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System Audio Legend 7.2 Silverback Active On-Wall Speaker and Stereo Hub

Written by: Gordon Brockhouse
Created: 01 October 2022

Life gets in the way of a lot of things, and sometimes it gets in the way of hi-fi. Audiophiles who have dedicated listening rooms are lucky in this respect; audiophiles who must set up their sound systems in multipurpose spaces can find their hobby conflicts with other activities that go on in those rooms. The speaker locations that might deliver the best tonal balance and soundstaging might be occupied by an armchair or end table. Freestanding speakers might present a tipping hazard for households with rambunctious toddlers or pets.

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Roksan Attessa Streaming Integrated Amplifier

Written by: Vince Hanada
Created: 15 September 2022

Note: for the full suite of measurements from the SoundStage! Audio-Electronics Lab, click this link.

It’s almost ten years since Lenbrook Industries launched its Bluesound range of multiroom audio components. At the heart of those products is the BluOS software platform, developed in-house by the Canadian company. Lenbrook, which also owns the NAD and PSB brands, later added BluOS streaming capability to several NAD components. More recently, Lenbrook has licensed BluOS technology to several third-party brands, including Cyrus Audio, DALI, Peachtree Audio, Monitor Audio, and Roksan.

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JBL L75ms Integrated Music System

Written by: Gordon Brockhouse
Created: 01 September 2022

Reviewers' ChoiceNostalgia is huge in hi-fi right now. Just look at all those retro-styled speakers from brands like JBL, KLH, Klipsch, Mission, PSB, and Wharfedale. JBL, for instance, offers standmount speakers that evoke the legendary L100, which made its debut in 1970. Like the original L100, the L52 Classic ($1000/pair, all prices in USD unless noted otherwise), L82 Classic ($2750/pair), and L100 Classic ($4400/pair) all feature walnut veneer enclosures and JBL’s iconic Quadrex foam grilles.

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KEF LS60 Wireless Active Speaker System

Written by: Gordon Brockhouse
Created: 01 August 2022

Reviewers' ChoiceIn 2012, to celebrate its 50th anniversary, KEF introduced the LS50 two-way minimonitor ($1499.99/pair at launch, all prices in USD), which went on to become one of the landmark audio products of the 2010s. When he reviewed the LS50 on SoundStage! Hi-Fi in 2013, Doug Schneider concluded: “The LS50 is nothing short of a masterpiece of a minimonitor, priced so that anyone serious about audio can buy a pair.” The LS50 later won a 2013 SoundStage! Network Product of the Year award. Four years later, KEF launched an active speaker employing the same Uni-Q driver array as its passive cousin. The LS50 Wireless ($2499.99/system at launch) was named a SoundStage! Network Product of the Year for 2017.

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Zidoo Neo S 4K UHD Media Player

Written by: Gordon Brockhouse
Created: 01 July 2022

Note: for the full suite of measurements from the SoundStage! Audio-Electronics Lab, click this link.

With network entertainment now solidly in the mainstream, we’re seeing more and more products that depart from the traditional source-amp-speaker paradigm. We’ve reviewed scores of such products on Simplifi: active speaker systems with built-in network streamers such as KEF’s LS50 Wireless II and Bang & Olufsen’s Beolab 28, streaming DAC-preamps such as NAD’s C 658 and Bryston’s BR-20, and streaming integrated amplifiers such as Bluesound’s Powernode and Naim Audio’s Uniti Atom.

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Q Acoustics M20 HD Powered Wireless Music System

Written by: Kurt Wetzel
Created: 01 June 2022

Q Acoustics, founded in the UK in 2006, produces loudspeakers that range from the inexpensive 3010i compact bookshelf model ($299 per pair, all prices in USD) to the Concept 500 floorstander ($6499/pair), with a plethora of choices in between. These include a myriad of home-theater options, including several subwoofers and an active soundbar.

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Sonus Faber Omnia Wireless Music System

Written by: Gordon Brockhouse
Created: 01 May 2022

The Italian brand Sonus Faber is known for beautifully crafted passive loudspeakers that use luxurious materials, including exotic wood finishes and front baffles with leather inserts. Earlier this year, Sonus Faber announced its Omnia Wireless Music System ($1999, all prices in USD unless noted otherwise). With flowing lines, five-layer veneered walnut top panel, sculpted base, and textured fabric grilles, the Omnia shares the design aesthetic of Sonus Faber’s passive speakers.

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Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin Wireless Speaker

Written by: Gordon Brockhouse
Created: 01 April 2022

If I had to name two products that laid the groundwork for Simplifi’d hi-fi, they’d be Apple’s iPod and Bowers & Wilkins’s Zeppelin iPod speaker. Before Apple launched the iPod in 2001, most people listened to their own music on physical media, one disc or tape at a time. The iPod let them store an entire music library on one pocketable device and play tracks at random.

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NAD Masters M10 V2 Streaming Integrated Amplifier

Written by: Vince Hanada
Created: 15 March 2022

Note: for the full suite of measurements from the SoundStage! Audio-Electronics Lab, click this link.

The original NAD Masters M10 streaming amplifier, introduced in January 2019, is a compact, versatile unit that can form the heart of a modern high-fidelity system. It has everything you can imagine you’d want in an integrated amplifier: NAD’s BluOS streaming function, a two-channel amplifier, Dirac Live room correction, a DAC, digital and analog inputs, and more. The M10 fits NAD’s “just add speakers” philosophy perfectly. Gordon Brockhouse reviewed the M10 on this site in May 2019—it received a Reviewers’ Choice award and was subsequently named a SoundStage! Network Product of the Year.

Read more: NAD Masters M10 V2 Streaming Integrated Amplifier

Mission LX Connect Wireless Active Speakers and Hub

Written by: Gordon Brockhouse
Created: 01 March 2022

The British hi-fi brand Mission is best known for its passive loudspeakers; but, late last year, the company introduced a lifestyle music system that combines a wireless hub with a pair of active bookshelf loudspeakers. Priced at $1699.99 (all prices in USD), the LX Connect was designed and engineered in the UK, with acoustic engineering by Mission and electronic design by its sister company Audiolab. Both brands are part of the International Audio Group (IAG), a Chinese company that also owns Castle Acoustics, Leak, Luxman, Quad, and Wharfedale.

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Linn Series 3 Active Loudspeakers

Written by: Gordon Brockhouse
Created: 01 February 2022

When Linn Products announced its Series 3 active loudspeaker in October 2019, the Scottish company called it “the world’s best-sounding wireless speaker.” Given that bold claim, Linn chose an appropriate launch venue for the speaker. For several months, the Series 3 was available exclusively at Linn’s flagship showroom in Harrods department store in London, England. In 2020, Linn rolled out the Series 3 to its worldwide dealer network.

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  1. Bang & Olufsen Beolab 28 Active Loudspeakers
  2. KEF KC62 Powered Subwoofer
  3. NAD C 700 Streaming Integrated Amplifier
  4. iFi Audio Zen Stream Wi-Fi Streamer
  5. System Audio Legend 40.2 Silverback Active Loudspeakers and Stereo Hub WiSA Transmitter
  6. Bluesound Node Streaming DAC-Preamplifier
  7. Acoustic Energy AE1 Active Loudspeakers
  8. Q Acoustics Q Active 200 Active Loudspeakers
  9. Bluesound Powernode Multiroom Streaming Integrated Amplifier
  10. Edifier Airpulse A300Pro Active Loudspeakers
  11. KEF LS50 Wireless II Active Loudspeakers
  12. Bryston BR-20 Streaming Preamplifier-DAC
  13. HEDD Type 05 MK2 Active Speakers and Bass 08 Subwoofer
  14. SVS 3000 Micro Subwoofer
  15. Sony SA-Z1 Active Nearfield Loudspeakers
  16. Heavenly Soundworks FIVE17 Active Loudspeakers
  17. Marantz SACD 30n SACD/CD Player and Streaming DAC-Preamp
  18. DALI Oberon 1 C Active Loudspeakers and Sound Hub Wireless Transmitter
  19. PSB Alpha AM3 Powered Loudspeakers
  20. iFi Audio Neo iDSD DAC-Preamp-Headphone Amplifier
  21. Bluesound Pulse Sub+ Wireless Subwoofer
  22. PSB Alpha AM5 Powered Loudspeakers
  23. SVS Prime Wireless SoundBase Streaming Integrated Amplifier
  24. Focal Solo6 Be Active Loudspeakers
  25. Buchardt Audio A500 Active Loudspeakers and Stereo Hub WiSA Transmitter
  26. Klipsch The Fives Active Loudspeakers
  27. Triangle Elara LN01A Powered Loudspeakers
  28. Volumio Primo Community Edition and Hi-Fi Edition Streaming DACs
  29. System Audio Legend 5 Silverback Active Loudspeakers and Stereo Hub WiSA Transmitter
  30. Andover Audio Model-One Turntable Music System
  31. Elac Alchemy DDP-2 Streaming DAC-Preamp
  32. Focal Shape 65 Analog Active Loudspeakers
  33. HEDD Type 07 Analog Active Loudspeakers
  34. exaSound Audio Design Delta Music Server M100
  35. Bryston BDA-3.14 Streaming DAC-Preamplifier
  36. iFi Audio Pro iDSD Streaming DAC-Preamp-Headphone Amplifier
  37. Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar
  38. DALI Rubicon 6 C Hybrid Active Loudspeakers
  39. Pro-Ject Audio Systems Pre Box RS2 Digital DAC-Preamp-Headphone Amp
  40. Klipsch RW-51M Wireless Powered Loudspeakers
  41. iFi Audio Aurora Wireless Music System
  42. Naim Audio Mu-so Qb 2nd Generation Wireless Music System
  43. Cambridge Audio CXA81 Integrated Amplifier-DAC
  44. Hegel Music Systems H120 Integrated Amplifier-DAC
  45. DALI Katch One Soundbar
  46. NAD Classic C 658 BluOS Streaming DAC
  47. Kanto Audio Tuk Powered Loudspeakers
  48. Lumin T2 Network Music Player
  49. Naim Audio ND5 XS 2 Network Music Player
  50. Elac Navis ARF-51 Active Loudspeakers
  51. Devialet Phantom Reactor 900 Active Loudspeakers
  52. PMC result6 Active Loudspeakers
  53. Bowers & Wilkins Formation Duo Active Loudspeakers
  54. Naim Audio Mu-so 2nd Generation Wireless Music System
  55. McIntosh Laboratory MTI100 Integrated Turntable
  56. Yamaha WXA-50 MusicCast Streaming Amplifier
  57. NAD Masters M10 BluOS Streaming Integrated Amplifier
  58. Primare SC15 Prisma Streaming DAC-Preamp
  59. Naim Uniti Core CD Ripper/Music Server
  60. Elac Navis ARB-51 Active Loudspeakers
  61. Bluesound Pulse 2i Wireless Speaker
  62. SVS Prime Wireless Active Speakers
  63. Totem Acoustic Kin Play Powered Speakers
  64. KEF LSX Active Loudspeakers
  65. Bluesound Vault 2i CD Ripper-Server-Streamer
  66. Pro-Ject Audio Systems Stream Box S2 Ultra Music Streamer
  67. Kii Audio Three DSP-Controlled Active Loudspeakers
  68. Aurender S5W Battery-Powered Wireless Active Loudspeakers
  69. Cambridge Audio Yoyo (L) Wireless Speaker
  70. DALI Callisto 2 C Active Speaker System
  71. Kanto SYD Bluetooth Speaker
  72. LG G7 ThinQ Smartphone
  73. Pro-Ject Audio Systems Juke Box E Turntable-Integrated Amplifier
  74. NAD D 3020 V2 Bluetooth Integrated Amplifier-DAC
  75. Polk Assist Wi-Fi Smart Speaker
  76. MartinLogan Unison Wireless Preamplifier
  77. Dynaudio Music 7 Wi-Fi Speaker
  78. Musical Fidelity M6 Encore 225 Music System
  79. Cocktail Audio X35 Music System
  80. Peachtree Audio decco125 Sky Integrated Amplifier-DAC
  81. Technics Ottava f SC-C70 Music System
  82. JBL Link 500 Wi-Fi Speaker
  83. Trinnov Amethyst DAC-Preamplifier-Processor
  84. Control4 Triad One Streaming Amplifier
  85. Elac Discovery Z3 Wi-Fi Speaker
  86. Klipsch Heritage Wireless Three Wi-Fi Speaker
  87. Paradigm PW 300 Wi-Fi Loudspeakers
  88. Thiel Audio Aurora Home Wi-Fi Speaker
  89. Hegel Music Systems H190 DAC-Integrated Amplifier
  90. Yamaha R-N803 Network Stereo Receiver
  91. Onkyo TX-8270 Network Stereo Receiver
  92. Dynaudio Focus 20 XD Active Loudspeakers
  93. Riva Audio Festival Wi-Fi Speaker
  94. Naim Audio Uniti Atom Wireless Streaming DAC-Integrated Amplifier
  95. NAD Masters Series M50.2 Digital Music Player
  96. Bryston BryFi BW-1 Wi-Fi Speaker
  97. Arcam rPlay Music Streamer
  98. Auralic Polaris Wireless Streaming DAC-Integrated Amplifier
  99. Simaudio Moon Neo ACE DAC-Streamer-Integrated Amplifier
  100. NAD C 368 DAC-Integrated Amplifier
  101. Lumin M1 Integrated Amplifier-Network Music Player
  102. Arcam Solo Music DAC-Integrated Amplifier-Universal Player
  103. McIntosh Laboratory RS100 Wi-Fi Loudspeakers
  104. Hegel Music Systems Röst Integrated Amplifier
  105. Naim Audio Mu-so Qb Wi-Fi Speaker
  106. Bang & Olufsen BeoSound 2 Wi-Fi Speaker

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