MissingRemote.com Review of the Zona Wireless Speaker System

"Compared to purchasing a separate AVR and/or running speaker cabling, the easy-to-install and well-constructed (other than the remote control) Zona Wireless Speaker System presents a compelling value that should not be overlooked especially considering there is no risk or obligation in giving them a 30-day trial run."

- Aaron Ledger, Missingremote.com, April 2012

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HomeTheaterReview.com reviews the 4T Tower Speaker

"I'm often disappointed with the low-end performance of many floor-standing speakers, even some of those with larger cabinets and drivers that should be capable of decent bass. As I made my way through other forms of music and movies, that's the aspect of the 4T's performance that continued to blow me away - the bass that those little four-inch drivers were capable of dishing out was amazing."

"Considering Aperion's 30-day audition policy and the attractive price point of the Intimus line, there's really no excuse not to give them a try; you'll be rewarded with high-end sound and solid engineering. "

- Sean Killebrew, hometheaterreview.com, April 2012

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HomeTheaterReview.com review of the Intimus 4C

"Next up for viewing was the Blu-ray of Marvel Studio's Thor (Paramount) , which turned out to be a visceral experience. Despite the ever-present action in the film, the 4C center channel did a capable job of conveying dialogue with solid resolution. "

"My last test involved the DVD-Audio version of Steely Dan's Two Against Nature (Giant Records/WEA). On the track "Jack of Speed," I found the vocals to be warm, neutral and engaging. I didn't notice any unwanted sonic artifacts, something that can prove difficult at this price point. I kept trying to pinpoint the sonic characteristic I found most appealing in the Aperions and really wasn't able to do so. I mean that in a good way, as they're well-rounded and well-engineered, especially given their affordability. "

"Considering Aperion's 30-day audition policy and the attractive price point of the Intimus line, there's really no excuse not to give them a try; you'll be rewarded with high-end sound and solid engineering. "

- Sean Killebrew, hometheaterreview.com, April 2012

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Sound+Vision Magazine Review of the Zona Speaker System

"The first thing I noticed about the Zonas is their big soundstage, much larger than you’d expect from such small speakers. Playing “Killed Myself When I Was Young” from AA Bondy’s American Hearts album, the soundstage was wide and tall, yet still had a strong center image. At regular volumes, the Zonas also put out a surprising amount of bass for their size."

"The Zonas potentially fill several gaps in the speaker world. You can use them as wireless surround speakers. You can use them as wireless computer speakers. You can use them to easily add sound to another room....overall they sounded pretty good for their size and are worth checking out. "

- Geoffrey Morrison, Sound+Vision, March 2012

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Audioholics Video Review of the 4T Hybrid SD

"Aperion speakers are among the best bang for the buck in the industry. They have some really great products in a wide variety of styles and sizes to suit any need, and yet they continue to innovate their product line. We really like that. They also come with a five year warranty, free shipping and lifetime tech support. That's not bad. Not bad at all. If you're an absolute bass hog, maybe you can mix and match the system and upgrade the sub - either to a larger Aperion model or one from another company. In either case, Aperion's going to help you get the exact sound you want in your living space and the Intimus 4T Hybrid SD System is a great starter system."

- Clint DeBoer, Audioholics.com, January 2012

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Digital Trends Review of the Verus Grand Speaker

"Aperion Audio has quietly thrown down the gauntlet with the Verus Grand speakers. With performance this stellar, Aperion could easily get away with charging more but, instead, chooses to offer the Verus Grand for $1,800 a pair, delivered to your home or office with no added shipping charges. In doing so, they have posed a serious challenge to makers of speakers that charge $5,000 just to sniff their products.

Is the Verus Grand the best speaker ever? Of course not. Aside from sound appreciation being a very personal choice, the fact is that better-sounding speakers do exist; but to get at them, you’re going to have to take out a second mortgage on your house.

That Aperion Audio can get you so dangerously close to audio nirvana for just $1,800 means that, for us, this is the speaker to beat for the time being. To overtake the Verus Grand, a speaker will need to even further test the law of diminishing returns. For that reason, we’ve decided to keep the Verus Grand around as a reference speaker, therefore making it a literal Editor’s Choice."

-- Caleb Denison, Digitaltrends.com, January 2012

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Best of 2011 Award from Home Theater Review

Best Affordable Speaker Winner: Aperion Audio Verus Grand

"The Aperion Audio Verus Grand look like Revels, cost less than Paradigms and are sold Internet-direct for well under $2,000. They have the audiophile chops to compete with any brand at the audio salon; they just don’t come with the audiophile attitude."

-- Home Theater Review, December 2011

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Sound and Vision reviews the Zona Home Audio Link System

"Sound quality has been, in my experience, indistinguishable from a wired connection."

"I really enjoyed the HAL. It's a fine sounding, versatile, and reasonably inexpensive system that offers solid, stable wireless performance. "

- Michael Berk, Sound and Vision Magazine, December 2011

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MissingRemote.com Review of the Intimus 4T Speaker

"With great sound and build quality for the money, Aperion Audio’s Intimus 4T tower provides an outstanding value. Combining this with a risk-free trial and a ten year warranty, it is difficult to not recommend that anyone considering new loudspeaker mains in a small or mid-sized room take a hard look at this pair. If there is a drawback, it is that the Intimus 4T’s size demands sonic trade-offs similar to a bookshelf loudspeaker without the convenience of the other form-factor."

- Andrew Van Til, missingremote.com, December 2011

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MyMac.com Gives Aperion Zona HAL a Perfect 10

"We award Aperion Audio’s HAL SEND/RECEIVE combo our highest score, a perfect 10 our of 10 rating."

"Aperion Audio just hit a grand slam home run to win the home theatre and wireless audio world series. The Zona Home Audio Link (HAL) System is so good that I hope the company never tries to improve upon it."

- John Nemerovski, MyMac.com, October 2011

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PC Gamer auditions Zona in a PC-gaming speaker shootout

"The Zonas have a beautiful 4.5-inch woven-fiberglass woofer, accompanied by one-inch tweeters encased in a thick, heavy casing. Each speaker weighs about 15 pounds, so they feel tough enough to last an ice age. The result is a beautiful-looking -- and sounding -- set of speakers that don't suffer from the interference that often plagues wireless sets."

"Most audio through the Zonas is beautiful. Razor-sharp highs and warm, rich mid-bass creates beautiful aural imaging."

- PC Gamer Magazine, October 2011 Issue. Available on newsstands.

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Soundstage.com gives the Verus Grand Bookshelf their Reviewer's Choice Award!

"As the first bookshelf model I’ve reviewed in I don’t know how long, Aperion Audio’s Verus Grand Bookshelf reminded me that great things can still come in small packages. The Bookshelf isn’t just a fine-sounding speaker, it’s a refined-sounding speaker that doesn’t offer only a glimpse of high-end performance -- it’ll take you on a full tour and give you a T-shirt at the end. With a beguiling tweeter and a clean, overachieving midrange-woofer, the Verus Grand Bookshelf proves that its name is no oxymoron. It’s a speaker well worth an audition and its asking price. And it looks fabulous."

-- Colin Smith, Soundstage Network, September 2011

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Verus Forte Tower Speaker System Review in Sound and Vision Magazine

"This system is gorgeously finished, winningly compact, more-than-solid performing, and quite inexpensive given its looks, sound and presentation. Aperion's new family qualifies as a paragon of value-engineered audio."

-- Daniel Kumin, Sound and Vision Magazine, September 2011

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Sound and Vision Magazine Reviews the Verus Forte Tower System

Winner of the 2011 Sound and Vision "Certified and Recommended" Award!

"This system is gorgeously finished, winningly compact, more-than-solid performing, and quite inexpensive given its looks, sound and presentation. Aperion's new family qualifies as a paragon of value-engineered audio."

-- Daniel Kumin, Sound and Vision Magazine, September 2011

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Audioholics Review of the Verus Grand Bookshelf Speaker

Pros:
Pristine fidelity
Furniture grade finish
Excellent craftsmanship


Cons:
Limited bass output
Raises the bar too high for the competition

"The Aperion Verus speakers were able to literally disappear leaving you with nothing but the music to get carried away in. These speakers performance per dollar ratio is so good that I fear Aperion has raised the bar too high for its competition. These aren’t just speakers, they are pieces of furniture that sound good. Considering their very liberal return policy, FREE 30 day home trial program and FREE shipping (both ways) I can’t say anything else other than 'highly recommended!'"

-- Gene DellaSala, Audioholics, August 2011

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Home Theater Magazine Gives the Verus Grand Tower Hybrid XD a "Home Theater Top Pick"!

At a Glance:
Superior left-center-right uniformity
Excellent imaging and depth
Outstanding value

Ratings:
Performance:4.5 out of 5
Value:5 out of 5
Build Quality: 5 out of 5

"The Verus Grand Towers continued to impress me on two-channel music...The Verus Grand Towers’ reproduction of detail was exceptional on good source material. With everything from the gentle sound of a brushed cymbal to the liveliness of a good vocal recording, they left little or nothing on the table. Imaging and depth (when captured in the recording) were also consistently convincing."

"With all 5.1 channels cooking, the result was superb. Dialogue, source permitting, sounded right. There was no evidence of an intelligibility-robbing, off-axis response suckout in the Verus Grand Center, which also stood up without complaint against the onslaught of action-heavy soundtracks. From Flight of the Phoenix (2004) to Star Trek (2009), nothing fazed either the Verus Grand Center or the rest of the system."

-- Thomas J Norton, Home Theater Magazine, August 2011

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Wired Magazine Fetish article on the Aperion Intimus 4T Summit System

"The two biggest hassles with setting up surround sound: cables and calibration. The Aperion Intimus 4T Summit Wireless 5.1 system fixes both, with audiophile-friendly uncompressed streaming and ingenious sweet-spot technology. Where most wireless setups squeeze everying until Top Gun on Blu-ray comes out sounding like Airplane on VHS, Aperion uses the same high-speed frequencies as radar systems to stream audio in all its uncorrupted glory. Each individually powered speaker houses multiple amps and crossovers, so you can ditch the A/V receiver along with the cables. Place the speakers wherever you want and a hub unit auto-calibrates it all. Then hit the MyZone button on the remote and the sweet spot shifts to wherever you're sitting. You can hear it move."

Wired: Uncompressed 24-bit, 96-kHz audio. Sweet spot moves to you, not the other way around. Tired: Line of sight required between speakers for accurate calibration. Seven power cords to plug in around the room.

- Michael Calore, August 2011 Issue of Wired

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Home Theater Review Evaluates the Verus Grand Bookshelf

Performance: Four out of Five Stars
Value: Four and a Half out of Five Stars
Overall Rating: Four and a Half out of Five Stars

"For just under $600 a pair and sold direct via their own website, the Aperion Audio Grand Verus Bookshelf loudspeakers are an absolute delight for they have a finish indicative of Revel Salon2s with a sound equal in tone and musicality to their costlier siblings, the Verus Grand Towers. While they need a subwoofer or two to go full-range and require stands to sound their best, the Grand Verus Bookshelf loudspeakers are still a value leader and among the best in their class. "

-- Andrew Robinson, hometheaterreview.com, July 2011

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Home Theater Review Evaluates the Verus Forte Satellite Speaker

Performance: Four out of Five Stars
Value: Four out of Five Stars
Overall Rating: Four out of Five Stars

"It's hard to fault a speaker that sells direct for $350 a pair and looks and sounds as good as the Verus Forte Satellite loudspeaker does. Sure they don't have subterranean bass nor do they possess earth-shattering dynamics but as surround sound speakers, they're phenomenal and even as stereo mains in smaller rooms they'll impress - especially when it comes to vocals. Plus, when you consider you get a 30-day, risk free trial to see if they're you're cup of tea, there isn't much risk in deciding if the Verus Forte Satellite loudspeakers are right for you."

-- Andrew Robinson, hometheaterreview.com, July 2011

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Home Theater Review of the Bravus IIa 10D

"For $799 direct, the Bravus II 10D from Aperion Audio is one of my favorite subwoofers under a grand that is currently available today. When you throw in the fact that the Bravus II 10D, like all Aperion Audio products, comes standard with free shipping and a 30-day, in-home trial backed by a money back guarantee - you quickly see why I have no qualms about recommending the Bravus II 10D to any two channel or home theater enthusiast. "

- Andrew Robinson, Audioholics.com, July 2011

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