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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.

MartinLogan Dynamo 600X Subwoofer

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Parent Category: 2019 SoundStage! Network Equipment Buying Guide
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.

Paradigm Defiance V10 Subwoofer

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Parent Category: 2019 SoundStage! Network Equipment Buying Guide
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.

Read the SoundStage! Access review.

The gist: Better bass has never been so affordable.

Paradigm Defiance V12 Subwoofer

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Parent Category: 2019 SoundStage! Network Equipment Buying Guide
Category: (2019) Subwoofers
  • Reviewers Choice

Price: $649

Website: www.paradigm.com

Diego said: It filled my room with tight, ample, powerful bass, with headroom to spare.

Reviewers' Choice

Read the SoundStage! Access review.

The gist: Doesn’t even cost a grand to get great bass these days.

Paradigm Defiance X12 Subwoofer

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Parent Category: 2019 SoundStage! Network Equipment Buying Guide
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.

SVS PB-3000 Subwoofer

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Parent Category: 2019 SoundStage! Network Equipment Buying Guide
Category: (2019) Subwoofers
  • Reviewers Choice

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.

Reviewers' Choice

Read the SoundStage! Access review.

The gist: The app is the difference maker.

SVS SB-3000 Subwoofer

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Parent Category: 2019 SoundStage! Network Equipment Buying Guide
Category: (2019) Subwoofers
  • Reviewers Choice

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.

Reviewers' Choice

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The gist: Hard to believe you could do better in the sub department for the money.

AudioSolutions Figaro B Loudspeakers

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Parent Category: 2019 SoundStage! Network Equipment Buying Guide
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.

Read the SoundStage! Hi-Fi review.

The gist: Good speaker, but not much bass.

Bowers & Wilkins 603 Loudspeakers

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Parent Category: 2019 SoundStage! Network Equipment Buying Guide
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.

  1. Bowers & Wilkins 705 S2 Loudspeakers
  2. Bowers & Wilkins Formation Duo Active Loudspeakers
  3. DALI Opticon 8 Loudspeakers
  4. Devialet Phantom Reactor 900 Active Loudspeakers
  5. Elac Navis ARB-51 Active Loudspeakers
  6. Elac Navis ARF-51 Active Loudspeakers
  7. Harbeth Audio Compact 7ES-3 40th Anniversary Edition Loudspeakers
  8. Kanto Audio Tuk Powered Loudspeakers
  9. KEF LSX Active Loudspeakers
  10. KEF R Series R11 Loudspeakers
  11. KLH Kendall Loudspeakers
  12. Klipsch Reference R-820F Loudspeakers
  13. MartinLogan Motion 4i Loudspeakers
  14. Microphase Audio Design SAT Mk.II Signature Loudspeakers
  15. Monitor Audio Gold 100 Loudspeakers
  16. Paradigm Monitor SE 3000F Loudspeakers
  17. Paradigm Premier 100B Loudspeakers
  18. Paradigm Premier 800F Loudspeakers
  19. PMC result6 Active Loudspeakers
  20. PSB Alpha P5 Loudspeakers
  21. Q Acoustics 3020i Loudspeakers
  22. Q Acoustics 3050i Loudspeakers
  23. Revel PerformaBe M126Be Loudspeakers
  24. Scansonic HD M-40 Loudspeakers
  25. Sonus Faber Sonetto Wall On-Wall Loudspeakers
  26. SVS Prime Pinnacle Loudspeakers
  27. SVS Prime Wireless Active Speakers
  28. Totem Acoustic Kin Play Powered Speakers
  29. Dutch & Dutch 8c Active Loudspeakers
  30. Dynaudio Confidence 20 Loudspeakers
  31. EgglestonWorks Kiva Loudspeakers
  32. Gryphon Audio Designs Mojo S Loudspeakers
  33. Hulgich Audio Duke Loudspeakers
  34. Magico A3 Loudspeakers
  35. PMC Fact Fenestria Loudspeakers
  36. Rockport Technologies Avior II Loudspeakers
  37. Sonus Faber Electa Amator III Loudspeakers
  38. TAD Evolution One TX Loudspeakers
  39. Vivid Audio Kaya 45 Loudspeakers
  40. Wilson Audio Specialties Sasha DAW Loudspeakers
  41. AudioSolutions Figaro M Loudspeakers
  42. Bowers & Wilkins 805 D3 Prestige Edition Loudspeakers
  43. Focal Kanta No1 Loudspeakers
  44. Focal Spectral 40th Loudspeakers
  45. GoldenEar Technology Triton One.R Loudspeakers
  46. KEF R11 Loudspeakers
  47. Sonus Faber Heritage Collection Electa Amator III Loudspeakers
  48. Audiolab 6000A Integrated Amplifier-DAC
  49. Cambridge Audio CXA81 Integrated Amplifier-DAC
  50. Cambridge Audio Edge A Integrated Amplifier-DAC
  51. Cary Audio SLI-100 Integrated Amplifier
  52. Focal Sopra N° 2 Loudspeakers
  53. Hegel Music Systems H120 Integrated Amplifier-DAC
  54. Hegel Music Systems H390 Integrated Amplifier-DAC
  55. Krell K-300i Integrated Amplifier
  56. Luxman L-509X Integrated Amplifier
  57. NAD Masters M10 BluOS Streaming Integrated Amplifier
  58. Onkyo A-9110 Integrated Amplifier
  59. TEAC Reference NR-7CD Network CD Player and Integrated Amplifier-DAC
  60. Technics SU-G700 Integrated Amplifier-DAC
  61. Yamaha WXA-50 MusicCast Streaming Amplifier
  62. APL DSD-SR Digital-to-Analogue Converter
  63. Aqua Acoustic Quality Formula xHD DAC
  64. Auralic Vega G2 Streaming DAC-Preamplifier
  65. Bluesound Vault 2i CD Ripper-Server-Streamer
  66. Chord Electronics Hugo M Scaler Digital Upscaler
  67. Cocktail Audio X45Pro Music Server-DAC
  68. Linn Selekt DSM + Katalyst Network Music Player
  69. Lumin T2 Network Music Player
  70. Lumin U1 Mini Network Player
  71. Luxman D-380 CD Player
  72. Mytek Brooklyn DAC+ DAC-Preamplifier-Headphone Amplifier
  73. NAD Classic C 658 BluOS Streaming DAC
  74. NAD D 3045 Integrated Amplifier-DAC
  75. Naim Audio ND5 XS 2 Network Music Player
  76. Naim Uniti Core CD Ripper/Music Server
  77. Pro-Ject Stream Box S2 Ultra Music Streamer
  78. T+A Elektroakustik MP 8 Multi Source Player
  79. Weiss Engineering DAC501 Digital-to-Analog Converter
  80. Weiss Engineering DAC502 Digital-to-Analogue Converter
  81. Boulder Amplifiers 508 Phono Stage
  82. Constellation Audio Revelation Andromeda Phono Stage
  83. Crosley C6 Turntable
  84. Döhmann Audio Helix Two Turntable
  85. Fluance RT85 Reference Turntable with Ortofon 2M Blue Cartridge
  86. McIntosh Laboratory MT10 Turntable
  87. McIntosh Laboratory MTI100 Integrated Turntable
  88. MoFi Electronics StudioDeck+: StudioDeck Turntable with StudioTracker Cartridge
  89. Thorens TD 206 Turntable and TAS 267 Cartridge
  90. Audio Research Reference 6 Preamplifier
  91. Benchmark Media Systems LA4 Preamplifier
  92. Primare SC15 Prisma Streaming DAC-Preamp
  93. Simaudio Moon 390 Preamplifier-DAC-Network Player
  94. Theoretica Applied Physics BACCH-SP adio 3D Sound Processor
  95. Valve Amplification Company Master Preamplifier
  96. Essential Sound Products MusicCord Pro Power Cord
  97. GigaWatt PC-4 Evo+ Power Conditioner
  98. Audio Research Reference 160M Mono Amplifiers
  99. Balanced Audio Technology VK-655SE Power Amplifier
  100. Chord Electronics Ultima 2 Monoblock Amplifiers
  101. EMM Labs MTRX2 Mono Amplifiers
  102. Meridian 857 Reference Power Amplifier
  103. Merrill Audio Element 118 Mono Amplifiers
  104. Parasound Halo A 23+ Stereo/Mono Amplifier
  105. Parasound Halo JC 5 Stereo/Mono Amplifier
  106. SensaSound TPO-7300 Multichannel Amplifier
  107. Yamaha C-5000 Preamplifier and M-5000 Stereo Power Amplifier
  108. Bluesound Pulse 2i Wireless Speaker
  109. Naim Audio Mu-so 2nd Generation Wireless Music System
  110. Crystal Cable Future Dream Speaker Cables and Interconnects
  111. Synergistic Research Galileo SX Speaker Cables and Interconnects
  112. DALI Katch One Soundbar
  113. Triad Bronze Home-Theater Speaker System
  114. 1More E1026BT-I Stylish True Wireless Earphones
  115. AKG K371 Headphones
  116. Audeze LCD-1 Headphones
  117. Auris Audio Euterpe Headphone Amplifier-DAC
  118. Ausounds AU-Flex ANC Bluetooth Earphones
  119. Beyerdynamic Lagoon ANC Bluetooth Headphones
  120. Cambridge Audio Melomania 1 True Wireless Earphones
  121. Campfire Audio IO Earphones
  122. Cleer Next Headphones
  123. Denon AH-D7200 Headphones
  124. Focal Stellia Headphones
  125. Fostex T60RP Headphones
  126. HiFiMan HE6se Headphones
  127. HiFiMan Jade II Electrostatic Headphones and Amplifier
  128. HiFiMan TWS600 True Wireless Earphones
  129. iFi Audio xCAN Headphone Amplifier
  130. KLH Ultimate One Headphones
  131. Lehmannaudio Linear USB II DAC-Headphone Amplifier
  132. MEE Audio Matrix Cinema ANC Bluetooth Headphones
  133. MEE Audio MX4 Pro Earphones
  134. Meze Audio Empyrean Headphones
  135. Monoprice Monolith Liquid Platinum Headphone Amplifier
  136. Monoprice Monolith M570 Headphones
  137. Monoprice Monolith THX 24459 Desktop Balanced Headphone Amplifier and DAC
  138. Periodic Audio Carbon Earphones
  139. Periodic Audio Nickel Headphone Amplifier
  140. Quad ERA-1 Headphones
  141. Rogue Audio RH-5 Headphone Amplifier-Preamplifier
  142. Schiit Audio Fulla 2 DAC-Headphone Amplifier
  143. Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless Earphones
  144. Simgot EK3 Earphones
  145. Simgot EN700 Pro Earphones
  146. Soundcore Liberty 2 Pro True Wireless Earphones
  147. Status Audio BT One Bluetooth Headphones
  148. Zvox Audio AV50 Bluetooth Noise-Canceling Headphones
  149. SGR Audio Model III Symphony Equipment Rack

Subcategories

(2019) Subwoofers

(2019) Stereo Loudspeakers Under $5000

(2019) Stereo Loudspeakers Over $10,000

(2019) Stereo Loudspeakers $5,000-$10,000

(2019) Stereo Integrated Amplifiers and Receivers

(2019) Stereo Digital Source Components

(2019) Stereo Analog Source Components

(2019) Preamplifiers

(2019) Power Conditioners and Cords

(2019) Power Amplifiers

(2019) Portable Speakers

(2019) Interconnects and Speaker Cables

(2019) Home-Theater Loudspeakers

(2019) Headphones and Related

(2019) Accessories, Stands and Other Products

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