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Price: $13,000 per pair

Website: www.dutchdutch.com

Diego said: If you can get over your preconceptions about what an audiophile system should look like, there’s no question: The Dutch & Dutch 8c is well worth $13,000/pair.

Reviewers' Choice

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The gist: Fully active speaker that is easy to place and sounds phenomenal.

Price: AU$17,999 per pair including stands

Website: www.dynaudio.com

Edgar said: The Dynaudio engineers were able to balance high levels of transparency and detail while simultaneously providing one of the truest and sweetest presentations I’ve experienced for quite some time.

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The gist: Super-refined standmount from the venerable Danish company.

Price: $15,500 per pair

Website: www.egglestonworks.com

Jeff said: I think that, for most audiophiles, buying a pair of Kivas can be a set-it-and-forget-it proposition -- and these days in high-end audio, that’s rare.

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The gist: Excellent bargain in a high-end, full-range boutique speaker.

Price: $29,500 per pair

Website: www.gryphon-audio.dk

Jeff said: Ownership will begin with choosing the color of the speakers’ side panels, and when you’ve set them up, they’ll deliver to your room the classic Gryphon sound: warm, expansive, detailed but not bright.

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The gist: Ever dream of owning a Gryphon?

Price: AU$18,600

Website: www.hulgichaudio.com.au

Tom said: The words “balanced” and “believable” appeared in my listening notes a number of times. Their detail retrieval, tonality, imaging and soundstaging are all superb.

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The gist: WATT/Puppy-ish-looking loudspeaker offers good value.

Price: $12,300 per pair

Website: www.magico.net

Hans said: “. . . the nearly full-range Magico A3 brought me closer to my music than any other speaker I’ve reviewed in the last five years.”

Reviewers' Choice

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The gist: Hans found these phenomenal once positioned properly.

Price: $65,000 per pair

Website: www.pmc-speakers.com

Aron said: It’s a complicated design, but PMC’s seamless integration of quality components and innovative technologies has enabled the Fenestria to “disappear” from the room -- and the music -- by functioning better in the room than any other speaker I’ve reviewed.

Reviewers' Choice

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The gist: The PMC house sound taken to its ultimate quality level.

Price: AU$16,995 per pair including stands

Website: www.sonusfaber.com

Edgar said: Given its most extraordinary handling of the mid-band, its more than capable low frequency performance vis-a-vis its stature and the superb tweeters’ delicate yet resolving high frequency performance, I’d wager that the Electa Amator III will reach the station of highly-prized classic in years to come.

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The gist: SF has always produced special minimonitors, and here’s another.

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