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EISA Awards 2021/2022 • It’s the combined judgement of magazine editors around the world, a global perspective on the best-value and highest-performing consumer electronics you can buy. Sound+Image placed its votes; here are the winners...

Coast with the most • Nine audio zones, five 4K video zones, full Savant control of the whole home - and not a bad view outside. Welcome to intelligent smart living, made rather comfy.

Yamaha Aventage RX-A8A 11-channel AV receiver A perfect 10? • The top one-box receiver in Yamaha’s 10th anniversary Aventage range gets both movie soundtracks and Atmos music mixes flowing.

Sonic partnership • LG again teams with Meridian for its new soundbars, this SP9 model promising 5.1.2 channels with Atmos and DTS:X.

STAND-OUT STANDMOUNTS! BIG sounds from small speakers • Our small speaker reviews here rise from $549 to nearly $17,000, so no matter what your budget, you can find true stereo hi-fi sound to make your music sing.

ELAC Debut B5.2 • Opening our group, these $549 slim German-designed standmounts serve up music and detail beyond their price.

DALI Spektor 2 • Distinguished by their unusual wood-fibre-flecked cones, the Spektor 2s disentangle even complex mixes with surprising musicality for their size and price.

Q Acoustics 3030i • A dose of Fink design from these attractive and impressive speakers, the largest of three standmount designs in Q Acoustics’ 3030i series.

Triangle Borea BR03 • Designed in France, Triangle’s BR03 speakers prove impressive contenders, with usefully high sensitivity.

Bowers & Wilkins 607 S2 Anniversary • We were fans of the previous non-Anniversary 607 S2 speakers, and really the tweaks here seem minor on the face of it. Yet when you hear both pairs running in the same listening room, you realise the difference those tweaks make.

ELAC Debut Reference DRB62 • Designer Andrew Jones solidifies and soups up the standard Debut design to deliver something worthy of the name ‘Reference’.

Polk Reserve R200 • Polk’s fine drivers with cabinet innovation deliver powerful sound for the price.

Richter Merlin S6 • The latest editions of an Aussie classic, the Merlins are already award-winning performers...

Definitive Technology Demand D9 • A hidden bonus lies within the Demand D9, continuing the brand’s success with the cunning use of bass-enhancing passive drivers.

Sonus faber Lumina 1 • Small but perfectly formed, these standmounts provide an entrypoint to the luxurious Italian delights of Sonus faber.

Chario Constellation II Lynx • Solid wood side panels and Italian flair are just the start of the delights on offer from these smallest standmounts from Chario’s Constellation II range.

KEF LS50 Meta • A small puck-like disc behind the tweeter makes a significant difference to the latest LS50s.

Revel Performa3 M105 • The M105s proved beautiful small speakers with a monitor-like accuracy to their sound yet an ability to delivery the emotion as well as the detail of music.

Spendor Classic 4/5 • Classic-style but modern tech combine in these UK speakers which offer a rare sealed-box rather than ported enclosure, with specific advantages therefrom.

KEF R3 • The extra space on these 42cm-high standmounters allows room for three drivers – though at first glance you’ll notice only two...

JBL L82 Classic • Nostalgic design but 21st-century technology...