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Although I speak enthusiastically about Arendal Sound and its products today, it took several years for me to get there. When we received our first Arendal speaker to review, the 1723 Tower S, I admired its build quality and aggressive pricing, but because reviewer Philip Beaudette found the sound very good rather than truly great, I wasn’t yet convinced the company was producing world-class loudspeakers. I saw it instead as a promising start.

That changed when the 1528 series arrived and I reviewed the Tower 8. I not only raved about that speaker—I also hopped on a plane with our video crew to learn more about the company firsthand. During that trip, designer Thomas Gunvaldsen impressed me with both his technical skill and clear understanding of loudspeaker design, while owner Jan Ove Lassesen struck me as forthright and determined to deliver high performance with equally high value to consumers.

Since then, my respect for the brand has only grown. Philip subsequently reviewed and loved the 1528 Monitor 8s enough to consider buying them. But after auditioning the 1528 Tower 8s I reviewed, he instead purchased that exact pair—they’re now his reference speakers. As for me, I wasn’t happy to see those Tower 8s leave, because they sounded that good, but the 1610 Tower 8s came surprisingly close to filling that void.

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