Recommended Component 2025 - Stereophile
Five Stars - the-ear.net
Delivers the Big, Satisfying Sound We All Know and Love
The SourcePoint 8 is the latest creation by renowned loudspeaker designer Andrew Jones, who carefully crafted the speaker to embody the same acoustic DNA as the widely acclaimed SourcePoint 10. The new SourcePoint 8 packs the same sonic excellence of its larger sibling into a more compact and manageable form factor.
Andrew Jones and the team at MoFi Electronics scaled down the SourcePoint 10 to create a new speaker that can fit into a wider range of spaces, all while still delivering that big, satisfying sound that we know and love. Don't let the size fool you, it's still got all the power you need to rock out to your favorite tunes. So, if you're looking for a high-quality speaker that won't take up all your living room space, this little guy might just be the perfect fit for you.
SourcePoint 8 speakers can be ordered with or without optional custom speaker stands.
"Recommended Component" Honors
Stereophile honored the SourcePoint 8 by awarding it the magazine's coveted Recommend Component status for 2025.
According to Stereophile, "KR [Kalman Rubinson] concluded that this is a balanced, wide-range speaker, enjoyable at all practical volume levels. The SourcePoint 8 demonstrates how satisfying a small, relatively affordable loudspeaker can be, he wrote, adding that 'they generate a fairly wide and deep soundstage that is notably transparent and detailed.' JA noted that the MoFi SourcePoint 8 offers excellent measured performance, is an easy amplifier, and he confirmed the specified 87dB/2,83V/m sensitivity."
"TheMost Satisfying Compact I’d Heard All Year"
Neil Gader, in his February 1, 2025 review for The Absolute Sound, reports, "Bass response is forceful, controlled, and accurate in pitch, and the low end doesn’t gum up the focus of the mids and highs."
"This loudspeaker just seemed to settle the ear with its no-nonsense reproduction and authenticity to the musical source. Able to match sonics with many much costlier compacts, it gives the lie to the idea that high performance equates with nose-bleed prices. I called it the most satisfying compact I’d heard all year. I still do. In my book, a Golden Ear-worthy loudspeaker that’s destined to stand the test of time."
Custom-Tooled Eight-inch Concentric Driver
Boasting a custom-tooled 8" concentric driver and 1.25" soft-dome tweeter, this speaker offers a point-source system that delivers impeccable control, tonal balance, and precise imaging. The woofer cone acts as a waveguide for the tweeter, maximizing the tweeter efficiency and matching directivities.
Whether you prefer relaxing, acoustic tunes or more aggressive and electric music, the SourcePoint 8 delivers outstanding performance that will touch your soul and inspire your emotions. It conveys recordings with exceptional detail, specificity, and cleanliness, while also delivering the meatiness, liveliness, and range of a much larger speaker.
Twin-Drive High-Flux Magnet System
The SourcePoint 8 delivers exceptional performance thanks to its innovative Twin-Drive high-flux neodymium magnet system. MoFi Electronics didn't just optimize the woofer and tweeter's frequency response, Andres Jones and company also prioritized reducing distortion in the motor structure of the drive unit. Designing the motor to minimize distortions ensures that the system generates minimal additional frequencies beyond the original signal.
The Twin-Drive system creates a fully symmetrical magnetic field, resulting in extremely low intermodulation distortion (IMD) and a pure, accurate sound.
"Bass was Powerful, Generous, Well Timed"
The SourcePoint 8 nabbed a top rating of Five Stars from Dave Berriman at the-ear.net. "Having played several tracks of different genres and vintages to get an overall view of the Sourcepoint 8’s capabilities, bass was judged to be powerful, generous and well timed, providing the speakers with quite a full tonal character."
"It was clear that the Sourcepoint 8s are well-engineered and built speakers revealing subtle textures, harmonic structures and details in each mix, regardless of musical genre, clearly revealing differences between recordings, file qualities and DAC/streamer capabilities, etc. They can bring out the best (or, sometimes, the worst) in recordings, which provides a very engaging listening experience."
Easy to Drive
With 87dB sensitivity, the SourcePoint 8 can be driven with as little as 30 watts of power. The nominal impedance of 8 ohms and a minimum impedance of 6.4-ohms means they are amplifier friendly. Whether you prefer tubes or transistors, your amp will pair well with these speakers.
Easy-to-Use Magnetic Grilles
It’s quick and easy to make your SourcePoint speakers more discrete for casual listening. The fabric-wrapped grilles attach magnetically and are perfectly form-fitting to retain the profile of the distinguished multi-faceted baffle. For the highest performance, you may wish to remove the grills while listening.
The SourcePoint Series
The SourcePoint series represents a tour-de-force in design and engineering. Offering the same level of sonic excellence as its larger sibling, the SourcePoint 8 is a versatile and manageable package that is sure to delight audiophiles of all stripes. Its outstanding performance, elegant design, and exceptional engineering make it a worthy addition to any music lover's listening room.
"My goal for the SourcePoint speakers was to blend long-standing technologies that I am known for with new twists and concepts that further improve performance," says MoFi Chief Loudspeaker Designer Andrew Jones. "Throughout my career, concentric drivers have consistently delivered what I wish to hear when reproducing music. My typical approach has been to use a three-way design. The SourcePoints are the first pure two-way concentric that I have designed in over 20 years."
Three Highly Attractive Finishes
The SourcePoint 8 is available in three highly attractive finishes. Choose Satin Walnut real wood veneer, Satin Black Ash real wood veneer, or painted Satin White.
Optional Custom Stands
To take maximum advantage of the full sonic potential of your SourcePoint 8 speakers, you can order them with optional custom speaker stands. Developed to support SourcePoint 8 at the optimum height, the stands are 22" tall and feature rigid three pillar design.
"I Bought the Review Pair. ‘Nuff Said."
"Orchestral works are handled with aplomb but the Sourcepoint 8 is equally at home playing Led Zeppelin, Infected Mushroom and the like – even at high volumes. It’s amazing how much intricacy exists within a wall of sound," observes Phil, darko.audio, May 2, 2024. "I bought the review pair. ‘Nuff said."
"I’ve been living with the SourcePoint 8s as my primary nearfield reference for the past month. I am loath to remove them," reports Steven Stone, futureaudiophile.com, July 26, 2023. "Their midrange has a seductive quality, not because it’s overly warm or euphonic, but due to its detail, harmonic complexity, and imaging precision. For my nearfield listening requirements, the MoFi SourcePoint 8 works beautifully."
