Speakers To Die For - And Live With

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 so many 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 astute owner has used revolutionary technology to combine extraordinary sound with accommodating enclosures.

pv2.jpgHansen Audio's 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.

You can hear three Hansen Audio speaker models, THE KING V2, THE PRINCE V2 and THE KNIGHT, at Lyric’s Manhattan showrooms. If you like, click one or more of the links below to learn more before your visit. To read what numerous critics have written, choose the link to the Hansen Audio website and, when you get there, click on Reviews.

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