Archive for April, 2008

NAIM DBL

Here’s an obscure brand name (pun intended) with a funny denomination. NAIM (I think you don’t actually pronounce it like ‘name’) is a UK loudspeaker and hi-fi equipment manufacturer that is responsible for the DBL lineup. What’s DBL? This would be NAIM’s best floorstanding loudspeaker array.

The Naim DBL integrates the enhanced separate box technology to [...]

Mackie SRM450v2

Are you looking for a convenient way to get the most out of a live performance? Sure, there may be top-grade loudspeakers for outdoor concerts, but they tend to cost you unreasonably high. Take a look at what Mackie has to offer.
Right, you don’t know anything about Mackie. Yes, it’s an obscure brand name again, [...]

Art Lebedev Sonicum

If you’re looking for an interesting design for your speakers, check out what this Sonicum 2.1 system has to offer. You instantly understand these speakers emanate spiffy design when you find out that they were conceptualized by the renowned Russian design studio Art Lebedev responsible for the fabled Optimus Maximus keyboard.

The flat panel speakers also [...]

Mission M-Cube

Up until now, we’ve seen some majestic floor standing loudspeakers that might as well rip your skin off in case you somehow managed to avoid bankruptcy. Why not settle for a decently priced 5.1 system that doesn’t fiddle quality? Something like the M-cube 5.1 system from Mission.

Although it seems a miniature system when compared to [...]

MartinLogan Source

Obscure brand names are back in full effect. This time I found some strange-looking floor-standing loudspeakers from MartinLogan. They are dubbed Source… the source of weird stuff, I reckon. Just look at them.

Anyhow, MartinLogan claims that Source is the world’s most affordable high-performance hybrid electrostatic loudspeaker you’ve ever encountered. In order to provide a never-before-heard [...]