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• Survey on passive vs active loudspeakers - Part I (June 2006)
• Survey on passive vs active loudspeakers - Part II (June 2006)

• Speakers below 1000$/Eur: shootout comparison test - Part I - Methodology
  • Dynaudio Audience 42
  • ELAC FS 1082
  • Soliloquy SAT 5
  • Audio Concepts Inc. (ACI) Emerald LE
  • Odissey Audio Epiphony

• Audio Concepts Inc. (ACI) Sapphire XL (November 2007)
• Adorntech Concerto 3 - floorstanders with metallic cabinet (January, 2006)
• Aliante Stile: World Premiere!
• Aliante Punto 5 - mini-monitors
• Aliante One Zeta - bookshelf speakers
• Aliante Moda: World Premiere!
• Aliante Spazio - bookshelf speakers
• Aliante Iperspazio - bookshelf speakers
• Aliante CNM Compact - bookshelf speakers
• Aliante CNM Tower - floorstanders
• Aliante CNM Tower upgraded version - floorstanders
• Aliante PF-1000 - active subwoofer
• Aurousal A1 - single-driver bookshelf loudspeaker (September 2007)
• Audio Physic Tempo 3 - floorstanders
• Aux Out - sub + sats active system with Class T amp modules (February 2007)
• Avalon Pro Mixing Monitors - pro bookshelf speakers
• B & M AP 17 - floorstanders
• B & W DM 302 - bookshelf speakers
• B & W DM 601 S2 - bookshelf speakers
• B & W 801 & 802 Nautilus - floorstanders
• B & W 805 S - bookshelf loudspeakers (September 2007)
• BD Designs TQWP - TQWT floorstanders
• Beauhorn Virtuoso Lowther-equipped horn-loaded loudspeakers
• Cabasse Sloop 500 - French floorstanders
• Cabasse Caprera - French floorstanders
• Cliffhanger Audio Bulldog - hi-end bookshelf loudspeakers
• D.A.S Harefield - active loudspeakers (October 2006)
• D.A.S Hailey - active loudspeakers (March 2007)
• Dali Concept 10 - floorstanders
• Diapason Micra II CE - bookshelf speakers
• Diapason Adamantes III (versus Adamantes I) - ten years of Adamantes
• Diapason Prelude III - bookshelf speakers
• Diapason Prelude II VS - bookshelf speakers
• Diapason Nux & Emera - floorstanding & bookshelf speakers
• Diesis Akis - Italian floorstanders
• Dynaudio Contour 1.1 - bookshelf loudspeakers
• EuroAcoustics EA 140 - Finnish floorstanders
• Hawthorne Audio Silver Iris coaxial drivers - Part I (October 2006)
• Hawthorne Audio Silver Iris coaxial drivers - Part II (with Augies woofers) (November 2006)
• HGP Corda - tower floorstanders
• Ikonoklast Model 3 - transmission line floorstanders with Walsh-type tweeter
• Indiana Line Arbour 5.30 and 5.40 - entry-level bookshelf speakers
• Indiana Line Arbour Sub - active subwoofer
• Infinity Ref 1 mk II - entry-level bookshelf speakers
• Infinity Ref 11 i - entry-level bookshelf speakers
• IPL S3MTL transmission line DIY kits
• Jamo Concert 8 and Concert 11
• JBL Ti 600 - floorstanders
• JM Lab Chorus 707 - bookshelf speakers
• JM Lab Tantal 505 - bookshelf speakers
• JMR Arpeggione - tower floorstanders
• JMR Twin MkIII - bookshelf loudspeakers
• JohnBlue JB3 - single-driver speaker (January 2008)
• Jupiter Audio Europa - bookshelf loudspeakers with ribbon tweeters
• KEF Coda 70 - bookshelf speakers
• Klipsch RF-3 - floorstanding 98 dB/w/m loudspeakers
• Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 - active, THX-certified, low-budget sub + sats combo
• Linn Index Plus right from the Eighties
• Loth-X Polaris - full-range horns
• Loth-X BS-1 - bookshelf speakers
• Lowther PM-2A with Medallion and MLTL enclosures - full-range drivers
• Magna Acoustica floorstanders with full-range drivers (January 2006)
• Manger ZeroBox 109 - bookshelf speakers with Manger fullrange unit
• Mark & Daniel Maximus-Topaz - bookshelf loudspeakers with air-motion transformer tweeters (October 2007)
• Merlin Music TSM - MM - bookshelf speakers
• Mission 750 LE - bookshelf speakers
• Monsoon FPF 1000 - hybrid loudspeakers
• Moth Audio Cicada - full range speakers
• Musikelectronic Geithain RL-901
• Naim Audio IBL - floorstanding louspeakers (1987-1996)
• Newtronics Gate - transmission line louspeakers
• Newtronics Skorpion X - floorstanders
• Newtronics Temperance - transmission line floorstanders
• Norh Audio 3.0
• Norh Audio 4.0
• Norh Audio 4.0 Ceramic
• Norh Audio SM 6.9
• Norh Audio 9.0
• Omega Audio Model TS2R - full-range loudspeakers with Fostex driver
• Omega Audio Model TS1 vs TS3 comparison test - full-range loudspeakers with Fostex drivers
• Opera Terza: Italian walnut floorstanders
• Opera Terza: Italian walnut floorstanders - NEW improved version
• Orchid Audio PLL1
• PenAudio Rebel Evo I - minimonitors
• Piega PL4, hi-tech floorstanders
• Polk Audio LSi 7 - bookshelf loudspeakers
• Polk Audio RT 2000 i - floorstanders with built-in powered subwoofers
• Polk Audio RT 600 i - small floorstanders
• Polk Audio RT 15 i - bookshelf loudspeakers
• Poor Man's Tube - DIY kit loudspeaker by Audio & Technique
• Quad ESL 989 - electrostatic loudspeakers
• Quad ESL 989 - electrostatic loudspeakers, follow up
• Quad 77 - 10L - bookshelf loudspeakers
• Quad 11L and 12L - bookshelf loudspeakers
• Reference 3A Dulcet - compact minimonitors (November 2007)
• Resolution S.U.H.T.L - floorstanding loudspeakers (April, 2006)
• RHF Aulos: Italian ribbon-equipped black beauties
• Role Audio Kayak - bookshelf speakers
• S.A.P. Trio loudspeakers (with SAP Anniversary OTL integrated amp)
• Sigma Acoustics Ouverture - bookshelf speakers
• Soliloquy 6.2 - floorstanding speakers (World Premiere)
• Sonus Faber Concertino - bookshelf loudspeakers
• Tannoy Dual Concentric drivers - a general survey
• Tannoy Mercury M2 - bookshelf loudspeakers
• The Horns Shoppe - The Horn
• The Horns Shoppe - The HornLine - bass Augmenter
• The Sound of The Valve Embryo - TQWT tower with 2 full-range units
• Trasvelox Freewind 12 - bookshelf loudspeakers
• Triangle Celius 202 - floorstanding loudspeakers
• Triangle Comete 202 - bookshelf loudspeakers
• Triangle Titus 202 - bookshelf loudspeakers
• Trivox Pure S - bookshelf loudspeakers (June 2007)
• Ultrasound Alias Light - bookshelf loudspeakers
• US Blaster USB 4011 - big inexpensive floorstanders
• Van Medevoort EE 150 - electrostatic hybrid loudspeakers
• Xavian Mia II - bookshelf loudspeakers (September 2006)
• Xavian XN 125 - bookshelf loudspeakers
• Wharfedale Diamond 7.2

• Headphones
  • Sennheiser HD 250 II vs HD 650 (April 2007)
  • Headphones shootout test: Sennheiser HD650, HD497, Grado RS-1, BeyerDynamic DT990 (February 200/)
  • Sennheiser HD 600 & Etymotic ER-4s (& some headphone amp in between)