Speaker Reviews

If you’re looking for a stay-at-home wireless speaker, you should start here

2 expert reviews | 14 user reviews

With the Epicon 6, DALI has achieved a remarkably detailed, transparent and dynamically lively speaker, beautifully styled and finished.

12 expert reviews

The is a loud, powerful speaker that costs only $100. If loud and powerful satisfies your checklist, you'll like this speaker.

2 expert reviews | 610 user reviews

Lovely sounding pair

2 expert reviews | 4 user reviews

The JBL Jembes are good-looking, compact speakers that take seconds to set up and don’t dictate what device you use them with: anything with a 3.5mm audio out is fine. We’d prefer longer cables or the convenience of the Bluetooth model, but have no...

3 expert reviews

Best traditional package up to £700, Awards 2014. This Award winner is a must-hear for anyone who wants an attractive and affordable 5.1 system that also works well with stereo and multichannel music

8 expert reviews | 66 user reviews

The 2000i’s epic performance and delectable design make a mockery of the sub-£700 price tag and cements Q Acoustics’ status as one of the best affordable speaker brands around.

3 expert reviews | 6 user reviews

The PL200 II is a beautiful, well-engineered speaker that looks, sounds, and measures like Monitor Audio put years of work into it. Its strengths are terrific bass response, clear midrange, clean and unfatiguing treble, and a realistic sense of space....

5 expert reviews | 1 user reviews

DALI is a company that has nothing to do with surrealist art or Tibetan Buddhism. The acronym is for Danish Audiophile Loudspeaker Industries, which over some 30 years has grown from a home-market specialist to a respected international brand. Despite...

4 expert reviews | 6 user reviews

This splendid loudspeaker does most things very well and even includes a useful ability to upgrade performance by stages in the future. Its fine openness and freedom from boxiness confers good musical communication and stereo imaging

8 expert reviews | 8 user reviews

Jamo's THX-certified speakers are pure audio dynamite.

7 expert reviews | 7 user reviews

Look past their appearance and you’ve got a fun-sounding yet refined speaker, guaranteed to put a smile on your face

4 expert reviews | 82 user reviews

Equally impressive with music A switch to the equally, if entirely differently, testing DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack to Stop Making Sense lets the Q Acoustics demonstrate another strength: the ability to play music in a convincing and, well, musical...

4 expert reviews | 11 user reviews

It is with no small measure of pride that I am reviewing the latest incarnation of the phenomenal Quad ESL63. Y'see, I had a teensy-weensy, but possibly pivotal role in its development. If that taints me with a conflict of......

8 expert reviews | 8 user reviews

In the history of civil unrest, there has never been anything quite like the audio rebellion. People are using half-inch-thick A/V receiver manuals as tinder and then throwing their receivers onto the flames. Doghouse-sized stereo amps and preamps are...

5 expert reviews | 3 user reviews

Our first impression was that PMC had been a little ambitious with the pricing of the Twenty 21s. Having got them to sing, we feel they’re one of the best speakers around at this price level. An easy five-star verdict.

2 expert reviews

DALI’s 5.1 speaker package offers stunning sound for the money, with seamlessly integrated bass and dazzling detail.

2 expert reviews

Lightning in a bottle. How do you trap it and, perhaps more importantly, how do you keep it bottled up? Monitor Audio's popular Bronze speaker range, now in its sixth generation, makes for a particularly good case study.

3 expert reviews | 157 user reviews

The HTS 101 XP is a revamped version of Tannoy's HTS 101 compact 5.1 speaker system, launched back in 2011. I lauded the original system's winning combination of performance, design and value, but now Tannoy steps things up with tweaked drivers, a...

6 expert reviews | 54 user reviews

If there is a more perfect subwoofer in production today, we haven’t heard it yet. The SB 13-Ultra’s sealed-cabinet design, robust driver, insanely powerful amp, and rock-solid enclosure combine to deliver the ultimate in bass pleasure. Our only wish...

9 expert reviews | 28 user reviews

These speakers sounds amazing! They sound ALIVE!

6 expert reviews | 8 user reviews

Throughout this time Linn has championed the position that the most important component in the musical chain is the source, since the signals produced by the source determine the ultimate quality of the rest of the reproduction chain. This was true...

12 expert reviews

You must hear these before buying any other speaker at this price

10 expert reviews | 106 user reviews

For all-purpose real-life applications, the KEF Q300’s are the bee’s knees. When you compare them to much more expensive speakers, you may find that the soundstage is not quite as 3d, the imaging is not as pinpoint; they don’t have quite the same...

14 expert reviews | 110 user reviews

If your budget is limited to $1,000 for a pair of loudspeakers for desktop or nearfield use, the DALI Opticon 1 loudspeaker should be on your radar. In many ways, it is a modern equivalent of the venerable Yamaha NS-10 or Spendor LS3/5A BBC monitor--in...

2 expert reviews | 41 user reviews