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HECO’s Aurora series has put out some outstanding performance at affordable prices, at least for the two loudspeakers that we have reviewed so far (Aurora 300 review and Aurora 1000 review). In those reviews, the Aurora speakers went straight to the top of our recommended speakers given the...

Crazy good deal on the 1000s. If you are looking for some affordable tower speakers, nothing really challenges these. Review. I think that Audio Advice is clearing out all of the HECO stuff. That is a shame, because it is so good for the money. It also takes HECO out of the North American...

I just got into this game. It is very difficult but definitely gives you a sense of accomplishment for completing a mission. Loads of fun yet nerve-wracking at the same time; I love it!

For a long time, monster subwoofers have been the domain of manufacturer direct businesses, since demand for giant subs was relegated to a relatively niche market of home theater enthusiasts. However, the breakout success of some of these home theater businesses has proven to the audio business...

It has been a while since Hsu Research launched a new subwoofer (the terrific but now-discontinued VTF-1 mk3, for anyone keeping track). However, that has now changed with today’s release of the VTF-TN1. The VTF-TN1 replaces the venerable VTF-15h MKII. For a long time, the VTF-15h MKII was one...

Having reviewed a host of Focal loudspeakers, I have yet to encounter one that I did not like. However, they have all been somewhat pricey, and shoppers should expect a major loudspeaker manufacturer to deliver the goods at those price points. But can Focal sustain that high quality at a much...

While Audioholics reviews a wide gamut of home audio loudspeakers, we haven’t done very many desktop speakers. One reason is that it is a space filled with very cheap PC speakers that are more intended for bare sound reproduction and are not designed with fidelity in mind at all. We haven't...

In our review of the HECO Aurora 1000 floor-standing speakers, I was very pleasantly surprised to find a real gem from a low-cost brand that I had not heard of. The brand was unknown to me, the packing was cheap, and much of the exterior evidenced a loudspeaker that was pretending to be more...

Any audio enthusiast in North America who has ever flirted with the idea of building their own loudspeaker will know what Parts Express is. It is the leading supplier of components and DIY audio gear in North America. Audioholics has done a lot of reviews of Dayton Audio products, a brand owned...

Here is a great video: He makes some great points. I could have made even more. Atmos is a technological failure on the whole. It's an encoding scheme that really only benefits high-end setups, and it has made sound quality worse for everyone else. What a gigantic waste.

Throughout this year, we have looked at a number of lower-cost subs in the $500 and below range. One often discussed low-cost sub that slipped through our net was the Monoprice SW-15. After many reader requests for a review of the SW-15, we asked Monoprice to send us one to see how it would...

RTJ Audio blew us away when they paid a visit to the Audioholics Smarthome with a pair of their 410 modular towers. It had a monster dynamic range but not at the expense of fidelity, and it was a speaker that could tackle any high-end private cinema with ease no matter how large. Sadly, we only...

Monoprice has had a variety of great choices for audiophiles on a tight budget as we have seen in past reviews. Our review of their MP-T65RT towers showed them to be highly competent for their incredibly low price, and our review of their Encore T6 Towers showed performance that punched way...

Among Arendal Sound's subwoofers, I have reviewed all but one, but today, I will be examining the final sub of the six that they offer, the 1723 Subwoofer 2S. I don’t expect any surprises in this review since I am familiar with Arendal’s design philosophy at this point. However, I am still...

Focal has been a reliably good loudspeaker manufacturer for years, and we have seen that many times in our reviews of their loudspeakers and headphones. They have something for audiophiles in nearly every price range (above $1k), and their new Vestia speaker series fills in the slot for those...

Audioholics recently reviewed a spate of $500 subwoofers (see our round-up here: The Best $500 Powered Subwoofers for 2023), and in the conclusion, we listed some potential alternatives to the featured subs of that article. The only alternative we listed there that we hadn’t reviewed was a pair...

Our last review encounter with Definitive Technology in the form of the Demand series (Definitive Technology Demand D15 review) left a positive impression, but it was a departure from their normal design practices. It almost looked as if Definitive Technology was turning a new leaf in terms of...

Klipsch has been one of the few major loudspeaker companies that have made some reasonably high-performing subs for home audio instead of many of the lackluster designs from other loudspeaker manufacturers who only phone in subs as an over-priced afterthought (think any company that makes tower...

The Arendal 1961 Monitor is Arendal’s second least-expensive stand-mount loudspeaker: not cheap, but not super-expensive either at $1100/pair. Arendal impressed us very much in our review of their 1723 Monitor (Arendal 1723 Monitor Review), their flagship stand-mount speaker, so we have decided...

For those in the know, Philharmonic Audio is one of the stand-out values in high-fidelity loudspeakers, but since Philharmonic doesn’t spend a penny on promotion and advertising, only those enthusiasts who are really tuned into the world of home audio loudspeakers would be familiar with the...