Added to the Archives This Week

Want to know how Michael Fremer is able to tie a story about his baffled plumber into an equipment review? Find out in his report on the Audio Physic Virgo loudspeaker. About the speakers, Mikey writes: "Clearly, the Virgos disappeared, leaving one of the most credible three-dimensional soundstages I've ever experienced in any of my listening rooms over the years."

Thomas J. Norton writes, "When Pioneer commissioned Allen Boothroyd, a British industrial designer best known for his work with Meridian Audio, to come up with a unique appearance for its new surround-sound speaker system, they apparently knew what they didn't want: another boring set of square boxes." The result certainly doesn't "blend into Ethan Allen surroundings," but how does it sound? Better than you might expect, as revealed in TJN's report on the Pioneer Elite Reference loudspeaker system.

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