Floor Loudspeaker Reviews

Equipment used for my tests included the Ortofon MC-3000 cartridge in the Well-Tempered Arm, the SOTA Star Sapphire turntable, Sony CDP-705ESD CD player, Sony PCM-F1 digital tape system, Revox A-77 15ips open-reel tape deck, and Threshold's FET-10 preamp/line controller and SA-1 power amplifiers.

Audio interconnects were Monster M1000s, speaker cables were MIT Music Hoses, and the listening room is extensively treated with ASC Tube Traps. Program material was some of my own and others' original tapes, as well as CDs and analog LPs from Sheffield, Opus 3, Telarc, HFN/RR, and Bainbridge.—J. Gordon Holt