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Bowers & Wilkins 603 S3

It’s almost impossible to talk about speakers without thinking of Bowers & Wilkins. The British manufacturer is a benchmark against which others measure themselves, almost in every price range, and “every” hi-fi enthusiast has a mate with a pair of B&Ws in their living room. The manufacturer is also not known for coming up with …

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Raidho X2t

Compromise is not a word Raidho is familiar with. The Danish speaker manufacturer makes all of their components in-house, right down to the drivers, crossovers and feet. This also applies to their new speakers, the extremely sleek and slim Raidho X2t. The cabinet itself is almost as narrow as a CD cover, and the cabinet …

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PMC Prodigy5

Forget that Prodigy are PMC’s budget speakers. Forget that they’re small and only two-way. Forget that they look like they were made in a woodwork shop. Forget everything you’ve thought about small budget speakers. These speakers play music in an astonishingly honest, engaging and dynamic way. Which is a rarity in this price range. One …

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DALI Kore

Dali Kore is an extraordinary speaker that sounds amazing. It’s as simple as that. You might argue that it should go without saying that it sounds good when the price of a pair of speakers is on a par with the price of a German luxury car. But to understand how a pair of Dali …

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Audio Pro A38

Floorstanding speakers have an undeserved reputation for being large, impractical – and associated with permanent bachelor status. Which is a shame, as floorstanding speakers often actually take up less space than compact speakers on stands. The Audio Pro A38 is a floorstander so humble in scale and design that it should be able to fit …

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Dynaudio Focus 30

It shouldn’t really be possible for something this small to play so loud and clear, and with a bass reproduction that you can feel in your body. You look around to see what beast of an amplifier is driving the modest speakers, and where is the subwoofer? The new Dynaudio Focus 30 look like most …

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KEF R7 Meta

I remember wondering about the claim of how much better the sound would be when KEF first introduced Metamaterial Absorption Technology (MAT). For me, the press release sounded like so many other press releases from loudspeaker manufacturers. Full of praise about how much better the new version is. So, guided by experience, I waited to …

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Audiovector QR7

The QR series is Danish Audiovector’s most affordable speaker family, and we saw the first models back in 2016. At the time, the 2.5-way QR3 was the only floorstanding model, and I was blown away by its light and free-flowing playing style, combined with a firmness that surpassed most. Both in the bass and in …

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Elipson Heritage XLS11

Nostalgia is vogue. Here at the editorial office, Geir Nordby leads the vintage-style competition by having a set of JBL 4411 monitor speakers from 1984 lying on his desk, while yours truly has to make do with a smaller set of JBL L86s from 1982. We’re also seeing an increasingly dense flow of speakers attempting …

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Vestlyd V15C

We see lots of new Danish speakers – and new speaker brands for that matter. Denmark is probably the country in the world with the most speaker manufacturers per capita. But most of the new products we are presented with are either reasonable compact speakers or wildly expensive high-end models. Vestlyd (meaning “west sound”) is …

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KEF Reference 3 Meta

Investing in something that costs a lot of money is often a long process that can cause distress and perhaps sleepless nights. You’re actually excited, but subconsciously, doubts can creep in. This is when most people have trouble sleeping. It could be an imminent car purchase with a lot of money involved. Or it could …

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Bowers Wilkins 803 D4 SPREAD

Bowers & Wilkins 803 D4

Shortly after I got total goose bumps from Bowers & Wilkins’ flagship, the pig-headed and dizzyingly good 801 D4, a pair of the slightly more sensible 803 D4 have entered the test room. But only a little more, because even though the price has almost halved, it’s still possible to buy a new car at …

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KEF LS60 Wireless

Most people associate wireless speakers with Bluetooth and a democratic price range that the majority can identify with. That doesn’t mean there are no wireless speakers for a narrower market and in a completely different price range. Just look at Bang & Olufsen’s superb Beolab 28, which impressed in our test. The heavy price tag …

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Kerr Acoustic K320 MK3

Coming in from under the radar is a loudspeaker manufacturer. Kerr Acoustic was a complete unknown until I suddenly saw a picture of a Kerr speaker on social media. The floorstander reminded me of a PMC speaker, only with a ribbon tweeter instead of a 25 mm dome tweeter. The open port at the bottom …

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KEF Blade One Meta SPREAD WEB

KEF Blade One Meta

It’s only been a few months since we had the top-of-the-range 801 D4 from UK-based Bowers & Wilkins in for review. I was pretty quick to crown the speakers the best I’d heard. Perhaps a little too quickly … There’s nothing to criticise about the B&Ws when it comes to engineering and distortion-free sound reproduction, …

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