Coolest brand in hifi? MoFi has to be a main contender, and with the chops to prove it.
It’s one of the few companies that can throw a genuine sunburst Fender finish on a turntable without it seeming like a gimmick, thanks to having a reputation for professional audio products that are as admired as the guitar brand’s six strings.
And while MoFi’s hifi arm is tiny in comparison to its sister companies’ vinyl pressing plant and distribution business, the hi-fi gear it does make is revered as some of the best at the price. This is in part down to MoFi’s simple but effective business model: If you want to make the best, you hire the best. Hence why industry legends including the late Tim de Paravicini, Peter Madnick and Allen Perkins have all proudly put their names to MoFi’s hardware.

While we opted for the stealthy black ash finish, satin walnut and white ash options are also available, all with furniture-grade real wood veneer that’s book matched for mirror-imaged grain patterns
Keeping up with the Joneses
For MoFi’s loudspeakers, the man behind them has an equally unmatched CV in the audio industry. This being Andrew Jones of KEF, Pioneer, Infinity Systems and ELAC fame. As an aside, during his time with the latter around a decade ago I interviewed Andrew on camera. Clearly a loudspeaker designer who doesn’t follow the crowd (with his mark still being recognised on products from those aforementioned brands decades on), his passion when explaining how he goes about about getting the best from each speaker he creates was palpable. He’s also a great orator, with a talent for expressing complex ideas, challenges and solutions in plain English.
The SourcePoint 888 on test here is perhaps the ultimate evolution of Jones’s respected SourcePoint 8 model (the smaller of two standmount models, with the SourcePoint 10 being the larger), which boasts an 8″ concentric driver. Central to both the 8 and 888 models is of course that all important dual concentric, an approach Andrew has favoured for some time. It works by placing a tweeter at the centre of a midrange/bass cone, to ensure a more natural playback experience because the frequencies (especially the critical high and mid frequencies) emanate from the same source point such as they do in real life (like a human voice, for example), hence the model name.
For the SourcePoint 888, the dual concentric is physically the same as that fitted to its standmount sibling, meaning a 1.25″ (32mm) soft dome tweeter, with 28mm copper voice-coil nestled in the throat of an 8″ (200mm) cone. Both units also get neodymium magnets, coupled together in a ‘Twin Drive’ array, in a bid to to reduce distortion.
Where the dual concentric differs between the two speaker models though is in how it has been employed.

Jones’s love for dual concentric designs goes way back, with KEF’s Uni-Q drivers of the ’80s showing Andrew’s early handiwork
And this is because by evolving the SourcePoint 8 standmount into a fully fledged floorstander, MoFi has added not one, but two matching 8″ paper-coned bass drivers to the SourcePoint 888’s voluminous cabinet, sporting dual-opposed neodymium magnets.
And with this comes two obvious gains, firstly greater low frequency extension, presence and impact (or in layman’s terms, a lot more bass) and secondly, being a three-way design (with the twin bass drivers working in parallel), the dual concentric’s outer cone can be dedicated to midrange duties alone, with less demand being placed on it by just operating between 130Hz and 1.6kHz, where the bass drivers and tweeter take over respectively.

The SourcePoint 888’s twin 8″ bass drivers mean business. Note the refined ribbed driver surrounds, in place of the more typical rolled type many brands favour
Full bodied
Hosting a trio of 8″ drivers takes a cabinet of generous dimensions, and MoFi has stepped up for the SourcePoint 888 to produce a loudspeaker design that while looming large, blends retro and modern appeal into a look all of its own.
Tipping the scales at 43kg each, and with a front baffle that’s nearly a 1ft wide, speakers for bedrooms systems these are not, but in my 30sqm listening room they look right at home.

View from above, the 888’s presence is made extra imposing as its front baffle is 30mm wider than the rear in a bid to reduce internal standing waves with less parallel surfaces
And unlike many modern three-way floorstanders which follow the supermodel recipe of slender and tall, the SourcePoint 888 seems more proportionate. While wide, it’s a good deal shorter than my reference Dynaudio Evoke 50 for example at 1070mm high compared to the Dyn’s 1162mm. What’s more the 888’s tweeter/midrange unit’s centre is more on axis with my seated listening position than the Dyn’s at 875mm, compared to 1075mm.
This is also a solid feeling speaker, with a carcass formed mostly from 25mm MDF with internal bracing that also separates the drive units internally. Its inset front baffle is even thicker (up to 50mm in places) and faceted to minimise reflections, sporting an optional magnetically attached grille that follows its lines.

Measuring 1070 x 320 x 410mm (HWD) this is a substantial loudspeaker, albeit with more balanced proportions than slimmer rivals
Being over 400mm wide, once positioned the SourcePoint 888 ain’t going anywhere with ease, allowing it to do away with the outrigger type feet that seem defacto these days on many a floorstander. Instead the speaker resides on a stylish lipped plinth with adjustable knurled cylindrical feet (optional cones are also included).

No nonsense knurled feet offer stability and height adjustment. Cones are also included for carpeted floors
Performance
Installing the SourcePoint 888 within my system prompts two questions, firstly why did MoFi not start by adding a single 8″ bass driver at a time, to expand its range without going the whole hog in one leap and secondly, what kind of loudspeaker could we envisage if the SourcePoint 10 also got the triple driver treatment?
And then I plugged the 888s in and started listening, which answered both questions at once. Because when you hear just how delicious and generous the low frequency extension is on the SourcePoint 888, combined with how it opens up the whole soundstage I can’t imagine how having fewer bass drivers or larger ones could improve their overall delivery and coherence.

Twin rear bass ports shift plenty of air, and without any supplied bungs you’ll need to give the 888’s plenty of rear breathing space
With a low(ish) ceiling and a fair few flat/hard surfaces, my listening room takes some driving to sound its best. It takes decent amounts of bass to properly fill it but too much can quickly overwhelm it too, hence finding a speaker that has enough low frequency presence aligned to superior articulation is a true performance test in my home listening environment.
And this is where these loudspeakers excel. They do demand some time and effort though to find their sweet spot. While the manual is helpful, its 2-4ft from rear or side wall suggestion is only a starting point. Get them roughly in the right position and they’ll sound okay and do what you’d expect, but spend some time to get the toe-in, distance between them and side walls just right and you’ll reap the rewards of more accurate imaging and a soundstage that’s so much more focussed.
Hearing Jon Strong’s Red Book benchmark recording of his Follow Me album via Qobuz and never in recent memory have the bass notes that I’ve come to revel in over the years sounded so well rounded within the soundstage. Across tracks including Same World, Gun Metal Grey and more, there’s just a lovely sense of scale, weight and warmth.

Full height grilles are magnetically attached and follow the front baffle’s contours
Partnering gear is my usual Primare NP30/NP5 Prisma MK2 digital pairing, SME 20/2 deck and AVID Nexus tonearm with MoFi’s MasterTracker moving-magnet pick-up and Nordost cabling throughout. At the amp end is AVID’s Accent integrated, which, as we discovered last month, makes its humble 70W per side sound a whole lot more. And given this speaker’s hungry 6 ohm/87dB load/sensitivity, I was expecting the AVID to run out of gas quite quickly. But, as is so often the case with hifi, the numbers only tell half the story, as this pairing is a delight to hear, with the MoFis offering plenty of dramatic scale and control.
Freeing up the dual concentric to truly operate as a dedicated two-way unit has also paid dividends in the SourcePoint 888. On Bad News On The Mountain from the same album for example, the tickle of the piano notes in the background is a detail that’s passed me by all too easily on lesser speakers.

Two sets of quality multiway connectors facilitate bi-wring/bi-amping, should you be that way inclined
While the AVID is easily holding its own, it would be churlish, bordering on unprofessional to have a Michi X5 on the hifi stand with its 350W/8 ohm offering and not bring it into play with speakers of this pedigree. And the grip it brings to the MoFi speakers is welcome. While they’re not a wayward speaker by any standard, there’s a lot of air moving hardware here and while they sound powerful, they also border on the relaxed, so having an amp that’s stiff enough to fully grip them gets the best from both parties.
Nick Drake’s criminally underrated Made To Love Magic LP and its alternative version of Three Hours is a sheer delight to experience via the MoFis, with the orchestra sounding so well separated, energised and finely balanced. On some systems, all to often this recording can sound a little thin and hollow, which can suck some life from it, but through the MoFis there’s a rich density that makes it all the more rewarding.

Evenly spaced drivers offer an even handed performance, that’s smoother than most at the price
In Summary
A basic test of any hifi product under review is to ask yourself the simple question – if I had the cash, would I buy it? And in case of the SourcePoint 888, if I had five and half grand to spend on new loudspeakers, I’d be down my local dealer quicker than you can say “divorce papers”.
Lucid midrange, sweet treble, vast soundstage and seat pinning dynamics are elements repeated across my listening notes in the time I spent with the 888, with many of these terms underlined. They’re a truly rewarding speaker that can eat up days rather than hours with you lost in the music they produce, thanks to their easy-on-the-ear yet detailed and deep sound. Smoother than most at this price and with scale to match, they’re a step away from the over analytical crowd.
That said they won’t be for everyone, as you’ll need a generous listening room to do them justice. But for those that have, this is a special speaker.