And nothing else matters when I turn it up loud
We’ve long been of the opinion that every link in the chain of your hi-fi or home cinema system is critical – introduce an element that’s not up to the job and the entire enterprise is fatally compromised. But there’s no doubt some parts of a set-up are more equal than others, and speakers are the unarguable Delivery Men. This is why there are so many types of speaker featured inside this issue, from the six superb £1k standmounters (p38) that will complete your perfect hi-fi system to the eight fine-value Bluetooth speakers (p56) that require only a smartphone to become an entire set-up. And then there’s the smallest speakers of all, eight pairs of in-ear headphones (p73) to allow that self-same ’phone to give you your mobile jollies. All shapes and…
