Speakers

Audiophiles first came to know Paradigm as a manufacturer of speakers in the affordable/cheap 'n' cheerful/bang-for-the-buck category—speakers you might buy when you're in college, until you can afford the speakers you really want. However, Paradigm's...

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The best way to spice up a dull, dark, soundless day. Here's how Edgar Allen Poe opens his short story “The Fall of the House of Usher”: “During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively...

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Designed to deliver clean, powerful bass while taking up very little space with their incredibly small footprints, MiniMe subwoofers are the smallest subwoofers Earthquake has ever made and are

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The Z7 semi-full range tower speakers are elegant and stylish performers, and able to deliver astonishing home theater sound and faithful two-channel music. These main speakers use PDR tweeter technology and they are built with a reinforced cabinet...

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One of the annual highlights of my career as an audio/video scribe is the Home Entertainment Show. The 2007 edition took place at the Grand Hyatt in New York, practically on top of the gorgeously renovated Grand Central Terminal. It was there that I...

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Are you experienced? At its best, home theater is all about making movies feel so real you'd swear you're there. And not just the wham-bam flicks; some of my best experiences have come from straight-ahead dramas. That was absolutely the case with...

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The mStation Orb is a great iPod speaker, in a size that is just right – it’s relatively compact, yet still manages to produce a powerful amount of sound. It’s also got a cute colorful vibe going for it. Despite its unusual spherical shape, the Orb...

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Most high-end speakers require careful setup, a good room, and a system that can make the most of them. The PSB Synchrony One system is no exception. But take your time with it, provide it with great recordings, and you won't be disappointed. Highs...

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It's been a couple of months ever since Monitor Audio GR10 replaced my previous speakers, JM Lab Electra 905 – I got used to 905's excellent midband, details and clarity. Gorgeous look and great finish were additional bonus, too. Also, they've fit...

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Splendiferous spheres. Billed as Ron Carter: The Master @ 70, it was a birthday celebration of the legendary jazz bass player's career—and the music at that early summer jazz concert at Carnegie Hall was truly magical. The highlight of the night...

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Whatever high hopes I had for an mbl Radialstrahler-based surround sound system (and they were high) were more than met by this magical combination. In terms of three-dimensional seamlessness, textural palpability, harmonic sophistication and overall...

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A budget sub/sat set for the divinely inclined. Nowhere is the universal human desire to get something for nothing more evident than in consumer electronics. While I'm always amenable to reviewing mass-market gear that offers high value to the...

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The EnzoTech SCW-1 in its current state is a decent block for your next watercooling project, but as we stated earlier, this block may still be up for another revision or two. In its current state, it beat a mainstream block for a well-known company...

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Sound design. A few weeks before I started on this review, I went to a press event in New York City for the premiere of a "re-performance" of Glenn Gould's legendary 1955 recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations. No, they didn't play a new CD or even...

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A new line from a champion. The loudspeaker sat in his doctor's examining room. His weight was up, and the results of the cholesterol test were not good. "You have to go on a diet," the doctor said. "But I love having a large woofer," replied the...

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Flat meets flat. The big trend is smallness. Flat is the new phat. Manufacturers who want space in your home compete most effectively by taking up less of it. And, in case you hadn't heard, less is more. Flat-panel TVs and microdisplay front and rear...

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Sophisticated sound, elegant solution. To fully appreciate and enjoy a flat-panel television, you must team it with a speaker system of matching elegance and quality. Floorstanding speakers seem like old technology. In-wall speakers are an option to...

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I don't know anyone who has actually admitted boredom with the traditional home theater experience, but perhaps that's because not all buffs realize just how many gear options are out there. A few years ago, I traveled up to Canada to demo a D-BOX...

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First off, the List price noted is over $1000 less than what they retailed for, which IIRC was $1795 USD. This is a marvelous sounding pair of floorstanders. 2.5 way-tweeter, mid-woofer and woofer, with the woofer separated from the other two drivers...

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The beautifully finished SubRosa delivers tight, defined bass for movies and music and is a great space-saving subwoofer solution that's ideal for a system built around a wall-mounted flat panel television or a narrow profile big screen TV.

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Price-sensitive yet refined, sophisticated sound. Paul Barton doesn't merely talk about Canada's National Research Council; he preaches about the facility, acting as the Billy Graham for Canadian scientific research. And well he should. The NRC was...

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Sats and sub and all that jazz. One of my favorite wines is Riesling—German Riesling from the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer region. The grape is a noble specimen dating from 1435. NHT is like that hardy grape, which thrives in cool climates and stony ground. You'd...

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In-wall speakers without the in-wall sound. In-wall loudspeakers, specifically those with open backs, can yield unpredictable results because their sound quality is highly dependent upon the wall cavity in which you install them. Typically, the wall...

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55 watts rms per chanel 3 way / 3 speaker woofer 10"

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This was an incidental find as I was not familiar with Jamo speakers prior to this. I am impressed by the details of the highs, very much detailed than the Tannoy M3. The mids are very well balanced. The bass is tight and punchy if placed too close to...

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