SYSTEM AUDIO SAXO 40 £1,000
Although spanning only three speaker ‘families’, System Audio’s range aims to offer a solution for every eventuality. The Danish manufacturer, based in Roskilde, west of Copenhagen, makes on-wall models, including the Legend 7.2, AV-specific centre channel enclosures and subs, plus various standmounts and floorstanders. Many can be bought in active Silverback guise (or upgraded at a later date), their potential then expandable via DSP ‘RAM tweaks’ and a WiSA-based wireless streaming hub. There is, to put it mildly, a lot going on. Even the affordable, passive saxo 40, tested here, feels a little unusual. A two-way floorstander, its mission statement is: “big sound without big speakers”. We’ve heard this idea parroted before by many brands, but SA appears keen to take it to the extreme,…
