The process of veneering speaker boxes with an iron-on veneer. It is no more difficult than using a traditional veneer, but requires fewer tools, less space and is less messy. It also gives you a greater margin for error so is perhaps a better option for the first-time speaker builder.
Tag: Speakers
Glasshouse Speaker Kit No. 1 Full Build & Review
Little sealed speakers with a big sound and some-assembly required. Satisfying to build resulting in a true hi-fi bargain. THey punch well above their weight and are worth the effort.
Magnat Signature Edelstein Loudspeakers Reviewed
wonderful loudspeakers that deserve to be front and centre of a two-channel system. These are mini speakers with a massive sound and which represent something unusual in audio – genuine value for money.
Acoustic Research AR48S Restoration Part 1
Dodgy drivers thwart my attempt to restore these classic Acoustic Research AR48S speakers, for now.
Denon SC-M5K Bookshelf Loudspeakers Reviewed
Manufactured in the late 1990s by Mission, sold to partner Denon UD-M5 stereo receiver or the UD-M7 component stereo system. Loads of them around now for bargain prices. Great little speakers for a small room or compact system.
Edifier MS-50A Bluetooth / Wifi Speaker Review
If you’re buying these primarily to listen to music, I would certainly suggest you buy two to pair them up for proper stereo. But if you’re after a great-looking, well-built streaming speaker, and you don’t want invasive smart tech in your home, The MS-50 may just be for you.
Cambridge Audio SX-60 Standmount Speakers Reviewed
These are speakers for rock and pop fans, but classical listeners should probably look elsewhere. They’ll delight hiphop and electronic fans too providing you have an amp with some ‘oomf’ behind it that can give those slightly stiff woofers a kick up the backside.
Fyne Audio F700 Standmount Speakers Reviewed
An aesthetically beautiful speaker with a sonic signature that closely follows the neutrality line, but adds a dose of ‘get up n’ go’ to proceedings. Impeccably built with possibly the best single-point concentric driver currently on the market.
Kali Audio IN-8 V2 Coincident Active Studio Monitors Reviewed
One of the best coincident driver designs around regardless of price, Paired with an equally adept bass driver, clever port design and unique DSP-based boundary equalisation. These active monitors are quite extraordinary at their position not far from the bottom rung of the price ladder.
Edifier P12 Budget Bookshelf Speaker Bargains Reviewed
it is now almost impossible to find a decent new name brand amplifier for less than £100, let alone a pair of quality speakers. The P12s are a genuine hi-fi loudspeaker at a bargain price.
Airpulse A80 Active Speakers Reviewed
Designed as an entry to serious hi-fi listening, targeted toward a younger audience with a strong focus towards digital listening in lifestyle systems.
Edifier S2000MKIII Active Bookshelf Speakers Reviewed
For home listening, the S2000s continue Edifier’s excellent track record with superlative acoustic and electronic design, a vast array of inputs, stylish aesthetics and great sound.
Active Up2Stream Plinths for the CHN-50 Speakers
These plinths finish the CHN-50 project off nicely, resulting in a compact active system capable of exceptional performance.
The Audio Appraisal Reference Hi-Fi System
The Audio Appraisal reference system. This post will be updated to reflect future changes and kept as a historic reference to log the equipment used to create these reviews.
Fyne Audio F303 Floorstanding Speakers Reviewed
Plentiful dynamics and detail, huge scale and excellent imaging make this another excellent speaker in Fyne’s F300 range.
Yamaha HS-8 8″ Active Studio Monitor Speakers Reviewed
If you can accommodate them, you’ll achieve excellent mixes which translate well to consumer devices and pro audio alike.
Yamaha DSR 112/115/215/118W Active PA Loudspeakers Reviewed
Public address loudspeakers have remained aesthetically similar for decades and truth be told they’ve never been especially lightweight or portable. technological advancements, primarily in class D amplification, have at least reduced the racks of auxiliary equipment needed to run a speaker set to virtually zero.
Fyne Audio F301 Bookshelf Speakers Reviewed
when old Tannoy talent regroup and launch a new name and fresh ranges designed from the ground up, there is certainly reason to get excited. If this is what the company can produce on a budget, I look forward to auditioning their more upmarket models.
Edifier S2000 Pro Active Speakers Review
Great looking, well made, well specified and lovely to listen too. That’s the Edifier S2000 Pro summed up in a nutshell.
AirPulse A300 Active Speakers Review
Their price and size places them in a segment of the market where there is a great deal of competition, but they compare very favourably to models far beyond their price.