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Audioengine A2+ (2025 Edition) Review – Tiny Speakers, Big Upgrades & Bold New Looks

Audioengine A2+ (2025 Edition) Review – Tiny Speakers, Big Upgrades & Bold New Looks

Key Facts Next-Gen Refresh: What’s New in 2025 The Audioengine A2+ has been around in one form or another since 2013 (and traces its lineage to the original Audioengine 2 from 2007). The 2025 edition brings the most significant updates in years, modernizing this beloved desktop speaker while retaining its classic look. In January 2025, Audioengine announced the A2+ “Next Gen” Home Music System, adding several key upgrades: What didn’t change? Crucially, the core acoustic design remains the same – the A2+ still uses two 2.75″ aramid fiber woofers with 0.75″ silk dome tweeters, powered by analog Class A/B amplifiers
27 August 2025
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Fluance Ri91 Powered Tower Speakers: $800 Soundbar Killers Simplifying Hi‑Fi

Fluance Ri91 Powered Tower Speakers: $800 Soundbar Killers Simplifying Hi‑Fi

Technical Specs and Design Features The Fluance Ri91 is a powered floorstanding speaker system built for both music and home theater use. Each tower houses three drivers in a 2.5-way configuration: a 28×35 mm Air Motion Transformer (AMT) tweeter for the high frequencies, plus dual 6.5″ woven glass-fiber woofers handling midrange and bass fluance.com. This driver array and an advanced Butterworth crossover yield a wide frequency range (down to ~40 Hz in bass, up to ~30 kHz in treble) with minimal distortion fluance.com. Fluance uses a built-in Class D amplifier rated at 150 W RMS total (75 W per speaker) to power the drivers,
27 August 2025
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2025–2026 Hi-Fi & Home Audio Gear Showdown: Amplifiers, Speakers & Soundbars Unveiled

2025–2026 Hi-Fi & Home Audio Gear Showdown: Amplifiers, Speakers & Soundbars Unveiled

Denon’s AVR-A1H is a 15-channel flagship AV receiver weighing about 70 pounds, delivering 150 W per channel with four independent sub outputs and 9.4.6 Dolby Atmos support. Marantz launched the CINEMA Series AV receivers, including the 9×110 W Cinema 50 and 11-channel Cinema 40, with 8K HDMI 2.1, Dirac Live upgradeability, and HDAM amplification. Yamaha’s flagship Aventage RX-A8A is an 11.2-channel AV receiver. Sony’s STR-AZ7000ES is a 13.2-channel 8K-capable AV receiver, built on a rugged steel chassis and introducing 360 Spatial Sound Mapping in its ES lineup. KEF LS60 Wireless speakers combine four force-canceling Uni-Core woofers, a Uni-Q driver array,
19 July 2025
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