chunky locking spikes and MDF-beneath-real-wood-veneer cabinets. There's some interesting technical details, too. The tweeter — a rigid titanium dome — sits in the throat of the mid-bass driver in an arrangement Fyne is calling IsoFlare.
All pretty impressive for a company that started from scratch, but it's the sound that really enthralled us. The Fs deliver unified tonality, plenty of dynamic prowess and exceptional timing for the money.
Treble is assertive, to say the least, but never hardens. And while the s lay out every last scrap of detail, they remain wonderfully coherent and musical. Read the full review: Fyne Audio F This is a tough part of the market to crack, with exceptional performers available from almost every major speaker manufacturer — many of which are on this page. Yet, the ProAc K1 still manage to stand out among such talent. ProAc may have waited 12 years to release a K series standmounter to go alongside its veteran K series floorstander model, but that wait was well worth it.
Read the full ProAc K1 review. Wilson Benesch has never followed the herd. Its first products — a turntable and tonearm — were made using carbon fibre, something considered exceptionally high-tech back then in The Wilson Benesch Precision P2.
One , using the same hybrid construction principles but instead of carbon it's aluminium and wood. Drive units are designed in-house and feature elaborate faceplates cleverly-shaped to reduce distortion. In terms of clarity and transparency, they're unrivalled, while there's also a level of authority and dynamic punch that smaller speakers just can't match.
Read the full review: Wilson Benesch Precision P2. What Hi-Fi? Our comprehensive tests help you buy the very best for your money, with our advice sections giving you step-by-step information on how to get even more from your music and movies. Everything is tested by our dedicated team of in-house reviewers in our custom-built test rooms in London and Bath.
Our coveted five-star rating and Awards are recognised all over the world as the ultimate seal of approval, so you can buy with absolute confidence. Read more about how we test. Included in this guide: 1. Specifications Max power: dB. Sensitivity: 85dB. Frequency response: 79Hz - 28kHz. Impedance: 8ohms. Dimensions: Weight: 7. Reasons to avoid - Nothing at this price. Wharfedale Diamond These Award-winning floorstanders are entertaining and affordable.
Specifications Speaker terminals: 2. Tweeter: 2. Dimensions: 98 x 18 x 32cm H x W x D. Elac Debut B5. Specifications Speaker terminals: Single. Tweeter: 25mm. Dimensions: 34 x 18 x 23cm HxWxD. Reasons to avoid - Tough competition. Specifications Type: 2-way bookshelf speakers.
Impedance: 8ohm. Sensitivity: 88dB. Frequency response: 52Hz to 28kHz. Dimensions hwd : 35 x 19 x 30cm. Weight: 6. Fyne Audio Fi. Impedance: 8 ohms. Type: Two-way, rear ported. Frequency response: 36HzkHz. Max power handling: W. Dimensions hwd : x x mm Reasons to avoid - Not much at this price.
Dali Oberon 1 C. Specifications Bluetooth: aptX HD. Power: 4 x 50W Class D amps. Finishes : 4. Dimensions: 27 x 16 x 23cm. Weight: 4. Reasons to avoid - Not the last word in authority - Slight lack of bass depth. Max power: W.
Frequency response: 65Hz to 20kHz. Dimensions hwd : 31 x 18 x 28cm. Ruark Audio MR1 Mk2. Fantastic desktop speakers blessed with a gorgeous design and superb audio. Specifications aptX Bluetooth: Yes. List of Partners vendors. Gary Altunian. Gary Altunian was a freelance contributor to Lifewire and industry veteran in consumer electronics.
He passion was home audio and theater systems. Updated on May 17, Tweet Share Email. In This Article. Sound Quality. Types of Speakers. Rooms and Acoustics.
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