![]() These Award-winning Triangle speakers challenge the very best at this price – we advise listening to them before buying any other floorstanders. These are exciting speakers, which really come alive when turned up loud. Bass is deep but agile, helping deliver impressive scale and powerful dynamics. Sonically, they punch hard, deliver detail aplenty, and produce a musical and cohesive sound. Triangle suggests they work best in rooms between 20-40m squared in size, and the manual recommends placing them at least 40cm from a rear wall. However, a three-way design with a front-firing reflex port indicates there's been no scrimping when it comes to the all-important aspects of the speaker.Ī relatively high sensitivity means some care is needed when choosing your amplifier, while they also work best given plenty of room. Inside is on the predictable side, too, with classic speaker design but for some high-density EVA foam behind the driver for extra stability. They may look fairly simple but they're also neatly finished, well made and available in a choice of four finishes. There’s no shortage of talented rivals at this size and price, such as Dali's Oberon 5, yet having spent time in the company of the Triangle BR08 speakers, we feel they offer something special. Read the full review: B&W 606 S2 Anniversary Edition Best mid-price floorstanding speakers There are improvements in clarity too, with voices offering extra subtlety, while the overall presentation is more natural and transparent.ĭon't be fooled by the apparent minor upgrades, the B&W 606 S2 Anniversary Edition speakers deliver an impressive step up in performance. The new version is so much more precise and controlled. The biggest differences are heard in the bass. While retaining a broadly similar sonic character, the 606 S2 Anniversary Editions prove significantly more capable than their predecessors. On the inside, there's an upgraded crossover that now features better-quality capacitors. To mark the 25-year anniversary of the 600 range (in 2020), B&W decided to upgrade the 606s (and the rest of the range) - and it proved to be a wise move.Ĭosmetically, there's not much new, but for an inscription on the tweeter surround and a new oak finish option. The original Bowers & Wilkins 606 speakers walked off with What Hi-Fi?’s top speaker award in 2019 but it seems there's always room for improvement. Read the full review: Wharfedale Diamond 12.3 Best mid-price standmount speakers If you're looking for reasonably-priced hi-fi speakers, the talented Wharfdale 12.3 are a superb buy. The 12.3 are available in four finishes – black, walnut, white and a classy light oak – all of which belie their relatively modest price tag. Feed them a poor signal and they’ll round off rough edges and downplay unwanted aggression without sounding like they’re smothering the life out of the music.Īs for build quality, the cabinets are carefully crafted with a traditional straight-edge design and a tidy feet arrangement. ![]() Sonically, they're smooth, even-handed and wonderfully refined for the money. ![]() ![]() Indeed, we're so impressed by the Wharfedale Diamond 12.3's musical performance that it's now a two-time What Hi-Fi? Award winner.Īt 98cm tall, the Diamond 12.3 aren't a particularly imposing pair of floorstanders, so they'll fit into most spaces. Wharfedale's Diamond range now features a truly outstanding (and affordable) floorstander. Perform best if given a little room to breathe Read the full review: Elac Debut B5.2 Best budget floorstanding speakers For this sort of money, they're exceptional. It’s fair to say that these Debut B5.2 speakers should be considered one of the company’s finest efforts. Tonally, they don’t have the luscious midrange warmth of the comparable Dali Spektor 2, which should be considered alternative options alongside the Wharfedale Diamond 12.1, but they’re admirably balanced and capable of making the best of any recording – even those of poor quality.Įlac has been in the speaker business since the 1980s and has made many fine products in that time. The revised 5.25cm mid/bass unit uses a new blend of aramid fibres for the cone, combined with a different shape to improve stiffness and damping, while the tweeter claims a top-end response of 35kHz, adding plenty of sparkle to proceedings. Solid and unfussy about placement, the Debut B5.2s have the dynamic expression, detail and tonal sophistication to handle anything you throw at them – not to mention enough stretch in their abilities to improve even further when hooked up to a high-end system. Some might prefer the richer midrange tone of the Dali speakersĮlac's affordable standmounters are brilliant performers for the money. ![]()
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