2019 SoundStage! Network Equipment Buying Guide
The 2019 SoundStage! Network Buying Guide features summaries of all stereo and home-theater products reviewed in the calendar year across all of our publications. The Buying Guide is subdivided by product and price, with each article including pricing details, a review summary, a full-review link, and product-award indicators.
All prices are in US dollars unless indicated otherwise.
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- Category: (2019) Subwoofers
Price: $599.95
Website: www.martinlogan.com
Vince said: easy to set up, easy to live with, sounds great, has multiple connections, and comes with two apps -- ARC Mobile and MartinLogan Subwoofer Control -- that make it easy to dial in and change parameters, all from the comfort of your listening seat.
Read the SoundStage! Access review.
The gist: Ease of setup is the key with this one.
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- Category: (2019) Subwoofers
Price: $549
Website: www.paradigm.com
Hans said: At $549 with its 10” woofer and decent overall power output, it can work in a wide variety of applications, and provide legitimate extension down to 30Hz -- which means you don’t give up much to bigger, pricier alternatives.
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The gist: Better bass has never been so affordable.
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- Parent Category: 2019 SoundStage! Network Equipment Buying Guide
- Category: (2019) Subwoofers
Price: $649
Website: www.paradigm.com
Diego said: It filled my room with tight, ample, powerful bass, with headroom to spare.
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The gist: Doesn’t even cost a grand to get great bass these days.
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- Category: (2019) Subwoofers
Price: $1299
Website: www.paradigm.com
Roger said: It faces stiff competition from many manufacturers, including some that provide outstanding value through online sales, such as SVS and Hsu Research -- but few of those subs, if any, offer a room-correction system as advanced as ARC, which makes the X12 stand out in a crowded field.
Read the SoundStage! Hi-Fi review.
The gist: More Paradigm subwoofer for your money is always a good thing.
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- Category: (2019) Subwoofers
Price: $1399.99
Website: www.svsound.com
Diego said: It’s a snap to install, delivers the goods with rumbling authority, and can be modified to suit your needs and tastes in real time, from the comfort and convenience of your listening and/or viewing chair.
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The gist: The app is the difference maker.
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- Parent Category: 2019 SoundStage! Network Equipment Buying Guide
- Category: (2019) Subwoofers
Price: $999.99
Website: www.svsound.com
Diego said: The bass I heard from this small box, unassuming yet nice to look at, bordered on the difficult to believe -- very fast, very tight, very deep, with more than enough output to fill my 15’L x 12’W x 8’H room with sound-pressure levels that would satisfy all but the most demanding bass heads.
Read the SoundStage! Access review.
The gist: Hard to believe you could do better in the sub department for the money.
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- Category: (2019) Stereo Loudspeakers Under $5000
Price: $3250 per pair
Website: www.audiosolutions.lt
Diego said: If you’re in the market for a minimonitor to mate with a high-quality sub, I urge you to seriously consider the AudioSolutions Figaro B.
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The gist: Good speaker, but not much bass.
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- Category: (2019) Stereo Loudspeakers Under $5000
Price: $1800 USD per pair
Website: www.bowers-wilkins.com
Philip said: Yes, you do get a lot of speaker in the Bowers & Wilkins 603. This big speaker in a stout cabinet is built to produce high outputs in big rooms.
Read the SoundStage! Access review.
The gist: Lot of B&W speaker for the money.
- Bowers & Wilkins 705 S2 Loudspeakers
- Bowers & Wilkins Formation Duo Active Loudspeakers
- DALI Opticon 8 Loudspeakers
- Devialet Phantom Reactor 900 Active Loudspeakers
- Elac Navis ARB-51 Active Loudspeakers
- Elac Navis ARF-51 Active Loudspeakers
- Harbeth Audio Compact 7ES-3 40th Anniversary Edition Loudspeakers
- Kanto Audio Tuk Powered Loudspeakers
- KEF LSX Active Loudspeakers
- KEF R Series R11 Loudspeakers
- KLH Kendall Loudspeakers
- Klipsch Reference R-820F Loudspeakers
- MartinLogan Motion 4i Loudspeakers
- Microphase Audio Design SAT Mk.II Signature Loudspeakers
- Monitor Audio Gold 100 Loudspeakers
- Paradigm Monitor SE 3000F Loudspeakers
- Paradigm Premier 100B Loudspeakers
- Paradigm Premier 800F Loudspeakers
- PMC result6 Active Loudspeakers
- PSB Alpha P5 Loudspeakers
- Q Acoustics 3020i Loudspeakers
- Q Acoustics 3050i Loudspeakers
- Revel PerformaBe M126Be Loudspeakers
- Scansonic HD M-40 Loudspeakers
- Sonus Faber Sonetto Wall On-Wall Loudspeakers
- SVS Prime Pinnacle Loudspeakers
- SVS Prime Wireless Active Speakers
- Totem Acoustic Kin Play Powered Speakers
- Dutch & Dutch 8c Active Loudspeakers
- Dynaudio Confidence 20 Loudspeakers
- EgglestonWorks Kiva Loudspeakers
- Gryphon Audio Designs Mojo S Loudspeakers
- Hulgich Audio Duke Loudspeakers
- Magico A3 Loudspeakers
- PMC Fact Fenestria Loudspeakers
- Rockport Technologies Avior II Loudspeakers
- Sonus Faber Electa Amator III Loudspeakers
- TAD Evolution One TX Loudspeakers
- Vivid Audio Kaya 45 Loudspeakers
- Wilson Audio Specialties Sasha DAW Loudspeakers
- AudioSolutions Figaro M Loudspeakers
- Bowers & Wilkins 805 D3 Prestige Edition Loudspeakers
- Focal Kanta No1 Loudspeakers
- Focal Spectral 40th Loudspeakers
- GoldenEar Technology Triton One.R Loudspeakers
- KEF R11 Loudspeakers
- Sonus Faber Heritage Collection Electa Amator III Loudspeakers
- Audiolab 6000A Integrated Amplifier-DAC
- Cambridge Audio CXA81 Integrated Amplifier-DAC
- Cambridge Audio Edge A Integrated Amplifier-DAC
- Cary Audio SLI-100 Integrated Amplifier
- Focal Sopra N° 2 Loudspeakers
- Hegel Music Systems H120 Integrated Amplifier-DAC
- Hegel Music Systems H390 Integrated Amplifier-DAC
- Krell K-300i Integrated Amplifier
- Luxman L-509X Integrated Amplifier
- NAD Masters M10 BluOS Streaming Integrated Amplifier
- Onkyo A-9110 Integrated Amplifier
- TEAC Reference NR-7CD Network CD Player and Integrated Amplifier-DAC
- Technics SU-G700 Integrated Amplifier-DAC
- Yamaha WXA-50 MusicCast Streaming Amplifier
- APL DSD-SR Digital-to-Analogue Converter
- Aqua Acoustic Quality Formula xHD DAC
- Auralic Vega G2 Streaming DAC-Preamplifier
- Bluesound Vault 2i CD Ripper-Server-Streamer
- Chord Electronics Hugo M Scaler Digital Upscaler
- Cocktail Audio X45Pro Music Server-DAC
- Linn Selekt DSM + Katalyst Network Music Player
- Lumin T2 Network Music Player
- Lumin U1 Mini Network Player
- Luxman D-380 CD Player
- Mytek Brooklyn DAC+ DAC-Preamplifier-Headphone Amplifier
- NAD Classic C 658 BluOS Streaming DAC
- NAD D 3045 Integrated Amplifier-DAC
- Naim Audio ND5 XS 2 Network Music Player
- Naim Uniti Core CD Ripper/Music Server
- Pro-Ject Stream Box S2 Ultra Music Streamer
- T+A Elektroakustik MP 8 Multi Source Player
- Weiss Engineering DAC501 Digital-to-Analog Converter
- Weiss Engineering DAC502 Digital-to-Analogue Converter
- Boulder Amplifiers 508 Phono Stage
- Constellation Audio Revelation Andromeda Phono Stage
- Crosley C6 Turntable
- Döhmann Audio Helix Two Turntable
- Fluance RT85 Reference Turntable with Ortofon 2M Blue Cartridge
- McIntosh Laboratory MT10 Turntable
- McIntosh Laboratory MTI100 Integrated Turntable
- MoFi Electronics StudioDeck+: StudioDeck Turntable with StudioTracker Cartridge
- Thorens TD 206 Turntable and TAS 267 Cartridge
- Audio Research Reference 6 Preamplifier
- Benchmark Media Systems LA4 Preamplifier
- Primare SC15 Prisma Streaming DAC-Preamp
- Simaudio Moon 390 Preamplifier-DAC-Network Player
- Theoretica Applied Physics BACCH-SP adio 3D Sound Processor
- Valve Amplification Company Master Preamplifier
- Essential Sound Products MusicCord Pro Power Cord
- GigaWatt PC-4 Evo+ Power Conditioner
- Audio Research Reference 160M Mono Amplifiers
- Balanced Audio Technology VK-655SE Power Amplifier
- Chord Electronics Ultima 2 Monoblock Amplifiers
- EMM Labs MTRX2 Mono Amplifiers
- Meridian 857 Reference Power Amplifier
- Merrill Audio Element 118 Mono Amplifiers
- Parasound Halo A 23+ Stereo/Mono Amplifier
- Parasound Halo JC 5 Stereo/Mono Amplifier
- SensaSound TPO-7300 Multichannel Amplifier
- Yamaha C-5000 Preamplifier and M-5000 Stereo Power Amplifier
- Bluesound Pulse 2i Wireless Speaker
- Naim Audio Mu-so 2nd Generation Wireless Music System
- Crystal Cable Future Dream Speaker Cables and Interconnects
- Synergistic Research Galileo SX Speaker Cables and Interconnects
- DALI Katch One Soundbar
- Triad Bronze Home-Theater Speaker System
- 1More E1026BT-I Stylish True Wireless Earphones
- AKG K371 Headphones
- Audeze LCD-1 Headphones
- Auris Audio Euterpe Headphone Amplifier-DAC
- Ausounds AU-Flex ANC Bluetooth Earphones
- Beyerdynamic Lagoon ANC Bluetooth Headphones
- Cambridge Audio Melomania 1 True Wireless Earphones
- Campfire Audio IO Earphones
- Cleer Next Headphones
- Denon AH-D7200 Headphones
- Focal Stellia Headphones
- Fostex T60RP Headphones
- HiFiMan HE6se Headphones
- HiFiMan Jade II Electrostatic Headphones and Amplifier
- HiFiMan TWS600 True Wireless Earphones
- iFi Audio xCAN Headphone Amplifier
- KLH Ultimate One Headphones
- Lehmannaudio Linear USB II DAC-Headphone Amplifier
- MEE Audio Matrix Cinema ANC Bluetooth Headphones
- MEE Audio MX4 Pro Earphones
- Meze Audio Empyrean Headphones
- Monoprice Monolith Liquid Platinum Headphone Amplifier
- Monoprice Monolith M570 Headphones
- Monoprice Monolith THX 24459 Desktop Balanced Headphone Amplifier and DAC
- Periodic Audio Carbon Earphones
- Periodic Audio Nickel Headphone Amplifier
- Quad ERA-1 Headphones
- Rogue Audio RH-5 Headphone Amplifier-Preamplifier
- Schiit Audio Fulla 2 DAC-Headphone Amplifier
- Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless Earphones
- Simgot EK3 Earphones
- Simgot EN700 Pro Earphones
- Soundcore Liberty 2 Pro True Wireless Earphones
- Status Audio BT One Bluetooth Headphones
- Zvox Audio AV50 Bluetooth Noise-Canceling Headphones
- SGR Audio Model III Symphony Equipment Rack