Review by Jon Eben Field Serene Audio is an audio company based in Vancouver, Canada that has a group of very smart, talented, and creative people working to create fantastic audio products. You may ask how I know this. Well, I have had the privilege of listening to the Talisman speaker for several months now. In that time, I have been deeply impressed with what the Talisman speakers are able to accomplish from their small enclosure and single driver powered by an internal amp (did I mention it has a phono input?). To describe part of the magic of these speakers, I have to at first address how their name signifies. A talisman is an object that has been imbued with magical powers through a rite or ceremony. A talisman usually has magical power due to a kind of universal harmony that is bound in the symbolic gesture of the object itself. Now calling a pair of speakers Talisman could come across as braggadocio or bombast, possibly even hubris, but the reality of the situation is that Serene Audio has delivered on the promise of their speakers’ name in numerous ways that are impressive which I will enumerate shortly, but [...]
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