Epos ES12 loudspeaker System Context

Epos ES12 loudspeaker System Context

Blind loudspeaker listening tests are hard work, not least because usually, most of the models being auditioned fail to light any musical sparks. But back in the spring of 1991, when a small group of <I>Stereophile</I> writers were doing blind tests for a group speaker review, one speaker did light up smiles on the listeners' faces, including my own. (We don't talk during our blind tests, but it's more difficult to keep body language in check.) Once the results were in, we learned that the speaker that got the music right in that test was the diminutive ES11 from Epos in England (footnote 1).

Epos Acoustics
US distributor: Music Hall
108 Station Road
Great Neck, NY 11023
(516) 487-3663
www.musichallaudio.com

Epos ES12 loudspeaker Specifications

Epos ES12 loudspeaker Specifications

Blind loudspeaker listening tests are hard work, not least because usually, most of the models being auditioned fail to light any musical sparks. But back in the spring of 1991, when a small group of <I>Stereophile</I> writers were doing blind tests for a group speaker review, one speaker did light up smiles on the listeners' faces, including my own. (We don't talk during our blind tests, but it's more difficult to keep body language in check.) Once the results were in, we learned that the speaker that got the music right in that test was the diminutive ES11 from Epos in England (footnote 1).

Epos Acoustics
US distributor: Music Hall
108 Station Road
Great Neck, NY 11023
(516) 487-3663
www.musichallaudio.com

Epos ES12 loudspeaker

Epos ES12 loudspeaker

Blind loudspeaker listening tests are hard work, not least because usually, most of the models being auditioned fail to light any musical sparks. But back in the spring of 1991, when a small group of <I>Stereophile</I> writers were doing blind tests for a group speaker review, one speaker did light up smiles on the listeners' faces, including my own. (We don't talk during our blind tests, but it's more difficult to keep body language in check.) Once the results were in, we learned that the speaker that got the music right in that test was the diminutive ES11 from Epos in England (footnote 1).

Spotheim La Luce turntable and SpJ tonearm Associated Equipment

Spotheim La Luce turntable and SpJ tonearm Associated Equipment

The La Luce turntable's elegant form usually stops audiophiles dead in their tracks. Then comes a long, low "Wow." I'm hardly immune myself. And that's not even considering the sound, which has always been wonderful, as it was in the Joseph Audio/Cardas room at CES '98.

Judith Spotheim-Koreneef
Not currently distributed in the US (2006)
www.tjbailey.com/spj/products.htm

Spotheim La Luce turntable and SpJ tonearm Specifications

Spotheim La Luce turntable and SpJ tonearm Specifications

The La Luce turntable's elegant form usually stops audiophiles dead in their tracks. Then comes a long, low "Wow." I'm hardly immune myself. And that's not even considering the sound, which has always been wonderful, as it was in the Joseph Audio/Cardas room at CES '98.

Judith Spotheim-Koreneef
Not currently distributed in the US (2006)
www.tjbailey.com/spj/products.htm

Spotheim La Luce turntable and SpJ tonearm Page 3

Spotheim La Luce turntable and SpJ tonearm Page 3

The La Luce turntable's elegant form usually stops audiophiles dead in their tracks. Then comes a long, low "Wow." I'm hardly immune myself. And that's not even considering the sound, which has always been wonderful, as it was in the Joseph Audio/Cardas room at CES '98.

Judith Spotheim-Koreneef
Not currently distributed in the US (2006)
www.tjbailey.com/spj/products.htm

Spotheim La Luce turntable and SpJ tonearm Page 2

Spotheim La Luce turntable and SpJ tonearm Page 2

The La Luce turntable's elegant form usually stops audiophiles dead in their tracks. Then comes a long, low "Wow." I'm hardly immune myself. And that's not even considering the sound, which has always been wonderful, as it was in the Joseph Audio/Cardas room at CES '98.

Judith Spotheim-Koreneef
Not currently distributed in the US (2006)
www.tjbailey.com/spj/products.htm

Spotheim La Luce turntable and SpJ tonearm

Spotheim La Luce turntable and SpJ tonearm

The La Luce turntable's elegant form usually stops audiophiles dead in their tracks. Then comes a long, low "Wow." I'm hardly immune myself. And that's not even considering the sound, which has always been wonderful, as it was in the Joseph Audio/Cardas room at CES '98.

Have you been moving toward bigger or smaller speakers in recent years?

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The conventional wisdom that "bigger is better" doesn't always hold true in audio. High-end speaker systems, for example, have evolved in both directions&#151;some designs have grown enormous while others have almost disappeared entirely. Which trend do you favor?

Dean Roumanis

Dean Roumanis

Dean Roumanis, chief operating officer and part owner of Krell Industries, died Sunday, July 30, of a heart attack, one day after being taken to the hospital following chest pains he experienced after a long bicycle ride. He was 52.

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