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To reiterate, in the wholly solipsistic Kesslerverse, this Franco Serblin speaker joins a motley crew of disparate designs. Solely relative to my biases, it’s up there with the Apogee Scintilla [HFN Sep ’85], Quad’s ESL [HFN Nov ’57], and Wilson Audio’s Watt/Puppy [HFN Nov ’90].

So, for those of you looking to this magazine for guidance, let me offer a caveat. Undoubtedly, the hi-fi marketplace is not just crowded but overburdened with costly and massive loudspeakers. If two-thirds of them disappeared, there would still be too many from which to choose. But if the Accordo Unica is in your price/size range, I implore you to hear a pair. They’re that good, and the fact they’re also drop-dead gorgeous is pure bonus.

Hi-Fi News VerdictPlease forgive the rampant use of arguably irrational superlatives, but I found the Franco Serblin Accordo Unica to be a spectacular loudspeaker. It balances grace with power, transparency with warmth, scale with minutiae. Detail, dynamics, transient attack – it reminded me of how Serblin rewrote the rules for speakers 40 years ago, in sound and looks. I could only find one fault with the Unica: that I don’t own a pair.