SOUND ON SOUND
Few monitors have impressed us as much as Kii's cardioid-radiating Three speakers. With the launch of their matching bass extension unit, have Kii made the best even better?
Just how different can two similarly priced closed-back headphone models be? The answer may surprise you...
Combining high output, extended low end and remarkable affordability, Fluid's newest point–source speakers offer a compelling option for engineers who need a bit of 'oomph'.
Swiss speaker gurus PSI have never failed to impress us with their technical innovations, and their latest model is no exception!
Though compact and affordable, IK's newest monitors manage to cram in a remarkable amount of tech — and the results speak for themselves.
One of the best-selling albums of all time was mixed on a long-forgotten experimental hi-fi speaker. Forty years later, are Philips' innovations finally catching on?
Fretless bass: the instrument that dare not speak its name. It had its 15 minutes of fame in the '80s, when almost every bass player who'd caught a glorious moment of Jaco Pastorius in Weather Report or in Joni Mitchell's band had a go at fretless...
Achieving a cardioid response down to low frequencies isn't easy, especially for a 'nearfield' monitor — but Dutch & Dutch have managed exactly that, and the results are impressive.
Is Trinnov's powerful hardware system the last word in monitor correction?
Monitors are better than they've ever been — but they're still the weakest link in most studios. We trace the technology from its roots in the 1930s, and find out whether there's a DSP revolution on the way.