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K<I>A-SLAM!!!!</I><BR><I>thump thump thump</I>

To get some background information both on Aerial Acoustics and on the 10T loudspeaker that I <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//loudspeakerreviews/466/">review this month</A>, I gave Aerial's Michael Kelly a call. When had he got involved in loudspeakers, I asked...

<B>COPLAND: Piano Concerto</B><BR> <B>MENOTTI: Piano Concerto in F</B><BR> Earl Wild, piano; Jorge Mester (Menotti), Aaron Copland (Copland), Symphony of the Air<BR>Analogue Productions APC 029 (LP). Seymour Solomon, prod.; Jack Bryant, Ed Fiedner, engs.; Doug Sax, Gavin Lurssen, Ron Lewter. remastering engs. AAA. TT: 49:23<BR> <I>Also available on a spectacular CD transfer: Vanguard SVC-3.</I>

The Model Four is the largest model in KEF's current Reference series of loudspeakers, discounting the R107/2 Raymond Cooke Special-Edition (reviewed in a follow-up in October '95). It's also the largest KEF model that uses their Uni-Q&#174; loudspeaker configuration. When I visited the KEF factory last October with a group of audio journalists from the US, KEF emphasized the importance of Uni-Q technology to their future plans. They consider it proprietary, and intend to enforce the worldwide patents they hold on the design. One look at KEF's current line will be enough to tell you why they're so serious. Uni-Q drivers may be found not only in most of the Reference series, but in most of their other models as well. The most significant exceptions: the Raymond Cooke series, a few inexpensive models, and their THX-certified loudspeaker system.

Throughout the history of the animal kingdom, sounds have always been full of meaning. They provide valuable information on the whereabouts of prey and predator, the location of family, the intentions of friend and foe. Sound cues have always been as important as information obtained by scent and sight.

<I>I love the sound of glowing glass,<BR> especially when I'm lonely.<BR> I love the nuances of emotion.<BR> It's nothing new, nothing new,<BR> The sound of glowing glass...</I> (with apologies to Nick Lowe)

When <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com//interviews/66/">J. Gordon Holt</A> founded <I>Stereophile</I> in 1962, it was very much the outsider. Compared with the mass-market magazine of which he had been Technical Editor, <I>High Fidelity</I>, Gordon's <I>Stereophile</I> was the very model of an "underground" publication, with a publication schedule as irregular as its production values were inconsistent. Its writing was from the heart, however.