Listeners familiar with the sound of audiophile loudspeakers know that many demand concessions from their owners. Consider, for example, the forward sonic character that soon becomes fatiguing and often makes lesser quality recordings unlistenable.

As for the look of most high end speakers, we’ve often wondered why their appearance seems to scream, “Not in my living room!”

Fortunately, a few of the very finest loudspeakers allow serious music listeners to avoid sonic issues as well as spousal backlash. We’re convinced that the best of these are from Hansen Audio, a company whose technically proficient owner has used revolutionary technology to combine extraordinary sound with accommodating enclosures. 

Hansen loudspeakers are accurate, detailed and open. Imaging is precise and full-sized, yet the many elements — they include distortion, time anomalies, frequency smearing and others — that ultimately lead to listening fatigue are entirely absent.

Hansen speakers also delight the eye. They have sensible sizes and footprints, and their sculptural contours make them emphatically elegant.

To give customers a clear, understandable overview of this remarkable speaker series, Lyric co-owners Leonard Bellezza and Dan Mondoro recently took time out to interview Lars Hansen, Hansen Audio’s CEO, founder and designer. To hear and see Hansen speakers, THE KING V2, THE PRINCE V2 and THE KNIGHT, visit Lyric’s Manhattan showrooms.

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