When you finally get through the layers of cardboard, everything-and I mean everything- comes encased in these really nicely made microfiber bags of varying dimensions-it's as if Audioengine is just begging you to take these babies on the road!Īnd when you pull the HD6's from the bags, it's an ooh-aah moment: the HD6's may be easily some of the handsomest small speakers I've ever seen, and nothing nearly as diminutive as I'd imagined they'd probably be. The new HD6-which, by the way, is Audioengine's flagship powered speaker-carries on in that same tradition when it arrived at the front door, I don't know why, but I just wasn't expecting the box to be quite so large, or so heavy! Seriously, the packaging for these units is beyond overkill, and the fit and finish of the double-boxing is almost as impressive as the product itself-they could probably easily survive a flip-and-rollover by a FedEx truck. The fit, finish and heft of the B2, as well as its room-filling sound was simply mindblowing, and nothing that I thought I knew about Audioengine prepared me for the experience.

This was my first experience with any Audioengine product, and it was an eye-opener-any impressions I might have previously had of Audioengine as simply a maker of pretty good, relatively generic computer speakers was quickly vanquished.

Last year I had the good fortune to review Audioengine's B2 Bluetooth Speaker-a product that amazed me, not only with its impressive sound and build quality, but also with its portability and flexibility-I carted the B2 all over creation on vacations and getaways and it never failed to impress me (or friends and family) with its astonishingly good sound-especially coming from such a modest package.

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