Cabinet approval

All five of these mid-priced standmounter speakers get the thumbs-up from us. But which is the best?

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As you move up out of the crowded budget-speaker arena into mid-priced standmounter territory – that is, from around the £500 mark upwards - the air becomes somewhat clearer and the landscape less densely populated.

It's here that sound quality takes a significant step forward and the sonic character of each of the products on offer becomes more clearly differentiated from that of its rivals.