Champagne Speakers on a Beer Budget

Being a confessed audiophile geek, I have certain expectations when listening to music or movies on a home audio system.

With these expectations in place, I would love to spend gazillions on equipment and remove all but the necessary furniture (one chair for me to sit in) and have the room treatments to make the equipment sound its best. Yeah, I know that room would look funny.

And in the real world…

Most people don’t have a room to spare for dedicated audio, nor the gazillions to lavish on such aural splendor.

Well, I’m here to save the sonic day! A high-end sound, elegant design and diminutive size so as to be acceptable with the room décor, and that beer budget price… Let me introduce Era Speakers.

The heart of Era’s speaker line is the D4 and D5 minimonitors. Small enough to be stand mounted, wall mounted or put on a bookshelf, they can blend seamlessly into any room and produce a sound satisfying to the casual listener as well as the discerning audiophile. The design team at Era, along with engineering assistance from Michael Kelly of Aerial Acoustics did fantastic work. Even the real wood veneers in rosewood, cherry, sycamore and piano gloss black would induce the wow factor on a speaker costing several times as much.

Don’t just take the Connoisseur’s word for it. Check out more reviews from The Perfect Vision, Stereophile, The Absolute Sound and others.

If you like the looks and the price is right, give them a listen. I’m sure you will be impressed!