Royd Audio - "The best speakers you've never heard of"....
Or so went the tagline.
Hand-built in the UK by Joe Ackroyd, these speakers enjoy a cult following in Europe but are virtually unheard of in the states.
A friend owns two or three pair- first time I heard his bookshelves, me and the others were peeking under the table for a hidden subwoofer.
Later I heard the towers he owns, and was dually impressed.
I picked up a pair on Audiogon a while back called the Sevens and fell in love wit these smallish bookshelves.
Another later bookshelf pair came up recently, tattered and unloved, but still proved difficult to secure. But I landed them!
One woofer is described as "bad", so I'll see what I can do to repair it. If it proves fruitless, I'll see what a speaker repair guru can whip together for me repair-wise.
Both these Sapphire models and Sevens will receive a new veneer sometime in the near future.
Or so went the tagline.
Hand-built in the UK by Joe Ackroyd, these speakers enjoy a cult following in Europe but are virtually unheard of in the states.
A friend owns two or three pair- first time I heard his bookshelves, me and the others were peeking under the table for a hidden subwoofer.
Later I heard the towers he owns, and was dually impressed.
I picked up a pair on Audiogon a while back called the Sevens and fell in love wit these smallish bookshelves.
Another later bookshelf pair came up recently, tattered and unloved, but still proved difficult to secure. But I landed them!
One woofer is described as "bad", so I'll see what I can do to repair it. If it proves fruitless, I'll see what a speaker repair guru can whip together for me repair-wise.
Both these Sapphire models and Sevens will receive a new veneer sometime in the near future.