Group Test standmount speakers

Six standmount loudspeakers under £800 get put through their paces in this month's shootout.

ATC SCM7

£810 p27

A hi-fi standmounter

from a company with

a reputation for

professional monitors.

It looks great, but how

does it sound to a

domestic audience?

Dali Ikon 2 Mk2

£639 p29

There’s no denying this

Danish loudspeaker

company’s fine

provenance, and there’s

also no denying the

Ikon 2’s very interesting

three-driver design.

Focal Aria 906

£798 p31

One of France’s largest

and most successful

brands, this new box

sports a dramatic

upgrade to its mid/bass

unit in the form of a new

flax cone material.

KEF LS50

£800 p33

Celebrating its fiftieth

anniversary recently,

esteemed speaker

maker KEF decided to

knock up something a

little special, and the

LS50 (get it?) is the result.

Mission SX2

£700 p35

One of Britain’s most

commercially

successful speaker

brands of the modern

age, can the smart little

SX2 put its name on

your shortlist?

Monitor Audio Silver 2

£650 p37

A British company that’s

sold serious speakers

since the seventies.

The Silver series is

MA’s strongest ever

affordable range, and

promises much.

  Click here to read the full test in the May issue 384

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