We are happy to announce that the Estelon XB Diamond Edition has won the Outstanding Overall Performance Award from from the Super AV magazine, Hong Kong. Thank you!
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Written by Oliver Amnuayphol Category: Full-Length Equipment Reviews Created: 01 February 2019 When I started out in audio, hi-fi gear from Boulder Amplifiers always seemed like so much mythical unobtanium to this perennially cash-strapped, wide-eyed teen. It wasn’t just the five-figure prices that put their gear out of my reach: No dealers in my neck of the woods carried the line, thereby making auditioning impossible. Still, neither of those high hurdles kept me from salivating over Boulder’s visually arresting, no-compromise wares, including its now legendary, dual-chassis, model 2008 phono preamplifier, which, on its debut almost 20 years ago, sold for…
Performance Build Quality Value PRICE $1,850/pairAT A GLANCE Plus Impressive dynamics Extended bass for a compact speaker Solid build quality Minus Finicky about setup and placement THE VERDICT The Totem Acoustic Sky delivers dynamic, exciting sound for a compact speaker, though it requires careful placement and equipment-matching for best results. Compact “bookshelf” speakers have their advocates, but I’ll admit up front that they’ve never been my bag. I guess you could say there’s something about the stateliness of floorstanding towers that appeals to my personal taste. And then there’s the problem of the shelf itself: every time I’ve tried to…