12/1/99: In Stereophile Magazine, Vol. 22 No. 12

Stereophile Magazine: the Soliloquy Model 5.3 is included in the prestigious Products of the Year Runners-Up list in the loudspeaker category [Vol.22, No.12, pg.55]

"...The joint winners for Speaker of the Year honors were the B&W Nautilus 801, $11000/pair and the Revel Ultimate Salon, $14400-$15500/pair.

The Runners-Up list in alphabetical order included the Alon Circe, $12000/pair, the Audio Physics Virgo $5395/pair, the B&W Nautilus 805, $2600/pair, the Dunlavy SC-IV/A, $7995-$8495/pair, the JMlab Mezzo Utopia, $13000/pair, the Joseph Audio RM22si, $2299-2699/pair, the Magnepan MG1.6/QR, $1475/pair, the Soliloquy 5.3, $1895/pair, the Sonus Faber Amati Homage, $20000/pair and the Wilson Audio Specialties MAXX, $38900/pair. The average retail pricing of these twelve models, two winners and ten runners-up, is above $10,000 each. At $1895/pair, the Soliloquy 5.3 came in as the second-last expensive model of the group, with the Wilson Audio MAXX at $38,900 being the most expensive and the Magnepan MG1.6/QR at $1475 the most affordable..."