The R610’s are a bookshelf speaker that needs no excuses when it comes to providing a complete picture of hifi at a reasonable price. This is a speaker designed in-house and not being slammed together in some factory while Todd and Trevor are sipping Mai-Thais in the Bahamas. The fit and finish is second to none and no corners are being cut on materials, even down to the fine details you can’t see. All of these aspects have led me to declare the Ryan R610’s as my official reference bookshelf here at New Record Day. As such, I am awarding the The R610’s with the very first Golden Record Award. From this day forward I will compare any other bookshelf with the Ryans and you better believe me, they better bring their big boy boots if they wanna pick a fight with the R610’s.