Audio Magazine Reviews

Between 1989 and 2000, as a Senior Review Editor for Audio Magazine, Don Keele established a reputation for insightful, technically rigorous, yet approachable reviews that helped shape the way enthusiasts and professionals understood high-fidelity sound reproduction. His writing combined a deep engineering background with a passion for music and an ability to explain complex loudspeaker and audio technologies in clear, practical terms.

In these archived issues of Audio, readers can revisit Don’s original reviews—snapshots of a formative era in consumer and professional audio.

Picture one of the first Audio Magazines. October 1963

Each link below opens directly to Don’s review within the magazine, but we encourage you to enjoy the full issues for their historical value and the nostalgia of classic hi-fi publishing. We’ve also started converting all reviews to full webpages. You’ll find them underneath the magazine link.

*PARADIGM 7SE* LOUDSPEAKER *September 1989* Check out the webpage version!	*NHT MODEL II* *LOUDSPEAKER* *July 1990*
**DAHLQUIST M907i LOUDSPEAKER August 1990**	B & W 801 MATRIX SERIES 2 LOUDSPEAKER *November 1990* Check out the webpage version!
**DYNAUDIO SPECIAL ONE LOUDSPEAKER December 1990**	**BOSTON ACOUSTICS T1030 LOUDSPEAKER January 1991**
*THIEL CS5* *LOUDSPEAKER* *February 1991*	*MERIDIAN D600B* *LOUDSPEAKER* *March 1991*
*KEF 105/3* *LOUDSPEAKER* June 1991	*MONITOR AUDIO STUDIO 10* *LOUDSPEAKER* *July 1991*
WHARFEDALE DIAMOND IV LOUDSPEAKER August 1991	*PSB STRATUS GOLD* *LOUDSPEAKER* *November 1991*
*AR M1* *LOUDSPEAKER* January 1992	*QUART 490MCS* *LOUDSPEAKER* *February 1992*
CANTON ERGO 100 LOUDSPEAKER March 1992	VANDERSTEEN 2Ci LOUDSPEAKER June 1992
*BRIGHT STAR ALTAIR* *LOUDSPEAKER* *July 1992*	*TANNOY 615* *LOUDSPEAKER* *August 1992*
*SNELL TYPE B* *LOUDSPEAKER* *September 1992*	THUNDER IN THE LISTENING ROOM: SUBWOOFER SHOOTOUT November 1992
JBL L7 LOUDSPEAKER December 1992	*MASTON AUDIO DELUXE REFERENCE LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM* *January 1993*
*LEGACY CONVERGENCE* *LOUDSPEAKER* *February 193*	*CELESTION 300* *LOUDSPEAKER* *March 1993*
*PARADIGM STUDIO MONITOR* *LOUDSPEAKERS* *April 1993*	*DAHLQUIST DQ-30i* *LOUDSPEAKER* *June 1993*
COUNTERPOINT CLEARFIELD METROPOLITAN LOUDSPEAKER *July 1993*	*GENESIS GENRE I* *LOUDSPEAKER* *September 1993*
*DGX AUDIO DDL-1 SPEAKER AND* *DDA-1 DIGITAL PROCESSING AMP* *November 1993*	*DIGITAL PHASE AP -1* *LOUDSPEAKER* *December 1993*
*NEAR 50Me* *LOUDSPEAKER* *January 1994*	*NHT 3.3* *LOUDSPEAKER* *February 1994*
*SCIENTIFIC FIDELITY CROWN JOULE* *LOUDSPEAKER* *March 1994*	*M & K S-5000THX SATELLITE* *MX-5000THX POWERED SUBWOOFER* *June 1994*
*SIGNET SL280ex* *LOUDSPEAKER* *July 1994*	*EPOS ES1 1* *LOUDSPEAKER* *August 1994*
*ENERGY VERITAS v1.8* *LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM* *September 1994*	KEF Q70 LOUDSPEAKER *December 1994*
*SOUNDWAVE POINT SOURCE 3.0* *LOUDSPEAKER* *January 1995*	*DANA AUDIO MODEL 1* *LOUDSPEAKER* *February 1995*
OPTIMUS PRO LXS LOUDSPEAKER *April 1995*	PHASE TECHNOLOGY PC 10.5 LOUDSPEAKER *May 1995*
TOTEM ACOUSTIC ROKK LOUDSPEAKER *June 1995*	KLIPSCH CF 3 LOUDSPEAKER July 1995
PARADIGM ECLIPSE/BP LOUDSPEAKER *August 1995*	BOSTON ACOUSTICS CR7 LOUDSPEAKER *September 1995*
JMlab SPECTRAL 913.1 LOUDSPEAKER *November 1995*	MISSION 735 LOUDSPEAKER *January 1996*
WILSON AUDIO WATT V/PUPPY V LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM *February 1996*	INFINITY COMPOSITIONS P -FR LOUDSPEAKER *March 1996*
NSM 105 LOUDSPEAKER *April 1996*	PLATINUM AUDIO DUO LOUDSPEAKER *May 1996*
KEF REFERENCE SERIES MODEL FOUR LOUDSPEAKER *June 1996*	PARADIGM REFERENCE STUDIO/100 LOUDSPEAKER *July 1996*
*MIRAGE MBS-2 SATELLITES, BPSS-210 SUBWOOFER, AND LFX-2 CROSSOVER* *Sept 1996*	DIGITAL PHASE AP -2.1 LOUDSPEAKER *November 1996*
ACOUSTIC RESEARCH 312 HO LOUDSPEAKER *December 1996*	BOSTON ACOUSTICS VR2000 POWERED SUBWOOFER *January 1997*
*BIC AMERICA VENTURI V-604* *LOUDSPEAKER* *March 1997*	POLK AUDIO RT7 SPEAKER AND PSW300 POWERED SUBWOOFER *April 1997*
JAMO CONCERT 8 AND CONCERT CENTER SPEAKERS *May 1997*	*MB QUART DOMAIN D55* *LOUDSPEAKER* *June 1997*
*CELESTION A3* *LOUDSPEAKER* *August 1997*	SUNFIRE TRUE SUBWOOFER MARK II POWERED SUBWOOFER *November 1997*
*JBL SVA1600* *LOUDSPEAKER* *December 1997*	*PSB STRATUS GOLD’* *LOUDSPEAKER* *January 1998*
*INFINITY COMPOSITIONS OVERTURE 3 LOUDSPEAKER* *February 1998*	*KLIPSCH KSF 10.5* *LOUDSPEAKER* *April 1998*
VELODYNE HGS-12 POWERED SUBWOOFER *June 1998*	*HSU RESEARCH TN 1220 HO* *SUBWOOFER* *August 1998*
*SNELL E.5* *LOUDSPEAKER* *September 1998*	*M&K MX -700 POWERED* *SUBWOOFER* *November 1998*
*BAG END MM -8H SATELLITES* *AND INFRASUB-18 POWERED SUBWOOFER* *January 1999*	*B&W NAUTILUS 802* *LOUDSPEAKER* *February 1999*
JMIab COBALT 820 LOUDSPEAKER March 1999	PLATINUM AUDIO STUDIO 2 LOUDSPEAKER May 1999
*SNELL ACOUSTICS XA 90ps* *LOUDSPEAKER* *June 1999*	*MISSION 774* *LOUDSPEAKER* *July / August 1999*
*WHISE PROFUNDER 320* *SUBWOOFER* *September 1999*	*PSB STRATUS SILVER* *LOUDSPEAKER* *December 1999*
KLIPSCH REFERENCE SERIES HOME THEATER SPEAKERS *January 2000*