It has a 1" metal-dome tweeter with an overhung voice-coil in a flared waveguide, a 7" aluminum-cone midrange driver, and two 9" aluminum-cone woofers. Strikingly beautiful in construction and finish, the three-way, reflex-loaded, floorstanding Reference 3.2 is built using monocoque construction: each of its five layers of high-density fiberboard is carefully preformed, then bonded to the other layers to maximize rigidity and stiffness. "The 7T is so good that it should provide any listener with joyful musical communication," KR concluded. The 7T provided a well-balanced sound overall, with a stable soundstage, pinpoint imaging, detailed and transparent highs, a gorgeous midrange, and neutrally balanced bass. This compact (44.5" H by 9.7" W by 15.3" D), three-way floorstander uses a 1" soft ring-radiator tweeter with dual magnets and a machined waveguide a 5.9" papyrus-blend midrange cone with a 1.25" voice-coil, dual magnets, and cast magnesium frame and two 7.1" bilaminate-cone woofers with 1.5" voice-coils and cast magnesium frames.
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Wilson Audio Specialties MAXX Series 3: $69,500/pair ✩ Wilson Audio Specialties Alexandria XLF: $200,000/pair (Vol.31 No.3, Vol.32 No.12 Read Review Online) (Vol.31 No.6, Vol.32 No.3 Read Review Online) One of Stereophile's "Joint Loudspeakers of the Year" for 2008. Mbl Radialstrahler 101E Mk.II: $70,500/pair That's why they're listed-and why you should consider buying them.Īerial Acoustics Model 20T V2: $29,500/pair ✩ In addition, such has been the recent progress in loudspeaker design at a more affordable level that we have an extra class: E, for "Entry Level." Someone once asked us why Stereophile bothers to review inexpensive loudspeakers at all: In effect, aren't we insulting our readership by recommending that they buy inexpensive models? Remember: It's possible to put together a musically satisfying, truly high-end system around any of our Class D and E recommendations. Candidates for inclusion in this class must still reach down to at least 40Hz, below the lowest notes of the four-string double-bass and bass guitar. It must also be capable of reaching realistic sound-pressure levels without any feeling of strain.)įor those unconcerned about the last few hertz of low-bass extension, we have created "Classes A, B, and C (Restricted Extreme LF)" for those speakers that are state of the art in every other way. (Note that, to be eligible for inclusion in Class A, the system must be full-range-ie, feature bass extension to 20Hz. I have therefore just listed every system or combination that at least one of Stereophile's reviewers feels, as a result of his or her experience, approaches the current state of the art in loudspeaker design. Editor's Note: Class A "Loudspeakers" are sufficiently idiosyncratic and differ enough from one another that prospective customers should read Stereophile's original reviews in their entirety for descriptions of the sounds.
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