Aero Press

The Aero Press by Aerobie is admired by authors for making a nice cup. We prefer the Pressso by Rok, but if pushed, may go for the mypressi TWIST ($169.00), despite the cartridges.



The Cambridge Audio Aero 2 Loudspeaker was given Exceptional Value placement as part of Sound Stage High Fidelity's 2014 Products of the Year, by Douglas Schneider. As such, we mention it, even though we do not find it to our taste. At $549.00 CDN / pair, it is $100.00 less than the KEF X300A we purchased for review, and as such a review value.

Cosmetically, it exemplifies the lowest of the low-fi approach to high fidelity, although the curvature of the Cambridge Audio logo, we find attractive. The smile of the binding posts is quite attractive for listeners from a product-design vantage point.



The Aero 2 logo is cute and humble. Reminiscent of the Focal Bird. As much as we like Charlie Parker, that might be a better name for these Focal products: Aero 2.1 and 5.1, respectfully. Home theater speakers do not fly away, though they may "fly" off the shelves, compared to two channel hi-fi..


You can see the two-dimensional representation of the Deadmous (or if you prefer, Watchmen) smile in each binding post arrangement. The eyes are a little lower, and protruding, suggesting a happy, fat ghost
We bring up Ghost, due to the Deadmous reference, however the Aero token is also used by Jarre Technologies in their Aero pop-art loudspeaker.

Would a captain have a pair of Aero loudspeakers? Would a steward?



There is something interesting, but not quite captivating, about the shape.

Cambridge Audio is one of the more interesting companies in home audio. They produce something known as a Class XD