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STEREO • MUSIC
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Loudspeakers
$5k-$10k
• Silverline Minuet
Supreme
• PSB Image T6
• Nola Boxer
• Magnepan MG 1.7
• Definitive BP 8060 ST
• GoldenEar Triton Two
• Sonus faber Liuto Monitor
• Vienna Acoustics Mozart
Concert Grand SE
• REL R-218 Subwoofer
• Audience ClairAudient 2+2
• Magnepan MG 3.7
• Reference 3A Episode
• Gallo Nucleus Reference 3.5
• Joseph Audio Pulsar
• DALI Helicon 400 MkII
• PMC Fact 3
• TEAC Esoteric MG-20
• Quad ESL-2805
• Thiel CS3.7
• Focal Diablo Utopia
• Nola Micro Grand Reference
• Von Schweikert UniField Three
• B&W 802D
• YG Acoustics Carmel
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• Wilson Audio Sasha W/P
• Sony SS-AR1
• Morel Fat Lady
• TAD CR-1
• Vandersteen Audio Model 7
and Interview with
Richard Vandersteen
• Magico Q5
• MBL 101 X-treme
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HIgH-PERFoRMANCE LoUDSPEAKERS
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editors-in-chief
. . . . . . . . . . robert Harley
alan Sircom
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. . Harry pearson
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. . aaron chamberlain
senior writers
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robert e. Greene
chris martens
tom martin
dick olsher
andrew Quint
ed Selley
paul Seydor
Steven Stone
alan taffel
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. . . . . ian Harris
Jim Hannon
Jacob Heilbrunn
Jason kennedy
kirk midtskog
chris thomas
NextScreen, LLC, Inc.
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vp/group publisher
. . . . . . Jim Hannon
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FROM THE
Editor
W
elcome to the 2011 edition of our buyer’s Guide to High-performance Loudspeakers, brought to
you by
The Absolute Sound
and
Hi-Fi Plus.
this issue is chock full of 31 full-length speaker reviews,
covering products that range in price from the $600 Silverline minuet Supreme to the $199,000
mbL 101 X-treme—and everything in-between.
These reviews have been specially selected from the
pages of
The Absolute Sound
and
Hi-Fi Plus
to bring you
our top choices covering the widest spectrum of products,
technologies, and prices. Whatever your budget or listening-
room size, you’re sure to find just the right loudspeaker for
you. Once you’ve used this guide to create your short list, visit
your local specialty audio retailer to audition your candidates
yourself and let your ears decide.
Although the speakers in our Buyer’s Guide cover a
staggering price range, they have one thing in common that
sets them apart from mass-market loudspeakers—they were
all designed by skilled and caring enthusiasts. Every single
one of our selections is a labor of love by a musically oriented
engineer who tried to extract the best performance from his
product. These designers are all driven by an obsession with
sound quality, no matter what the loudspeaker’s price. They
will try different drivers, cabinet materials, crossover parts,
and internal wiring until they are satisfied that no further
improvements are possible. This is as true for a $600 high-
end speaker as it is for a $199,000 one.
This approach is radically different from the way mass-
market speakers are created and sold. These “mid-fi”
speakers—which often cost more than true high-end
products—are created in the speaker companies’ marketing
departments to hit certain price points and appeal to particular
demographics, not replicate the sound of live music. The
engineers at such companies simply carry out the marketing
department’s directives. When they are finished with the
designs, a “cost engineer” starts cutting corners in the design
to increase the profit margin. These speakers feature lots of
large drivers, big cabinets, and offer high “perceived value”
at the expense of delivering real musical satisfaction.
By contrast, the high-end speaker is everything it needs
to be—and nothing more. No gimmicks, no marketing
buzzwords, and no hype. Instead, the high-end speaker will
deliver your favorite music wonderfully reproduced night
after night. So no matter what your budget, musical tastes, or
listening environment, starting off with a true high-end design
will virtually assure you of selecting a musically satisfying
loudspeaker. And in this Buyer’s Guide, we present 31 such
candidates from which to choose.
Good listening.
robert Harley
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