TAKE TO THE FLOOR

From pumping dance music to grand orchestral heft, these pillars of strength will deliver in spades

Part of growing up, so we are told, involves learning to stand on your own two feet – both physically and (later) practically. By that measure, the average floorstanding loudspeaker is a very grown-up specimen indeed. For starters, most, by definition, provide their own means of support. Of course, most stand on four feet rather than two but, unlike their mounted cousins, none of them requires the addition of stands to function at their best. And the very nature of their large-cabinet design means that, regardless of their driver arrangement, they already have an advantage over their smaller cousins when it comes to delivering great sound. The big plus here is weightier bass reproduction – something that standmounter speakers, with their smaller internal volume, find much more of a challenge.…

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What Hi-Fi? (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2024

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