Loudspeakers

For reviews of gear including and related to the things that push the air around.

Olympica Nova from Sonus Faber | Review

September 5, 2019 // 2 Comments

The new Olympica series from Sonus Faber features a number of innovations—new drivers and crossovers, new cabinet designs and new approaches to enclosure bracing and tuning. The result is breathtaking looks and elegant sound in a compact package. [...]

Sonus Faber Serafino Tradition | Review

June 30, 2019 // 2 Comments

With the Sonus Faber Serafino Tradition in your room, chances are high you will tend to let irrelevancies slide. Like food, water, and personal hygiene. Because you will have [...]

Amphion Argon 3S loudspeakers | Review

February 9, 2019 // 4 Comments

Better living through chemistry As a practicing chemist (or rather, “purveyor of chemical knowledge”), I’m quite keen on all things chemistry. My interest was [...]

Sonus Faber Sonetto II Speakers | Review

December 30, 2018 // 17 Comments

Nothing but the truth Should audio components always be 100% truthful to the source? Ahhh, that’s one of those questions that has resulted in untold audiophile angst, much [...]

YG Acoustics Sonja XV and Dan D’Agostino Relentless

December 2, 2018 // 1 Comment

Do I really need an excuse to ditch Rochester just before the first major snowstorm of the season just to head down to San Diego? As excuses go, I can think on none more [...]

Wilson Audio Sasha DAW with dCS Bartók DAC | First Listen

November 11, 2018 // 4 Comments

Brian Berdan, owner of Audio Element in Pasadena California grew up in a household filled with music, his late father was a well known hi-fi dealer, so I can suspect that [...]

Wilson Audio Sasha DAW | First Look

October 25, 2018 // 9 Comments

It was a once in a lifetime experience about 1.5 years ago when I got to sit alongside David Wilson in his inspiring listening room and hear the WAMM Master Chronosonic. I [...]

Apple HomePod Review: Smart Speaker for the High-End?

July 28, 2018 // 8 Comments

The Apple HomePod is reported to be an excellent sounding smart speaker, one of the best in the segment. Apparently, that's not a high bar. [...]

Studio Electric M4 Review | The Millennial Audiophile

July 20, 2018 // 2 Comments

Studio Electric looks for a higher class of consideration Call me crazy but I have a particularly unwavering bias in this hobby for sound and sound only. I do not personally [...]

Sonus Faber Launches Sonetto

June 29, 2018 // 3 Comments

The 1900 Building in Kansas City, Missouri, is the original HQ for Lee Jeans, and last week I got a tour, courtesy of Mr. Karbank, the owner. The “new” [...]