We have something of a soft spot for Fyne Audio’s Vintage speaker range. It mixes old-world aesthetics with thoroughly modern engineering in a way that we find hugely appealing. Currently, it is a four-strong series that starts with the diminutive Five we have on test here and ends at the wardrobe-sized Vintage Fifteen that packs a whopping 38cm (15in) mid/bass driver and costs around ten times as much.
While the three bigger models, all floorstanders, can fill some pretty large rooms with sound, the Fyne Vintage Five standmount speakers are more suited to cosier spaces. That’s easy to understand given that they stand just 35cm tall and sport a relatively small 12.5cm mid/bass driver. This being a Fyne Audio product, it is no surprise that a tweeter sits at the centre of the mid/bass unit in an arrangement the company calls Isoflare. The idea is that the acoustic centres of each driver (the place where it appears to generate sound) are on the same axis and better time-aligned. The benefits over conventional separate driver placements range from more even dispersion characteristics to better integration between the two units.
