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PSB iQ2 vs iQ1: What 400 Dollars Buys Is a Cable You Do Not Need
2026-09-16
The PSB iQ1 and iQ2. Same cabinet, same drivers, same 270 watts. The iQ2 links its two speakers by radio instead of a cable, and comes in seven finishes instead of two.
PSB's iQ1 costs 999 dollars and the iQ2 costs 1,399. They have the same drivers, the same cabinet and the same 270 watts. I read PSB's own launch documents to find what the other 400 dollars is for, and it comes down to one cable. Read More...
Bowers & Wilkins 800 D5 vs D4: Same Published Specs, 30 to 56 Percent More Money
2026-09-16
The Bowers & Wilkins 804 D4 and the 804 D5 that replaces it, at the same scale. Same driver sizes, same 89 dB sensitivity, 9,000 dollars apart.
The 800 Series Diamond D5 reached shops on 9 September. I put every model next to the D4 it replaces, using Bowers & Wilkins own spec pages, and the published numbers barely move. The prices move a lot: 30 percent on the 803, 56 percent on the 804. Read More...
Arcam's Cheapest New Receiver Costs 47 Percent More. It Is Also the Only One That Changed.
2026-09-14
The price step from each Arcam HDA receiver to the Radia model that replaces it. The cheapest one absorbs almost all of the increase.
Arcam has replaced its three HDA receivers with three Radia models. The top of the range went up 100 dollars. The bottom went up 1,450, which is 47 percent. A forum thread called the pricing odd, so we went through the specifications. The cheapest one is the only model in the range that changed amplifier class, and under load it is the only one that gained real power. Read More...
Triangle Borea BR04 vs BR03: 50 Dollars More Buys 2 Hz, Bi-Wiring and a Bigger Box
2026-09-14
The Triangle Borea BR03 (left) and BR04 (right), scaled by height. The BR04 is 45 mm taller and swaps two small ports for one big one.
The Triangle Borea BR03 is one of the most compared bookshelf speakers on this site, and the BR04 is Triangle's own attempt to beat it. Both are still on sale, 50 dollars apart. I lined up Triangle's specs for the two to see what that 50 dollars buys, and found our own pages had the prices the wrong way round. Read More...
Marantz Cinema Series 2 Costs 200 Dollars More With the Same Power and Weight. Here Is What Changed.
2026-09-13
The Marantz Cinema 70s Series 2, the slimline model in the range. It goes on sale on September 15 at 1,500 dollars.
The Marantz Cinema 70s Series 2 goes on sale on September 15 at 1,500 dollars. Every Series 2 model costs exactly 200 dollars more than the one it replaces, and on Marantz's own spec sheets the power, weight and size have not moved at all. So we lined up all three pairs to see what the 200 dollars buys. The answer is very different depending on which one you pick. Read More...
SVS Won Best Budget Home Theater at CEDIA. Here Is the Bill, and Three Cheaper Ways to Build It
2026-09-13
The SVS 5.2.2 system from CEDIA 2026 at SVS list prices, and the same layout built three cheaper ways
eCoustics gave SVS its Best Budget Home Theater award at CEDIA Expo 2026, for a 5.2.2 system at just under 12,000 dollars. Every speaker and subwoofer in that room is already in our database, so I added up the bill. It comes to 11,499.91. Then I built the same layout three cheaper ways, and the cheapest is 3,000 dollars less. Read More...
Dirac Live Is on 35 of the Amplifiers We List, and Nine of Them Charge Extra
2026-09-12
The 35 amplifiers we list that run Dirac Live, by price. The nine in orange sell you the licence separately.
Dirac announced at CEDIA this month that two more NAD custom install modules now run Dirac Live. Neither is a box you can buy off a shelf, so the news itself is small. What it made me do was count. We list 379 amplifiers. Thirty-five of them run Dirac Live, and on nine of those you do not actually get it. You get the right to buy it. Read More...
Monitor Audio's In-Wall Subwoofers Show What Hiding Bass Really Costs
2026-09-11
Monitor Audio's own list prices for the WS1-W10 System. The amplifier is 51 percent of the 2450 dollar total.
Monitor Audio announced three in-wall subwoofers at CEDIA this week. The cheapest system is 2450 dollars, and Monitor Audio sells the parts separately, so we can see exactly where that money goes. The subwoofer is 800 dollars. The amplifier is 1250. That split is not a Monitor Audio quirk. It is what an in-wall subwoofer is, and it is the part the pictures never show. Read More...
TAD's New Class D Amplifier Weighs 29 kg. Only One of the 72 We List Is Heavier.
2026-09-10
Average price of the 72 Class D integrated amplifiers we list, grouped by weight. Price climbs 22 times over. Power climbs 4 times.
TAD has announced an integrated amplifier with a Class D output stage that weighs 29 kg. We list 72 Class D integrated amplifiers with a published weight. The median is 5.8 kg, and exactly one of them is heavier than the TAD. So Class D did not stay light. It split into two products that share a name, and the heavy end costs 22 times what the light end does. Read More...
The Marantz MCR 60n Has a CD Player, a Phono Stage and HDMI eARC. Nothing Else We List Has All Three.
2026-09-09
The Marantz MCR 60n, a 1,000 dollar all-in-one with a front-loading CD tray, announced 8 September 2026
Marantz has announced the MCR 60n, a 1,000 dollar box with a CD tray, an MM phono stage, HDMI eARC and HEOS streaming in it. We list 297 stereo amplifiers. Six have a CD drive. Four pair that drive with a phono stage. Exactly one of those also takes an HDMI cable from your TV, and it is this one. It is also the cheapest amplifier we list that can run Dirac Live, by 600 dollars. Read More...
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