Driade Reviews
Audio Experts' opinions
Read what high-end audio experts have written about the Driade loudspeakers and the Flow cables. Everything and more there is to know about Driade. With its outstanding specifications, superb flow, pace & rhythm Driade can compete with the best of the best.
The Driade Premium Model 9 monitor loudspeaker:
USA premier by David Abramson
“Concluding, the Driade Premium Model 9 is the most self-effacingly neutral transducer I’ve ever owned or used. How it manages to be so utterly pure and neutral without any hardness or sterility to the sound is beyond me, and therein lies its special magic.
To wit, an audio friend of mine recently heard the Driades in my home as fronted by the Grimm MU2/Pass XA 25 setup, and after a few tracks during which he sat silently, presumably in disbelief, exclaimed, “C’mon, David—that’s it. You’re done! Enough messing about with gear; these are phenomenal!“”
David Abramson
stereotimes.com
Review Driade Premium Model 9
“The atmosphere these small giants create with the Soulnote A-2 in my living room is impressive. Vocals are displayed with excellent separation, authority, articulation and emotion. Piano and string instruments have the right weight to it and all their imperfections are perfectly captured. What a tremendously good performing pair of monitors”
Harro Tillema
HIFI.NL
Driade Premium Model 9
“Were we truly listening to those small monitors? Judging from the bass precision and -depth, resolution, and soundstage, it sure did not seem like it”
“The surprises kept coming as I played other tracks. Some more Bliss stuff, Patrick O’Hearn, Coen Bais, and Michel Godard. Oh, boy, it all sounded very good. The bass, too, was unreasonably great, especially given the tiny driver and small enclosure.”
Christiaan Punter
hifi-advice.com
Driade Flow Reference 808 speakercable
“As such, it is meant for those who wish to obtain the most neutral sound with the highest level of resolution and transparency, delicately balanced with airiness, refinement, and fluidity.”
Christiaan Punter
hifi-advice.com
Driade Premium Model 2S
The Premium Model 2S surprised me by sounding superbly confident, lively, and beautifully expressive.
Christiaan Punter
hifi-advice.com
Live Multitest – Driade Model 2
“WOW! That’s impressive! I seriously have goosebumps Far out the best out of the test”
Jaap Veenstra
ALPHA AUDIO
Review Driade Model 3S – The ‘S’ of Serious
“Time after time we are curious to see what the Driade can conjure up in the room. The rhythmic and fast character of the Model 3S invites us to play more. It almost seems addictive.”
Jaap Veenstra
Alpha Audio
Driade Premium Model 3
“Model 3 delivers a magnificent sound quality, especially with voices, guitars and strings.”
Harro Tillema
Music Emotion
Driade Flow Link Reference 808 XLR and RCA
Imagine my surprise when the
Reference 808 RCA cable smugly outperformed the CH Balanced Link in the very parameters in which I thought it already excelled!
Christiaan Punter
hifi-advice.com
Driade Premium Model 2
“The Premium Model 2 shows the passion, the orchestra, the smooth piano and especially the voice of the lady.”
René van Es
Music Emotion
Driade Premium Model 1
“With the Model One, Driade picks up where it left off. The finish of the Model One is sublime.”
Marnix Bosman
Hifi Video Test
Driade Flow 405
“The Driade Flow 405 is one of the loudspeaker cables that we can say has an above-average performance and occupies a unique position within this price range.”
Harro Tillema
Music Emotion
Driade Flow Link Reference 808 XLR Interlinks
“these Driade Flow Link Reference 808 XLR interlinks will push your sound system to a substantially higher performance level. With these Flow Link Reference 808 interlinks by Driade System you will enjoy your valuable music collection with heart and soul for many years to come.”
Harro Tillema
HIFI.NL
Driade Flow 405
“What a fine speaker cable. The Driade Flow is one of those cables that you don’t realize is present. And that’s exactly how we like it… uh… hear it. Partly because of this feature the Driade Flow will feel at home anywhere. And grow with it. ”
Jaap Veenstra
Alpha Audio
Review Driade Flow Link Reference 808 interlinks – Get Connected
Partly because of its neutral and fast character, it is a cable that can be used very widely and in fact can do no wrong in a system. And that’s a strength we really appreciate in an interlink. After all: the best cable is no cable. And then when you need one, you want it to leave no signature. Right?
Jaap Veenstra
Alpha Audio
Driade Flow 405
“This cable truly is something else. It has a smooth, free-flowing, organic and highly involving delivery that, quite unusually, does not come along with a lack of focus or a reduction in dynamic slam. This cable can be ever so seductive and alluring but it also roars in a super-bold and expressive fashion just as the music requires.”
Christiaan Punter
hifi-advice.com
User Submitted Posts
hifi-advice.com / Christiaan Punter about the Audio Show Alkmaar maart 2019
“Mafico and Driade joined forces to deliver a sound with Driade Premium Model 3 speakers using an Ayon S3 streamer, Spirit III integrated amp (in Triode mode) and the CD-10 CD player that was lively and dynamic and highly communicative, with a wide soundstage.
Driade was a popular Dutch speaker brand until the owner, Arnold Heres, retired and went to enjoy his pension in Bali. After some time, however, Arnold got that itch again and decided to revive his speaker brand and the current line of Driade speakers is the result.
I’ve reviewed all the Ayon components of this system but I am not familiar with the speakers. While I liked the natural timbre and the overall energetic delivery, I also found the upper midrange and lower treble to be a little forward at times. The overall consensus, however, was that many people liked this presentation.
Chances are that I will be reviewing one of his speakers at some point in the near future.”
Alpha-Audio.nl / Geoffrey van Houwaert over de X-fi audio Show september 2018
Klankgewijs
Zo vonden wij de PS Audio set met de weergaloze YG Acoustics Sonja luidsprekers heel goed klinken, als ook de prachtige Ayon buizenversterkers in combinatie met Driade (top-10)….
Music Emotion en HiFi.nl / René van Es in april 2018 over de Driade Premium Model 2
Een ander geluid dan B&W, anders dan KEF, Dynaudio of Focal. Een vleugje nostalgie en oude waarden klinken door in de Driade, een kostbaar vleugje dat we vooral niet moeten vergeten in de wereld van hedendaagse technologie. De Premium Model 2 heeft iets lekkers, iets menselijks, een ziel en dat maakt hem herkenbaar anders, ook in uiterlijk.
The Ear hi-fi music gear / Trevor Butler about the X-fi audio Show October 2017
“The biggest news story for me was the re-emergence of a once hugely popular Dutch speaker brand. Driade is back and with a new range thanks to original founder Arnold Heres who sold the company in 1992 but re-formed it two years ago because it had become dormant. He is pictured with the €4,500 Model 2, launched at the show and part of a four-model line-up made in The Netherlands.”