45 Freestanding Speakers for Your Next Install
By Robert Archer
A new generation of products helps consumers enjoy everything from home theater surround sound, to computer-based audio files.

Trying to define today’s audio listener is like trying pin down a single reason why the Gibson Les Paul sounds just as good in the hands of a rock guitarist like Slash, as it does for fusion cats like Al Di Meola or blues-based guys like Warren Haynes.

Similarly, music enthusiasts have more options than ever to achieve audio nirvana, with CDs, digital audio files, multichannel home theater, vinyl, SACD, DVD-Audio and Blu-ray formats among listeners’ libraries.




The end point in the electronics chain that reaches listeners’ ears is arguably the most recognizable category: loudspeakers. At this point it’s no state secret that the loudspeaker industry has undergone a major facelift in terms of how the products are designed and presented to the public.

We've rounded up some of the latest floorstanding speakers, powered subwoofers, bookshelf speakers, on-wall speakers, active speakers and desktop computer speakers.

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