We walked in to the room and spotted a pair of floorstanding speakers. Stevie Ray Vaughan filled the room, so we assumed the floorstanders were channelling him. "Oh no, you're listening to those."

Those? They were tiny.The $3950/pair Trenner & Friedl ART Ivory minimonitors have Corian baffles and Zebrawood-veneered enclosures. The enclosure is vented and the speakers are rated from 48Hz–40kHz.

We listened to more SRV. Yup, those little guys flat-out rocked!