SoundStageAccess.comMonitor AudioBronze 6 LoudspeakersPrice: $1099 per pairWebsite: www.monitoraudiousa.comHans said: To my ears, Monitor Audio’s Bronze 6 is near faultless. Its build quality and appearance punch above the asking price, while its exciting, dynamic sound makes every listening experience memorable. The gist: Forget the small bookshelf speakers you were considering and get Bronze 6es instead.

SoundStageAccess.comSonus FaberChameleon B LoudspeakersPrice: $899 per pairWebsite: www.sonusfaber.comJeff said: This speaker is well named. It’s the consummate Chameleon, drawing the best from a wide variety of designs and techniques of sound reproduction. Through exquisite engineering, beautiful industrial design, world-class fit and finish, and superior inner detail and resolution in its ability to make music, this speaker is a marvel. The gist: Under $1000 and made in Italy?!

THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED IN SOUNDSTAGE! HI-FI, SOUNDSTAGE! XPERIENCE, SOUNDSTAGE! ACCESS, OR SOUNDSTAGE! ULTRA (ALL PART OF THE SOUNDSTAGE! NETWORK) AND HAVE RECEIVED REVIEWERS’ CHOICE AWARDS. ALL PRICES ARE IN US DOLLARS. SHOWN ALPHABETICALLY BY COMPANY NAME.

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SoundStageXperience.comAstell&KernAK Jr Portable Media PlayerPrice: $499 Website: www.AstellnKern.comRad said: All in all, listening to Astell&Kern’s AK Jr was pure pleasure. The gist: Littlest brother to the company’s mighty AK380 portable media player.

SoundStageHiFi.comHegel Music SystemsHD30 Digital-to-Analog ConverterPrice: $4800Website: www.hegel.comDoug said: The HD30’s big selling point is its sound — and what a sound it is: Its world-class resolution, extreme clarity, and superb refinement let you listen very deeply into recordings, to hear precisely what the musicians and engineers laid down there. And it does so while adding no ill artifacts — the HD30 sounded incredibly clean in my system, never bright, edgy, or off-putting. The gist: Who knew SOTA digital only costs $4800?

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SoundStageUltra.comStanford Research Systems PERF10 Rubidium Audio ClockPrice: $3495 Website: www.thinksrs.comHoward said: The bottom line is that the PERF10 and its lower-priced siblings, the FS725 and PRS10, will virtually eliminate clock jitter at a price — $3495 or less — that is nothing short of revolutionary. The gist: Like they say, timing is everything.

SoundStageUltra.comWadiadi322 Digital-to-Analog ConverterPrice: $3500Website: www.wadia.comJeff said: But the di322 wasn’t just a pretty face with nothing behind it. Its sound was full, big, and played deep — deep bass, deep soundstage, wide dynamic range. It relished music that I like to play at high volumes with fist-pumping verve. The gist: Jeff’s favorite DAC under $4k.

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