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PERSONAL FIDELITY 116 TONE AUDIO NO.78 FEATURE The Audioengine HD6 THE BEST AUDIO SNACK TREAT By Jeff Dorgay AUGUST 2016 117
FEATURE FEATURE PERSONAL FIDELITY Unlike the Porsche 911, the price of the original Audioengine 5 – now the 5+ – has only gone up in price to $399, but the HD6 is now the top offering in their product lineup, where they only had one speaker before. The new HD6 you see here is now $749, and while they still produce the same 50 watts per channel as the 5+, the HD6 offers a builtin 24/192 DAC and multiple streaming options. Considering you used to have to buy a separate Audioengine Bluetooth adaptor for $149 and you still didn’t have a DAC, adding a great DAC and higher quality everything into one box is pretty awesome Powered monitor speakers have been around for the price. I dare you to find for decades in recording studios and, to some a combination of separates that extent, in the consumer market with companies like Meridan and Linn offering world class, the price. offer this much for anywhere near powered, floor standing speaker systems with an equally The new speakers feature world-class price tag. Audioengine burst on the scene about upgraded drivers with a slightly nine years ago with small, high quality powered speakers that looked great, sounded great and best of all, were very larger 5.5 inch Kevlar-coned woofer where the 5+ has a 5-inch affordable. unit, and when listening to both Much like comparing the original Porsche 911 to a current side-by-side, you can not only model, Audioengine has pursued a path of steady refinement, hear a touch more bass grunt rather than making radical change with every new product they from the HD6, but throughout produce. And like Star Wars, they didn’t name their first product the range, there is a level of tonal the Audioengine 1, but the Audio Engine 5. Comparing the current HD6 pictured here to the original Audioengine 5s that are so much in the originals until you refinement that you don’t notice still rocking out in a good friend’s garage without bother, the lineage is easy to see, and after a brief listen to refresh my mem- underlines what a tremendous hear the new speaker, and it still ory, the Audioengine 5 still stands up (and rocks out). That’s the value the 5+ still is, if you don’t sign of a great company, and the success that they’ve enjoyed need a built in, streaming DAC. is no accident. (continued) 118 TONE AUDIO NO.78 AUGUST 2016 119
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Music.Gear.Style. No.78 August 2016
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96 tone style 90 Anker SoundCore Bl
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PUBLISHER’S LETTER WELCOME N03 TO
Page 7 and 8: SNAPSHOT SNAPSHOT Bruce Dickinson,
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