Why Sonoro Put an AMT Tweeter Inside This Surprisingly Slim Speaker
Are these Karl-Heinz Fink-tuned standmounts the ultimate small-room solution? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
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The Speaker That Refuses to Age: Bowers & Wilkins Still Can’t Make Enough Nautilus Speakers
The Speaker That Refuses to Age Thirty-three years after it first appeared, the Bowers & Wilkins Nautilus still looks like it belongs in a sci-fi movie. And people are still paying $110,000 for it. Here’s the thing about the Nautilus: it doesn’t care about trends. When Bowers & Wilkins dropped this thing in 1993, it…
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Klipsch Just Shrunk Its Reference Premiere Subwoofers Without Giving Up the Big Bass
Big bass usually comes with a big problem: where do you put the subwoofer? Klipsch has a new answer. The company has just introduced three Reference Premiere Compact Subwoofers, and the idea is almost exactly what the name suggests. Instead of asking you to find room for one of the company’s enormous full-size subwoofers, Klipsch…
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The $8,000 Upgrade That Shows Where High-End Home Theater Is Heading
There comes a point in a serious home theater system when an AV receiver starts to feel like a compromise. You want more processing power. More amplification. Better heat management. More flexibility. And, perhaps most importantly, you don’t want every critical component of the system fighting for space inside the same chassis. That is where…
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Why I Sold My B&W 802 D2 for an Electrostatic DIY System
Community Setup #001 Editor’s Introduction When I first had the idea of building the AmpReviews Community Setup Showcase, I wasn’t sure whether anyone would be willing to share their personal listening room and audio journey with our community. Péter Vastag became the very first member to say yes. He generously shared not only photographs of…
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I Thought ELAC Had Simply Built a Smaller Concentro. I Was Wrong.
Some loudspeakers announce themselves before you’ve even connected the cables. You see the cabinet, admire the finish, glance at the specification sheet, and immediately begin imagining how they’re going to sound. Usually, those expectations are confirmed within the first few minutes of listening. Sometimes they’re completely shattered. The ELAC Concentro S 507 belongs firmly in…
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I Finally Heard What KEF’s Reference 5 Can Really Do, and I Wasn’t Ready for It
I thought I knew KEF speakers—then I heard the Reference 5. Discover how KEF’s flagship floorstander combines Uni-Q technology, deep controlled bass,
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Klipsch WF-34 Review: Why You Should Never Judge a Horn Speaker on Day One
It’s hard to imagine high-end audio without the name Klipsch. For more than half a century, Paul W. Klipsch’s loudspeaker designs have survived changing trends, changing technologies, and changing tastes. In an industry where yesterday’s breakthrough often becomes tomorrow’s forgotten experiment, very few products earn genuine legendary status. The Klipschorn is one of them, and…
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SVS SoundPath Ultra Speaker Cables & RCA Interconnect Review
Premium Performance Without the Premium Price? There are very few companies in high-end audio that have managed to build the kind of reputation SVS enjoys today. While the brand first earned its following through powerful subwoofers, it has steadily expanded into loudspeakers and accessories without losing sight of the value-first philosophy that made it successful…
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Is This 20-Year-Old Klipsch Icon Still the Ultimate Rock ‘n’ Roll Speaker?
In my early years of stereo, there were few brands of speakers that were coveted as much as Klipsch. At that time in my life, I felt it was the best speaker on the planet for playing rock ‘n’ roll. Every time I heard them, I knew that I would have to figure out a…
