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Awarding a ‘Best Buy’ with an ultimate 10/10 score, Martin Dew at AVForums has been stunned by a close encounter with a compact 5.1 system of Perlisten’s R series speakers. He says: “The only other opportunities I’ve had to listen to Perlisten’s range have been on less-than-ideal tradeshow floors or busy showrooms. Bringing them home, I did not expect to be bowled over in quite this way. What makes these R-Series speakers so special is

The UK’s reference Hi Fi mag, Hi Fi News, has auditioned the Perlisten S7t LE Limited Edition flagships, and discovered all the characteristics that make Perlisten design exceptional, but with a refinement that renders the experience more intimate and personal. In the May 25 edition, Jamie Biesemans notes that the S7t LE forges “an immediate relationship with the music, (it) tries less to evoke a grand concert hall than to place you in the front

Raised eyebrows and expectations greeted System Audio’s Silverback 1 wireless speaker system during its audition with Jonathan Gorse for the-ear.net. He says: “It’s rare in this line of work that I find myself lusting after an item of review equipment, but I certainly did with the Silverback 1 system. Its blend of Scandinavian cool, exemplary build and refined but accurate sound is a simply irresistible combination – in fact I ended up buying the review

So many pluses for Primare’s SC15 Mk 2 player/DAC at AVForums. Awarding a Best Buy with a top 10/10 score, Martin Dew says: “Frankly, I couldn’t believe how much more of a smooth, hyper-detailed and engaging performance the SC15 could deliver…the features, design and gorgeous sonic character combine to champion this device as an unmitigated win-win for those on the lookout for multi-faceted player…” Pluses: Beautifully articulate sonics Dynamic, smooth and soulful audio character Excellent

Life-long Hi Fi fanatic and blogger Giancarlo Massironi at The Speaker Shack has discovered the perfect speaker in the S5t, exclaiming that they “really are some of the most accomplished speakers to grace my music room…no matter what music you play through them they allow the music to come alive…they perform perfectly with stunning bass reproduction and tons of detail thanks to that beryllium tweeter and the DPC array, which creates a near-perfect soundstage. Whether