If you’re into high-quality, bulletproof audiophile amps, you no doubt already know the Bryston brand. In my decade or so of covering high-end custom installations, I’ve seen the company’s amplifiers paired with just about every audiophile speaker in existence. And now we can add one more brand of speakers to that list: Bryston’s own. Designed more »

GoldenEar Technology is showing off an update to its Triton Series loudspeaker line at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show. Sandy Gross and company are also unveiling a new entry in the SuperSat family. The Triton Seven is different from other speakers in the line in that it does not include  a built-in powered subwoofer. GoldEar compensates more »

Pioneer has unveiled a new line of home theater and music speakers that were designed by their chief speaker engineer, Andrew Jones.  The new 2012 lineup consists of bookshelf speakers, floorstanding speakers, a center channel, and a subwoofer.  The breadth of the lineup has something for pretty much everybody, whether you’re building a two-channel music more »

The new Performa3 speaker line from Harman-owned Revel Speakers got a lot of attention for their debut at this year’s CES. And even at their debut, Revel had a good bit of info on model numbers and availability. The company has just released the complete specs, though, and also pushed back the release a little, more »

Let’s say that you really don’t care that much about movies. Like at all. And you think that surround sound is just a bunch of loud noise and racket and that if you could wrap up all the bass into a big ball, you’d laugh a pleasant little laugh while you chucked it straight into more »

Polk Audio is showing off a number of new products at this year’s CEDIA Expo, including high performance headphones, an updated LSiM home audio speaker series, and its next generation SurroundBar. Polk’s Performance Line-Up features four “UltraFit” headphones in a variety of styles and colors, including in-ear, on-ear, and in-ear canal models. The headphones are more »

Among a host of pre-CEDIA announcements, speaker manufacturer KEF introduced its new R Series speakers. The line includes nine models: three floorstanding; two bookshelf speakers; two fully-specifiied and timbre-matched center channels; dipole surrounds; and a powerful twin driver, 500 Watt subwoofer. “The New R Series strikes the perfect balance between superb sound quality and affordability,” more »

Paradigm is introducing a completely redesigned lineup of loudspeakers: Monitor Series 7. According to Paradigm’s Manager of Product Development, Paul Wojciechowski, the company was looking to improve acoustic integrity with the Monitor Series 7, but also provide loudspeakers with a streamlined aesthetic and a smaller footprint. The Series 7 features a self-aligning magnetic grille design, more »

Today we’re going to spend some time talking about the General Securities Representative Exam. Most people know the exam as the “Series 7″ and once you’ve passed it you’ll… What’s that now? The Seven Series speakers from Leon? Oh, of course. Leon produces amazing handcrafted custom speakers and the new 2011 models in the Seven more »

MartinLogan is adding two new speakers to its ElectroMotion line: the ElectroMotion C2 and FX2. Both speakers feature MartinLogan’s “Folded Motion” thin film transducer technology, which allows for a lower distortion tweeter. The Folded Motion XT tweeter features a 40-percent larger radiating surface compared to speakers in MartinLogan’s Motion Series. The ElectroMotion C2 is a more »