Price Paid:  $600.00 from Wilson Audio, New Or

Summary:
Don't assume that you have heard these speakers after listening to them at the audio store. They take months to break in! After the first few months, mine quit sounding "pinched" and began to bloom. I've run them with everything from a Classe-Bryston pre-power combo to a Yamaha AVR and they really work well. I have them paired to a M&K sub, crossed over at the Yamaha's default 90 hz, and they do fine. They do even better if I run them full range & dial in the sub at below 45 hz. Good imaging, realistic voice, fine dynamics, and surprising ultimate loudness capabilities. They're overpriced for their size, but their performance makes up for it.

Strengths:
Smooth octave-to-octave balance, seamless transition between woofer and tweeter, beautiful Jarrah wood finish.

Weaknesses:
Annoying lip around front of speaker contributes to less than elegant design, grille must interfere with dispersion, high cost for size, lack of true bass, no integrated stands.

Similar Products Used:
Sound-Dynamics RTS-3, Energy AC-300, Energy Audissey floor-standers, Dahlquist DQ-10a, Rogers LS3-5a, Radio-Shack Minimus 7, Klipsch Heresy, Klipsch Cornwall, Klipsch LaScala, Sony APM-8, Yamaha NS-10

Price Paid:  $650.00 from Frank Prowse HiFi

Summary:
I got my set of Krix Equinox bookshelf speakers for use as surround speakers in a 5.1 home theatre setup and I couldn't be happier.

They give an excellent clear sound and I find myself even watching plain old stereo TV in 5 channel stereo mode because these surround speakers work so nicely at low volume.

The clarity from these speakers is amazing, especially from vocal soundtracks. I almost feel guilty having them somewhat relegated to being surround speakers. If I am ever in the market for a bookshelf type system these speakers would be my first stop.

I think these are a better option for this application than the KDX-M package provides on a performance for dollars basis. I am using Krix Lyrix mains, KDX-C centre and Equinox rears and soon to add a Velodyne CT-120 sub.

I would definitely reccomended listening to any of the Krix range if you are in the market for some quality audio speakers at a very good price.

Strengths:
Crystal clear sound.

Weaknesses:
None

Similar Products Used:
B&W, Dynaudio, Bose etc.

Price Paid:  $300.00 from Used

Summary:
I bought a pair of used Krix's for use in an office system as an experiment, following several highly complimentary reviews in various audio mags. Although the acoustics in my office are poor, I remain am very impressed after several full days of listening. This little speaker really dances!!
Very nimble, with excellent clarity and resolution of detail. I have only listened thus far to jazz, blues, vocals, and acoustic chamber music, but the Krix handles all of this very well. While there is no low bass, and the lower-mid bass is a bit "polite", this speaker does not leave you with the feeling that something is badly missing. Combined with a decent subwoofer, the Krix could certainly be the basis for an inexpensive yet truly high fidelity system. In a speaker at this price, I would have been happy to just get decent sound. With the Equinox, the sound quality is not only very high, but the build quality is perhaps the best I have seen in this price range. The Jarrah wood veneer is beautiful, the cabinetry and joinery is first class, and I understand that both the inside and outside surfaces are veneered to ensure that expansion and compression stresses remain even. At $600, the Equinox's offer a lot to the serious music listener. If you are auditioning speakers in the $500-750 range, you absolutely MUST hear this little jewel!! (One note: The overall rating of less than 5 stars is only because the speaker lacks the final octave-and-a-half. I would have given an overall rating of 4.5 if the scale allowed for it.)

Strengths:
Clarity, quickness, "pace"; fine resolution of detail; excellent imaging; very natural mid's and high's; outstanding reproduction of strings and plucked instruments; excellent timbre; respectable bass for small size; high quality construction.

Weaknesses:
May be voiced toward upper registers a bit too much for some listeners.

Similar Products Used:
Snell "M" monitor; Pyramid MET-7; B&W DM 560.

Price Paid:  $500.00 from Hi Fi Trader

Summary:
Listened to many comparable speakers, Jamo, B&W, Mission then one dealer said come in and hear some B&W 601s next to the Krix hooked up to the system you want (I was buying a denon system he had at the best price). That did it for me. The B&W was very nice but no where near as natural. I did the trick of bring a pile of my own CDs into the shop, some like phantom of the opera (London production) had speaking segments that just amazed with the natural sound. B&W was great but not as clear, in fact the way my wife described it (and she's an ex opera singer) for orchestral B&W sounded like a great speaker, Krix sounded like no speaker. To me it was like being in the room rather than next door.

So no competition took them home only to find set up properly they sounded even better. So much so that we have now divided our CD collection into play with krix, and never to be played again due to low quality recordings that really show up with the detail sound from the krix.

I've enjoyed bose for many years (20 plus) but I must say the efficiency at low volume and balanced mid range of the krix means that my son has just inherited my old system.

Highly recommended and no comparision for the price (AUD$650).

Strengths:
Clarity, detail

Summary:
Picked up a pair from Whetstone Audio in Texas from Brian DiFrank without having auditioned a single Krix product. What information I could find on the scantly known Austrailian company was almost surreal. After recieving the Equinoxes delivered as promised and on time, I was only slightly impressed with their performance. After 10 months, I can now say that these may be the last pair of bookshelf speakers I will ever buy.

These jarrah midgets are absolutely amazing. They are painfully detailed (esp. noticable on poor recordings) and yet rarely do they ever sound harsh or bright. Despite a rather low (88db) efficiency rating, I had no problem driving them to amazing levels with my 100wpc 2 year old Aiwa Mini-system. You can't even imagine how much more amazing they sounded once a paired them with an Onkyo TX-575 that I recently purchased. I've heard subtleties and nuances in my favorite CD's that I've never thought to have existed. Bass is suprsingly well reproduced, although a tad punchy on certain tracks, due at least in part to the rear ported design. Then again, one would rarely buy these little gems for their bass. I have mine mated seamlessly to a Velodyne CT-120 crossed over at about 85 cycles. The Equinoxes are not nearly as well balanced across the audio spectrum as my NHT 1.5s but they win the vocal reproduction battle hands down. Leanne Rhimes has never sounded better, and the soundstage is dead on--properly placed these speakers literally disappear.

Would not be surprised in the least to see these speakers and the rest of the Krix line doing some serious damage to American markets once they get penetration.

A much deserved 5 stars

Strengths:
soundstage, detail, clarity, even bass reproduction

Weaknesses:
way too HQ to find cheap

Similar Products Used:
NHT 1.5/Polk Audio bookshelves