https://www.stereophile.com/content/wilson-audio-specialties-sabrinax-loudspeaker

With the SabrinaX’s in the house, I smiled whenever I thought about the last time I’d listened to music and looked forward to the next time I’d be able to. I would truly be happy if everything stayed the way it is: room, system, records, even my chair and the light standing next to it. Seriously, just leave it all right where it is. I’ve heard more mega-systems than I can count, including $1,000,000 worth of Wilson WAMM Master Chronosonic. Yeah, some of them are better than the SabrinaX, but it would be a pain to move them and set everything up in my room.

Nothing is perfect though, not even the SabrinaX. John Atkinson’s measurements will tell all, but I have a hunch that the SabrinaX may be just a little on the warm, forgiving side of absolute neutrality. Maybe there’s a bit of a rise in the midbass to the upper bass. And maybe, just maybe, the upper midrange is down a a little bit compared to the frequencies on either side. Keep in mind that I have a small, well-damped room and tube amps. Your results may vary.

https://www.hifinews.com/content/franco-serblin-accordo-essence-loudspeaker

Vocals are what rule my heart, Allman’s being powerful and energetic, but I could not think of any trial more worthy than Sophie Madeleine’s ‘Stars’ from The Rhythm You Started [Xtra Mile XMR045CD]. This is a voice of such delicacy and clarity that she makes Dolly Parton sound like Louis Armstrong. I had heard this CD so many times that I was worrying about seeming obsessive, but the Accordo Essence unveiled more fine details, not least my belief that Ms Madeleine should come out of retirement. I cry too often, and this had me reaching for the Kleenex. It was exquisite.

So the Accordo Essence couples refinement with realism, delivers convincing recreation of the sound-space, and wraps it in craftsmanship of the highest order in the cabinetry itself. Franco Serblin was always motivated by the great violin makers of Cremona, and he taught Favella well. He’d be pleased to know that you don’t need to be Jascha Heifetz to hear it (or see it) in this speaker. It is magnificent.

https://www.hifichoice.com/content/martinlogan-motion-20i

The bass extension is impressive for such a relatively small floorstander. MartinLogan claims to deliver a frequency response down to 46Hz, but this seems comfortably bettered in my room. It integrates well with the rest of the frequency range and ensures that the deep electronic notes of Beck’s Uneventful Days are something you feel as much as hear and there is a reasonable level of control and definition as well. This is undoubtedly helped by careful speaker placement in my room and positioning the Motion 20i closer to a rear wall reduces this coherence somewhat. It’s never going to be described as an urgent-sounding loudspeaker, but equally it doesn’t sound particularly languid or slow.

REVIEW: The Sonus faber Sonetto V Speakers

To be fair to the Sonettos, I left the past behind, making my way back to the current day, musically speaking. Bottom line, there was nothing I threw at the Sonettos that I felt they couldn’t do justice too. Getting in a party mood with “Oppa is Just My Style,” the Sonettos prove they can play loud when the need arises. Even at eviction notice levels, these speakers did not distort, bottom the woofer cones, or exhibit soundstage collapse. Staying at party SPLs, the deep bass line in Girls Day’s “Look at Me” had a few people looking for the subwoofer. And just before you think I’ve gone way too KPop on you, the new AC/DC single “Shot in the Dark” was just released, so a final infusion of heavy guitars (at high volume, of course) ticks the last box. This is a great pair of speakers that can play whatever you enjoy without excuse.