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Legacy Audio received a 2024 Editors' Choice Award for the VALOR system with Wavelet II processor.
Products:
VALOR
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Wavelet 2 DAC / Preamp / Processor
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Legacy Audio was awarded a 2024 Editors' Choice Award from The Absolute Sound for the V system with Wavelet II processor.
Products:
V System
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Wavelet 2 DAC / Preamp / Processor
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Legacy Audio received a 2024 Editors' Choice award from The Absolute Sound for the Aeris XD system with Wavelet processor.
Products:
Aeris XD
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Wavelet 2 DAC / Preamp / Processor
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Legacy Audio received a 2024 Editors' Choice Award from The Absolute Sound for the Focus XD loudspeaker.
Product:
Focus XD
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Legacy Audio received a 2024 Editors' Choice award from The Absolute Sound for the Focus SE loudspeaker.
Product:
Focus SE
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The Legacy Audio (Montgomery) room was named among the Best Rooms at Capital Audiofest 2023 by EnjoyTheMusic.com
Products:
Aeris XD
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Focus XD
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Wavelet 2 DAC / Preamp / Processor
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i·V2 ULTRA
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The Legacy Audio Focus XD was named Best Floor-Standing Loudspeaker of 2023 by Secrets of Home Theater & High Fidelity.
Product:
Focus XD
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Legacy Audio received the 2023 Editors' Choice Award from The Absolute Sound for the VALOR system with Wavelet 2 Processor.
Products:
VALOR
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Wavelet 2 DAC / Preamp / Processor
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Legacy Audio received the 2023 Editors' Choice Award from The Absolute Sound for the V system with Wavelet 2 processor.
Products:
V System
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Wavelet 2 DAC / Preamp / Processor
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Legacy received the 2023 Editors' Choice award from The Absolute Sound for the Aeris system with Wavelet 2 processor.
Products:
Aeris XD
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Wavelet 2 DAC / Preamp / Processor
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Legacy Audio received the 2023 Editors' Choice award from The Absolute Sound for the Focus SE speakers.
Product:
Focus SE
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Legacy Audio named among the Best Sounding Rooms at Capital Audiofest 2022
Products:
Aeris XD
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Wavelet 2 DAC / Preamp / Processor
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The Legacy Studio HD is a 2022 Recommended Component by Stereophile Magazine
Product:
Studio HD
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The Legacy Wavelet II has received the 2022 Golden Award from The Absolute Sound. The award is for reference products that have withstood the test of time and new favorites destined to become classics.
Product:
Wavelet 2 DAC / Preamp / Processor
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Legacy Audio receives the Gold Show Award for Best Sound from AVShowrooms.com at AXPONA 2022
Products:
VALOR
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Aeris XD
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Legacy received the 2022 The Absolute Sound Editors' Choice Award for the flagship VALOR system with Wavelet II processor.
Product:
VALOR
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Legacy received the 2022 The Absolute Sound Editors' Choice Award for the Aeris system with Wavelet.
Product:
Aeris XD
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The Legacy Audio Studio HD received the 2022 Stereophile Recommended Component Award. Stereophile ratings take into account what their reviewers heard during the review period and also their continued experience with the product.
Product:
Studio HD
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Legacy received the 2022 The Absolute Sound Editors' Choice Award for the V System with Wavelet.
Product:
V System
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Legacy received the 2022 The Absolute Sound Editors' Choice Award for the Focus SE speaker. This marks the 11th consecutive award for the Focus SE.
Product:
Focus SE
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"My McIntosh sound system with Legacy speakers has provided the greatest ever listening environment in my office and home for 20-plus years. It's partially responsible for helping me identify the hits!"
GRAMMY Award Winning Producer, Songwriter and CEO of Epic Records, a SONY Music Entertainment Company, and author of the recently released Sing to Me (Harper), L.A. Reid is a long time Legacy Audio Speaker user. He was recently featured in Centurion Magazine and chose his Legacy Speakers with McIntosh amplification as his best investment.
Mr. Reid, pictured above hugging one of his Legacy Audio speakers, uses the Legacy Aeris, Focus XD, Legacy V with doubleHelix subs, doubleHelix and more.
Products:
Aeris XD
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doubleHelix
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Legacy's i·V 7 Multi-Channel Amplifier has been awarded a Best of 2021 distinction, the "Thumbs Up" Award for multi-channel power amplifiers, from Secrets of Home Theater & High Fidelity.
Product:
i·V7
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Legacy Audio received The Absolute Sound 2021 Editors' Choice Award for the Legacy V System with Wavelet.
Product:
V System
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Legacy Audio received the 2021 The Absolute Sound Editors' Choice Award for the Aeris system with Wavelet.
Product:
Aeris XD
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Legacy Audio received the 2021 The Absolute Sound Editors' Choice Award for the Focus SE. This marks the 10th consecutive award for the Focus SE.
Product:
Focus SE
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Legacy Audio has received the 2021 The Absolute Sound Editors' Choice Award for the Legacy Wavelet
Product:
Wavelet 2 DAC / Preamp / Processor
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Legacy's new i·V 7 amplifier received a Top Pick Award and 5 Star Performance review, landing it on the Best Gear of Summer 2020 list by Sound & Vision Magazine
Product:
i·V7
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The Legacy Signature SE is the 2020 Recommendation at Polish High End Reviewer- Hi-fi and Music (HiFi Muzyka)
Product:
Signature SE
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The Legacy Classic HD is the 2020 Recommendation at Polish High End Reviewer- Hi-fi and Music
Product:
Classic HD
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Legacy Audio is honored to receive a 2020 Editors' Choice Award from The Absolute Sound for the Focus SE speakers.
Product:
Focus SE
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"The i·V amplifiers, developed by the American company, Legacy Audio, should be considered truly revolutionary."
Product:
i·V2 ULTRA
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The Legacy Wavelet received the 2020 Golden Ear Award from The Absolute Sound. “Wavelet makes a striking improvement in the clarity of the music and soundstage. You immediately hear more detail with virtually every recording, and a cleaner and a more natural soundstage with a well-miked recording of an actual live performance.” – A. Cordesman, TAS 287
Product:
Wavelet 2 DAC / Preamp / Processor
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Legacy's Studio HD graced the Stereophile Recommended Components list. “The Studio HDs played music with a supple dynamic quality. High frequencies were clear, focused, and airy. If you’re a foot-tapping fanatic of pace, rhythm, and timing, this might be the loudspeaker of your dreams. And if you’re a rock aficionado, just assume that the “HD” in the name stands for Heavy Duty boogie.” -Herb Reichert, Stereophile October 2018
Product:
Studio HD
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“The whole room electrified. You’ll hear an amazing amount of bass, perfectly suited to the hotel room because of the Wavelet. I give it merit for impact, dynamic range, and believability. You could close your eyes and you’d be at the front row of the concert. It was superb.” – Peter B., AVShowrooms
Products:
Aeris XD
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Focus SE
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Wavelet 2 DAC / Preamp / Processor
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i·V7
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"Jeff and I both feel the Legacy i-V7 is an amp worth looking into by multichannel enthusiasts. A stereo version (i-V2) is also available."- Doug S., SoundStage! Hi-Fi
Product:
i·V7
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Secrets of Home Theater & High Fidelity has awarded the Legacy Powerbloc2 the 2019 “Thumbs-up Award”, which recognizes products the Secrets Editorial Team has found to be excellent and that they would recommend to any buyer
Product:
Powerbloc2 ULTRA
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Four Legacy Audio components received the 2019 Editors' Choice Award from The Absolute Sound!
Products:
Aeris XD
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Focus SE
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Wavelet 2 DAC / Preamp / Processor
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“The Studio HD’s rewarded Herb with “spirited liveliness” and musical timing.”
Product:
Studio HD
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AVShowrooms awarded Legacy Audio the Gold Show Award for Best Sound at Capital Audiofest 2018.
"Peter Breuninger played a vocal track on this system by Michel Jonasz and mentions in the video that it is the best sounding Legacy Audio room he’s experienced in all of the years of visiting the owner and founder Bill Dudleston’s exhibit rooms. The vocal was floating in the middle of the room and the system showed off what the Legacy Audio Wavelet preamp/DAC could do by separating the instruments and allowing for perfect imaging."
Product:
Wavelet 2 DAC / Preamp / Processor
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The Legacy Audio Wavelet received the 2018 Golden Ear Award. The award is for reference products that have withstood the test of time and new favorites destined to become classics.
Product:
Wavelet 2 DAC / Preamp / Processor
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"I could not recommend a speaker more highly for a two-channel stereo system or a home theater system. These awards go to products I’ve actually had the opportunity to hear and wrote a review on this past year. I am not giving out awards in every category, but I think the products listed here legitimately deserve “best of” recognition." - Jack Roberts, The Audio Beatnik
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Legacy's Studio HD was selected as a Stereophile Recommend Component for 2018
Product:
Studio HD
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Legacy Audio was honored with The Absolute Sound Editors' Choice Award for 2018 for the Focus SE.
Product:
Focus SE
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Legacy was honored with The Absolute Sound Editors' Choice Award for 2018 for the Aeris system with Wavelet.
Products:
Aeris XD
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Wavelet 2 DAC / Preamp / Processor
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Legacy Audio was honored with The Absolute Sound Editors' Choice Award for 2018 for the V System with Wavelet.
Product:
Wavelet 2 DAC / Preamp / Processor
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The Legacy Foundation subwoofer received a "Best of 2018" Award from Secrets of Home Theater & High Fidelity for Best Subwoofer.
Product:
Foundation
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AVShowrooms awarded the Legacy VALOR system a Gold Show Award for Best Sound at AXPONA 2018. "This year the VALOR loudspeakers driven by the impressive Raven tube electronics, produced an unabashed, commanding ambience when playing a track from the Michel Jonasz CD. One of the best sounding systems at the show."
Product:
Wavelet 2 DAC / Preamp / Processor
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The Legacy Wavelet received a 2018 Product of the Year Award from The Absolute Sound.
“Wavelet makes a striking improvement in the clarity of the music and soundstage. Once you do switch the correction on, you may be surprised by the most immediate difference…you are almost certain to hear more deep bass and more bass detail at every frequency.”
- Anthony Cordesman, TAS Sept 2018
Product:
Wavelet 2 DAC / Preamp / Processor
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"Legacy Audio has totally seduced me. I discovered details in known works that had gone unnoticed, and I missed them from the moment I disconnected the Focus SE to pack them up after the review." Josep Armengol, HiFi Live Magazine
Product:
Focus SE
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"Calibre goes from subtle to bombastic in an instant without ever losing control...This level of realism at its price and size is what makes Calibre such an accomplished design. The Calibre's biggest party trick is the sheer scale of dynamics and the disappearing act it manages to pull off so effortlessly."
"This could be the best-sounding speaker at its size… Audition them now!”
Full review available in the May 2017 issue of What HiFi?- India's #1 Home Entertainment Magazine
Product:
Calibre
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The Legacy Wavelet “Sharpened Images Up Considerably… with Clarity, Precision & Detail. The Wavelet did not miss a beat."
Product:
Wavelet 2 DAC / Preamp / Processor
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Legacy Audio received the prestigious 2017 Editors’ Choice Award for 3 speakers in 3 different price categories. V System, Aeris with Wavelet, and Focus SE speakers.
According to The Absolute Sound, “Writers recommend components that they would buy themselves or recommend to family and friends.”
Products:
Aeris XD
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Wavelet 2 DAC / Preamp / Processor
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Focus SE
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“The promise of serious power at a fair price is honestly made and fully delivered” - D. Kumin, Sound & Vision
The Legacy Powerbloc2 and Powerbloc4 provide "high power in a compact, Class D package, with dynamic, uncolored sound.”
Products:
Powerbloc2 ULTRA
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Powerbloc4
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“Legacy proved to us that good things can come in small packages and they are called Calibre bookshelf speakers for a reason. If you want full range audiophile sound in a compact form factor, the Calibre speaker system from Legacy won’t disappoint.” - Kevin Garcia, Audioholics.com
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The Absolute Sound has awarded Legacy Audio their 5th consecutive Editors' Choice Award for the Legacy V, Aeris and Focus SE speakers.
Products:
Aeris XD
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Focus SE
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The award is for reference products that have withstood the test of time and new-found favorites destined to become classics. After reviewing the speaker, Anthony H. Cordesman called it "The kind of speaker you just have to audition, and with technology that provides the shape of things to come- right now!"
Products:
Aeris XD
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Wavelet 2 DAC / Preamp / Processor
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The Legacy V System received the 2015 Gold Show Award for Best Sound from AV Showrooms.
Product:
Wavelet 2 DAC / Preamp / Processor
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Audioholics named the Legacy Studio HD the Bookshelf Speaker of the Year
Product:
Studio HD
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The Legacy Audio V Speaker System is the winner of The Absolute Sound's Breakthrough Technology Award. “Our Technology Breakthrough of the Year Award goes to the Legacy V loudspeaker for the simple reason that never before has such sophisticated digital signal processing and amplification been integrated with a loudspeaker.”- The Absolute Sound, January 2016 Issue
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Legacy's Aeris received the sole "2014 Bad Ass Award" designation.
"These are speakers that every audiophile should seek out."- Read the review here.
Product:
Aeris XD
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"Legacy’s entry-level tower, the Expression, is an example of super-sound delivery, yet reasonable price from a USA-made speaker. In fact, for smaller rooms that can fit a tower speaker, it is a genuine bargain. It gets a well-earned Everything Audio Network Stellar Sound Award.” - John Gatski, Everything Audio Network
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The Legacy Audio Aeris Speaker System has been awarded the 2014 Golden Ear Award. This marks a back to back win for the Legacy Audio Aeris, which also received the 2013 award from The Absolute Sound upon its release.
Product:
Aeris XD
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Audioholics has awarded the Legacy Aeris the single High End Tower Speaker 2014 Consumer Excellence Award. "We found the Aeris presents huge dynamics, a low end thump that easily keeps up with some of the best subwoofers on the market, not to mention crystal clear sound. Needless to say, the end results are quite impressive."
Product:
Aeris XD
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The Legacy Focus SE was awarded it's 3rd consecutive Editors' Choice award from The Absolute Sound.
Product:
Focus SE
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Legacy Audio received a Stereomojo Best of Show Award in Newport, CA
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Legacy's Focus SE speaker was awarded a 2014 Editors' Choice Award from The Absolute Sound
Product:
Focus SE
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The Legacy Audio Aeris Speaker System has been awarded The Absolute Sound 2013 Golden Ear Award. “It is a truly full-range speaker, with bass deep into the subwoofer region, outstanding performance at every frequency to the limits of hearing and beyond, excellent definition, outstanding dynamics, and a visual image that might win it an entry to the Museum of Modern Art in New York.”
Product:
Aeris XD
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Stereomojo selected the Legacy Aeris as Speaker of the Year
Product:
Aeris XD
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The Legacy Focus SE received Best Of/Product of the Year awards from both Audioholics and Secrets of Home Theater & High Fidelity.
Product:
Focus SE
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The Legacy Audio Focus SE is the Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity Best High-End Floor-Standing Speaker of The Year. “This is the first time I have listened to Legacy speakers in my own home, and I can say with full conscience, that they are truly amazing."
Product:
Focus SE
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Audioholics selected the Focus SE for a Consumer Excellence award in the High-end Floorstanding Speaker category. "We think the Focus SE rises above most of the competition and provides a listening experience unmatched by most speakers anywhere close to its price range."
Product:
Focus SE
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In addition to earning a 5 star performance ranking, the Legacy Surround System (Classic HD, Silverscreen HD, Deco, Metro XD) received the coveted Home Theater Top Picks Award. “The Legacy system was excellent at re-creating the scene’s smallest (and largest) audible elements... every detail, including the breeze, forms a wide and seamless wall of sound."
Products:
Classic HD
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Silverscreen HD
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DECO
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Metro XD
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"I found each listening session with the Legacy Classic HD system to be nothing short of addictively energizing. The Classic HD system is a true work of art, one that is beautiful in both looks and sound."
Product:
Classic HD
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“The Signature SEs produce that elusive blend of detail, neutrality and dynamic range that lead to both a realistic sound portrait and an enjoyable listening experience. Most comparably-priced floor-standing speakers in this price range would struggle to meet the speed and clarity of the Signature SEs.” - Brian Kahn, Home Theater Review
Product:
Signature SE
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The Legacy Audio Classic HD was awarded the sole Best High End Floor-Standing Speaker of 2012 Award by Secrets of Home Theater & High Fidelity.
Product:
Classic HD
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The Legacy Expression, Silverscreen HD, Phantom HD and Metro XD subwoofer received a Best of Show distinction at CES 2012.
Products:
Silverscreen HD
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Metro XD
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The Absolute Sound awarded the Legacy Focus SE with it's first Editors' Choice award.
Product:
Focus SE
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The World's Largest Electronics Show, CES, Awards Best of Show 2011 to Legacy Audio Focus SE
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"The Classic HDs are so well designed that you are likely to keep them for years. I have no doubts that the Classic HD — by virtue of its size, performance and price — will be one of Legacy’s most popular speakers. Stellar Sound Award recommended!"
Product:
Classic HD
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The Legacy Whisper speaker received a Best of Show commendation at the International CES 2010
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Legacy's Whisper XD received a Best of Show commendation at the Salon Son & Image show in Montreal.
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Stereo Mojo Chooses Legacy Whisper as Speaker of the Year
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"...once you hear it, you’ll know you’re listening to something special. I enjoyed the ride every step of the way" - Ron Doering, SoundStage! Network
Product:
Studio HD
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"The new Legacy Studio’s primary market is the audiophile who wants a full range (within its size limit of course), good sounding speakers that can be tucked into tight spaces. They also can be used in a surround system where space is limited." - John Gatski, Everything Audio Network
Product:
Studio HD
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"Legacy Audio has been consistently recognized as the leading producer of premium loudspeakers. They have so far never failed when it comes to delivering great audio and their new product Legacy Studio speakers comes with a host of features."
Product:
Studio HD
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The Focus HD, predecessor to the Focus SE, received a Best of 2008 award from AV Max Magazine.
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Since it's founding in 1983, Legacy has received numerous accolades for its product design and performance. We invite you to read the reviews to learn more.
