"...his is a superb loudspeaker that is a keeper at its price point. With its relatively compact enclosure and small footprint, it is an excellent fit for a small or medium sized room. It is shockingly good at integrating its five drivers, which go dynamically low and exceedingly (airily) high. When care is taken with associated equipment, the Grand Veena brings new meaning to the term “Tutti”; that Italian word for directing orchestra members to play all at once. Even on such a “Tutti,” where a good recording brings out a complex maelstrom of sounds and colors, the Grand Veena is capable of capturing each individual musical voice and thread (its nuances, dynamic shading and individual space), as well as conveying the Whole musical picture. And that, (like listening to Elliott Carter’s rich compositions containing many a “Tutti”) is something special indeed...." - Nelson Brill
"...sounded so honest and pure that I sank into my seat in complete relaxation.
Could I have found the Holy Grail?",
"These speakers allowed each element of each track to be fully represented.",
"The de Capos were seamless throughout their entire frequency range." - John Brazier
"You can clearly hear the warmth and organic wooden resonance of the Amati bass calling with a mournful sigh",
"...both are conduits of a kind of musical purity free of affectation",
"Cut to the chase, I have never heard this heart rending lament portrayed more naturally than this." - Ron Nagle - Enjoy The Music.com
"In every other meaningful way, the Reference 3A MM de Capo i
is as unforgettable as your favorite song,.... ",
"This is one hell of a nice thing....", - Stereophile/ Equipment Room/ Art Dudley
"I could easily live with this," ...
"You'd have to be tied to your chair not to react to this,"...
"For the second recording in a row, Reine put aside her notebook and simply listened." ...
"You can hear that lineage with every note it plays." -UHF Magazine
"For "only" $2,500/pr these piano black mini-monitors are the best value in their category in my opinion. Nothing I have heard
over the past years comes close to being so harmonically right and offer great speed and detail."...
"there is a great deal of rightness to the sound of instruments."...
"Here we have a modern day mini-monitor classic." - Enjoy Tthe Music
"No crossover means being joined at the hip and when you lock onto an amp that does not have current limiting circuitry like the
Edge's, you will be shocked. I'm talking snare drum in the chest." ...
"This is the speaker I've been looking for five years." ...
"Upon the first couple of passages heard with the MM DeCapo, I new this was a winner." ...
"Value Rating: 5 STAR Overall Rating: 5 STAR" - Audio Review
UHF Issue #53 - Reference 3A Integrale
UHF Issue #49 - Reference 3A: a New Reference Part 1 (Royal Master)
UHF Issue #49 - Reference 3A: a New Reference Part 2 (La Suprema)
The Absolute Sound - The Best Components of 1994
The Absolute Sound - The Reference 3A Royal Master Control Loudspeaker; Planet of the Cones
The Absolute Sound - The Reference 3A Suprema Loudspeaker System; Classic Musicality
Stereo - from Germany
"may be the best test we ever got....EXCELLENT....***"
HVT Magazine - from Holland
"The Reference 3A Royal Master is the best monitor in the world, is it not?"
What HI-FI? - from Thailand
"another great test on the Royal Master....!"
HI-FI Journal - from Korea
"among the best speakers in the world..."
Audio Accessory - from Japan
"our speaker is selected by the review to be their reference speaker for testing all audio components..."
Stereo - from Japan
"...5 gold awards by the 5 listeners...!"
