Globular white wireless speakers that talk to each other and ping sound to certain rooms with the wave of your hand (or tap of an app) are lovely, but sometimes I yearn for a simpler time – a time when nothing distracted me from my burgeoning music collection save my parents' landline phone ringing. In which case, it was a mad dash to the receiver against my sister.
Top of my nostalgic wish-list from that time? A pair of the best stereo speakers, and I mean standmount hi-fi speakers – passive wooden boxes that let me remove the grilles to see the cones vibrate as sound waves emerged from them. I'm talking about speakers that required some time and dedication to set up, as well as actual wires and separate pre- and power-amplification.
