The Cutting Edge
Hansen Audio THE PRINCE V2 Loudspeaker

"This is a truly exceptional speaker system.... Hansen PRINCES have exceptional bass, resolving power,and dynamic range....THE PRINCE V2 offers both Reference-Quality and Excellent styling. It has a clear visual impact, but it is both sculpted in shape and very compact for a speaker with anything like its frequency range, deep bass, and ability to handle even the loudest dynamics....

There are reasons for the cost of THE PRINCE V2. Its designer, Lars Hansen, is a bit of a fanatic...He spent years developing the enclosure technology in THE PRINCE, and several hundred thousand dollars in prototyping with different engineers...He builds his own bass and midrange drivers... and employs a specially designed first-order crossover that takes advantage of the exceptional frequency range and dynamic capability of his drivers...Although no one would take their price tag casually, THE PRINCE V2 are a "bargain".

I found myself listening through THE PRINCES rather than to THE PRINCES....demanding musical sounds...are as musically natural as given recordings permit....It was clear that the driver location and shaping of the enclosure gave THE PRINCES an exceptionally coherent sound...the sound and the differences between a Steinway and a Bosendorfer (grand pianos) became clear.

I was more than a little surprised by the level of deep bass that THE PRINCE V2 handled without strain. The deep bass was clean to room-vibrating levels when I listened to the usual orchestral spectaculars...THE PRINCES did an extraordinary job....THE PRINCE V2 also performed exceptionally well in dealing with deep bass test tones, something that is not always the case with speakers that appear to have good deep bass but can't really deliver the lowest octave.

THE PRINCE V2 also measured well.

THE PRINCES are a Great Speaker."

Anthony Cordesman
Senior Writer
The Absolute Sound

See Issue # 185 for full review.