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ATV SCM7 v.3 loudspeaker
In 1974, in England, Australian Reverse-Pommy pianist and recording engineer Billy Woodman founded the Acoustic Transducer Co. (ATC) as a maker of loudspeaker drive-units. That makes ATC a few years...
View ArticlePhase Technology PC-60 loudspeaker
It has been my experience that $400 or thereabouts is about the least one can pay for a pair of speakers with the expectation of audiophile-calibre sound. Design constraints are quite serious in this...
View ArticleThe Fifth Element #85
Were one in a whimsical mood, one could divide the history of hi-fi into the eras before and after Edgar Villchur (19172011), inventor of the sealed-box, air suspension (or acoustic suspension)...
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Celestion 3 loudspeaker
"Why does John Atkinson devote so much of his time to loudspeakers selling for under a [sic] $1000?" wrote a correspondent to The Audiophile Network bulletin board in August, there being a clear...
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Phase Technology PC60 CA loudspeaker
Phase Technology, a speaker-making division of MSE Audio based in Jacksonville, Florida, celebrated their 30th anniversary last September, at the 2013 CEDIA Expo, by reissuing of one of their first...
View ArticleDynaudio Focus 160 loudspeaker
These are great times for hi-fi gear, especially loudspeakers. I latched on pretty fast to Dynaudio's Excite X12, but I wasn't the first at Stereophile to discover that loudspeaker. That was Bob Reina....
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Gale GS402 loudspeaker
The Gale loudspeaker dates back to the early 1970s. As I understand it, the basic design resulted from a collaboration of Ira Gale (footnote 1) and Sao Win, who were college classmates at the time....
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Revel Performa3 M106 loudspeaker
"Kevin Voecks is a genius, no ifs, ands, or buts." I wrote those words nearly 30 years ago, in a review of the Mirage 750, where I had also recommended Mirage's 350 bookshelf model (footnote 1). The...
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Dynaudio Excite X14 loudspeaker
In the March 2010 issue I reviewed Dynaudio's Excite X12 bookshelf speaker ($1200/pair), then the least expensive speaker in Dynaudio's line. It mightily impressed me, and I wrote that it had "become...
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Wharfedale Jade 3 loudspeaker
The $1500/pair price point for loudspeakers is now very hot. Many manufacturers offer interesting models at or near this price, which gives the most creative designers an opportunity to show off: they...
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Sjöfn HiFi (the clue) loudspeaker
I was sitting in my high chair, eating strained peas. My father was walking around the kitchen with a wooden box in one hand and a cord with a plug in the other. The box and the cord were attached to...
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Wilson Audio Specialties Duette Series 2 loudspeaker
I've seen how most manufacturers work. They start out by making products they believe inproducts consumers are likely to love. But after a while they begin listening to their dealers and distributors...
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Emotiva Audio Pro Airmotiv 4s powered loudspeaker
"I'm intrigued how Emotiva can offer an active speaker for so little." This was John Atkinson's response to my request to review Emotiva's Pro Airmotiv 4s ($299/pair). My colleague Steve Guttenberg had...
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Harbeth Super HL5plus loudspeaker
To some, the measure of a company has less to do with the amount of money it makes than with the honesty of the things it sells: the assurance that every product in its line is designed not as a...
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Falcon Acoustics LS3/5a loudspeaker
When all you've ever heard are wooden boxes that shout, it's difficult to recognize their highly accented "voice." Few of us actually notice how miserably distorted all loudspeakers are. Don't believe...
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Wilson Benesch Square One Series 2 loudspeaker
For many years, I've been a fan of the loudspeakers made by the British audio company Wilson Benesch. Their speakers definitely have their own personality. I first reviewed a Wilson Benesch loudspeaker...
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Spectrum Audio 108cd loudspeaker
Tricker tweets? I know, Halloween has already come and gone, but I just had to use that because this little speaker has a trick about its tweeter. The Spectrum Audio 108cd is constructed of ¾" MDF for...
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SOTA Panorama loudspeaker
In their seminal work on the subject of audio "Bluff your Way in Hi-Fi" (1987), Sue Hudson and John Crabbe stated that "the perfect speaker would have no mass and no dimensions. The perfect speaker...
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Tannoy E11 loudspeaker
The Tannoy E11 ($349/pair) is the company's least-expensive model in a wide range of consumer loudspeakers. Tannoy is most often known for its professional models, especially their nearfield,...
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Technics Premium Class SB-C700 loudspeaker
I listen carefully as Michiko Ogawaformer Technics engineer, renowned classical and jazz pianist, and current director of Panasonic's Technics divisionspeaks these words: "In honor of our 50th...
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