The once dominant British loudspeaker industry is not what it used to be. Most of the names are still there; KEF, Celestion, Wharfedale, Mission and Quad are still world-conquering brands, but they are all Far Eastern manufacturers now

Revel is a US loudspeaker specialist that started out in the mid-1990s. It's part of the giant Harman conglomerate, alongside the rather better-known and longer-established JBL brand

Relatively young as hi-fi companies go, MonoPulse was founded by Allan Hendry, who spent much of his life in electronics working on pulsed, phased-array radar systems, and then applied his knowledge to his lifelong passion for hi-fi and loudspeakers

Epos has long had a reputation for producing attractively compact speakers with genuine audiophile appeal, and has managed to maintain this status through several changes in ownership

The Danish Dynaudio brand has always focused on the upper end of the loudspeaker market, and while it does have an Audience range that comes with vinyl wood-print finish, all of the company's costlier ranges feature real-wood veneers

DALI is short for Danish Audiophile Loudspeaker Industries, and the company makes a large number of different speaker ranges designed to appeal to a broad customer base

Part of its value-driven Studio range, Jamo's S606 system is straightforward. The S606 HCS 3 main box contains the main, rear and centre speakers. The S606 HCS 6 system here adds a second, smaller box with a SUB 250 subwoofer

Here's something you don't see every day - a fully portable iPod speaker with all the trimmings and, tucked under the iPod dock, a radio too! We've seen radios on iPod speakers before, but only on desktop models

The Allroom Sat is a beautifully crafted satellite speaker available in eight funky colour-ways, plus black and white finishes. Each 15cm tall satellite is constructed from teardrop shaped MDF cabinets, handsprayed with eight layers of high-gloss lacquer

The YSP-1000 is the latest incarnation of Yamaha's Digital Sound Projection technology, offering a discreet virtual surround amplifier and speaker system that fits neatly beneath a flatpanel TV or monitor screen

Occasionally we're offered something for review that's so bizarre we just have to try it to see if it works at all. Frankly, when we were told that this ridiculously-named gadget turns any flat surface into a loudspeaker we didn't have very high hopes

The Glenair 10 is an attempt to bring an up-to-date aesthetic to Tannoy's classic, top-end Prestige loudspeaker range. The number refers to the driver size - the other model in the Glenair series has a 375mm drive unit in place of the 250mm driver here

Since coming under the wing of the US Klipsch Group, Jamo appears to have gone from strength to strength. The company's range now dovetails neatly with its American masters, delivering products to regions where Klipsch don't go.

Thankfully, I have possibly the ideal neighbours for a speaker reviewer. They are sweet people who are mostly out during the day, and should they be home when I am testing stuff, they don't seem to mind a bit, even if I'm shaking the wall with kit.

Although Tannoy is now owned by a Danish ProAudio company, it has always operated successfully across all loudspeaker sectors, from the smallest AV satellites right through to exceedingly loud ship's foghorns.

This is the fiftieth anniversary of a hi-fi legend. It was 1957 when Quad stunned the hi-fi world by introducing the first full-range speaker based an electrostatic (as distinct from the usual electro-dynamic) principle of operation

A relatively new brand, Q Acoustics was invented by Armour Home Electronics, itself a recent operation that brings together and distributes a number of well-known British names like Alphason, Myryad and QED.

Mordaunt-Short, alongside brands like Cambridge Audio, has been part of Audio Partnership (AP) for a number of years. M-S products are now sold around the world, with Marantz handling UK distribution.

With an illustrious history that goes way back to the 1970s, Monitor Audio is probably best known for upmarket speakers in top-quality, real-wood veneers, and as a pioneer in the use of metal diaphragms drivers.

Focal is France's leading hi-fi speaker manufacturer, and if the name isn't immediately familiar, that's because its complete loudspeaker systems were called JMLab up until 2004.

Acoustic Energy came to prominence in the 1980s with the tiny Pro-look AE1, which brought considerable credibility both to tiny speakers and the use of metal diaphragms. Since then, the company has been bought by Malaysian interests

No prizes for guessing this system's USP. Yes, as the name suggests, Acoustic Energy's new stereo speaker package can connect with Bluetooth-enabled devices such as mobiles, PDAs, PCs and MP3

Deep bass - don'tcha just love it! Whether it's the explosive impact of an edge-of-your-seat action movie, or the lower octaves of your favourite music, your home cinema experience just wouldn't be the same without it

The BR5 is a mid-range model from Monitor Audio's new BR (BronzeReference) line-up, which replaces the earlier Bronze range. In mostcases, the changes are model for model

Monitor Audio's Radius speakers have always been good-looking and better-sounding, but the R90AV-12 system shifts the subwoofer/satellite system up a gear