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NHT Evolution T6 loudspeaker system
Floor Loudspeaker Reviews
John Atkinson  |  Apr 17, 2005  |  0 comments
Twelve years ago, loudspeaker manufacturer NHT launched its model 3.3, a floorstanding, full-range design that Corey Greenberg summed up in the March 1994 Stereophile as doing "everything I want a He-Man reference loudspeaker to do...I find myself without a single area of performance I've heard bettered by any other speaker." The NHT 3.3 basically combined a high-performance monitor with a sideways-firing subwoofer in the same enclosure, and when I first saw NHT's Evolution T6 system at the 2002 CEDIA convention, I was reminded of the classic 3.3, but a 3.3 updated for the needs of home theater as well as music. And despite inflation and the incorporation of a line-level crossover and a pair of monoblock amplifiers to drive the subwoofers, a two-channel T6 system costs the same as a pair of 3.3s: $4000.
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Nothing More than Lights in a Box
Think Pieces
John Atkinson  |  Aug 22, 2013  |  First Published: Apr 01, 2005  |  1 comments
"Without content, television is nothing more than lights in a box."—Edward R. Murrow, 1958

"When it comes to video, most audiophiles are insufferable snobs."—J. Gordon Holt, 1984

Those who have followed the arguments between audiophiles and home-theater enthusiasts in the pages of Stereophile—I lifted the Murrow quote from a 1996 battle between Steve Guttenberg (representing the former community) and Joel Silver (representing the latter)—will have no doubt over which side of the argument I am on.

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Hi-Rez Media: When Will They Learn?
As We See It
John Atkinson  |  Mar 13, 2005  |  0 comments
"No!"
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dCS Verona Master Clock
Digital Processor Reviews
John Atkinson  |  Mar 13, 2005  |  0 comments
Five years after the launch of the audiophile's dream medium, Super Audio CD, the format remains stalled in the market.
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Nothing is Too Wonderful to be True
Think Pieces
John Atkinson  |  Aug 08, 2013  |  First Published: Mar 01, 2005  |  9 comments
"Nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of nature . . ."—Michael Faraday

"When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in confederacy against him."—Jonathan Swift

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2005 CES: John Atkinson Day Three
News
John Atkinson  |  Jan 07, 2005  |  0 comments
One of the themes of the 2005 CES, which we touched on in our first day's coverage, regarding Thiel's new version of its best-selling PowerPoint loudspeaker, is the increasing importance of the custom-install market to manufacturers best known for their two-channel products.
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Paradigm Reference Studio/100 v.3 loudspeaker
Floor Loudspeaker Reviews
John Atkinson  |  Feb 06, 2005  |  First Published: Jan 06, 2005  |  0 comments
Like the Reference Studio/60, which was enthusiastically reviewed in the December 2004 issue by Kalman Rubinson, Paradigm's floorstanding Reference Studio/100 is now available in a v.3 version. The '100 is the flagship model in the Canadian manufacturer's Reference line. Its earlier incarnations, the original Studio/100 and the Studio/100 v.2, were reviewed by Tom Norton and Robert Deutsch in the August 1997 and June 2000 issues of Stereophile, respectively, and both writers were well impressed at how much sound quality could be wrought from this competitively priced speaker design. Bob Deutsch, in particular, referred to the v.2 as a "a serious high-end contender, and a formidable one for just about any speaker in its price range and even well above."
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Ultimate Ears UE-5c in-ear headphones
Budget Component ReviewsHeadphone Reviews
John Atkinson  |  Dec 26, 2004  |  0 comments
"You need to keep still."
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The 2004 Products of the Year
Products of the Year
John Atkinson, Stephen Mejias  |  Dec 12, 2004  |  0 comments
Stereophile's "Products of the Year," now in its 13th year, recognizes those rare components that prove capable of giving musical pleasure beyond the formal review period. These are the components that can be recommended with no ifs or buts, that will grace any system in which they are used.
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Speed Limits & the Music Biz
As We See It
John Atkinson  |  Nov 08, 2004  |  First Published: Nov 01, 2004  |  0 comments
"Bugger!" A Pennsylvania state trooper had stepped out from behind the overpass on the Turnpike and was aiming his radar gun straight at me. I reflexively jammed on the anchors, which was a) pointless and b) downright dangerous, considering I was in the middle of a phalanx of cars and trucks all cruising 5-10mph over the speed limit. But what can you do?
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