Speaker System Reviews

Snell Type J
Speaker System

The Snell Type J is a compact 8-ohm, two-way speaker system intended to bring the essential qualities of larger (and costlier) Snell speakers to a more popular price range. Although...
Snell type C/I
Speaker System

The Snell Type C/i loudspeaker, though very similar in concept to the company’s flagship speaker, the Type A/III, is less than half its price and considerably smaller. Both systems...
Snell type D
Speaker System

Although it is not Snell’s most expensive speaker, the Type D has been designed and manufactured to the same exacting standards as the company’s most costly models. For example,...
Sonance Model IV
Speaker System

Loudspeakers designed for permanent installation in a room’s walls used to be limited to providing background music in commercial locations such as restaurants and stores, but home...
Soundwave Point Source 3.0
Speaker System

Most loudspeaker designers agree that wide-angle horizontal sound dispersion (at least in the forward hemisphere) is desirable for the most natural sound quality. Over the years, various...
Speakerlab DAS 2
Speaker System

Speakerlab entered the market, years ago, by developing a broad line of speaker kits that were sold both by mail and directly from the company’s Seattle headquarters. Much more than...
Spectrum 108A
Speaker System

The Spectrum 108A is a small two-way speaker whose size and weight are consistent with placement on bookshelves or on free-standing pedestals. The walnut-grain, vinyl-covered box, which...
Synthesis LM210
Speaker System

Synthesis loudspeaker systems are designed and manufactured by a subsidiary of Conrad-Johnson, a well-known manufacturer of high-end amplifiers and preamplifiers. While offering the...
Tannoy Mercury m2
Speaker System

T annoy is one of the oldest companies in the audio industry, with over seventy years of experience in the design and manufacture of loudspeakers. Through its long history the Tannoy...
Technics SB-R100
Speaker System

Technics describes the SB-R100 as a “flat speaker system” primarily in reference to its shape, and in that respect the phrase is both apt and accurate. In addition, however, our...
Technics SB-X700
Speaker System

A good dynamic speaker driver should have a rigid, low-mass diaphragm, or radiating surface, and speaker designers have tried for years to develop driver shapes and materials that approximate...
Thiel CS1.2
Speaker System

Thiel’s approach to speaker design emphasizes the importance of controlling time and phase response, as well as frequency response, in order to provide accurate reproduction of the...