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I used DRA Labs' MLSSA system and a calibrated DPA 4006 microphone to measure the Morel Octave 6 Bookshelf's frequency response in the farfield; for the nearfield frequency response, I used an Earthworks QTC-40, which has a ¼" capsule and thus doesn't present a significant obstacle to the sound.

My estimate of the Octave 6's voltage sensitivity was 85.1dB/2.83V/m. Though this is what I would have expected from a small two-way speaker having a 6" mid/woofer, it's significantly lower than the specified 88dB/2.83V/m. The speaker's nominal impedance is 4 ohms…

John DeVore will be at the Musical Artisans event; as well as Peter McGrath, the JS evening will feature Bill McKiegan of Dan D'…

I measured the Ayre Acoustics KX-R Twenty's electrical performance with my Audio Precision SYS2722 system (see www.ap.com and the January 2008 "As We See It"). The volume control operated in accurate 1dB steps with the maximum gain obtained when it was set to "60." The sensitivity of each input can be independently adjusted with the Set-Up Menu, up to a maximum of +6dB. However, in that case the maximum setting of the volume control is reduced by the gain offset; eg, with an offset of +6dB, the maximum volume-control setting is now "54." The maximum gain for both…

If that title hasn't gotten your attention, nothing will . . . except, perhaps, the Northwest preview of: 1) the forthcoming Aesthetix Metis linestage preamplifier (est. price $20,000–$25,000), which is expected by the second quarter of 2015; 2) Clearaudio Concept Wood turntable with tonearm ($2200); and 3) DS Audio DS-W1 "Nightrider" Optical phono cartridge with dedicated phono equalizer ($8500). This tempting trio of coming outs, arranged by Garth Leerer and Jesse Luna of Oakland, CA-based…

But Kimbrough is a protean artist; his voices are myriad, adaptable to the occasion, as a musician, bandleader, sideman, and composer…

Soundings Fine Audio Video is located in the Marina Square shopping center on the NE corner of Belleview & Ulster:…

According to the company:

The A5+ powered speakers sound bold and brilliant. They seem unbothered by challenges holding other powered…

Devialet's Julien Bergère and John Bevier will be on hand to both demonstrate and answer questions about the Devialet Ensemble System, which features Devialet's SAM (Speaker Active Matching) technology. SAM processes the music signal in real- time to ensure that the sound pressure reproduced by the speaker, matches exactly the one recorded by the microphone.

Devialet says that there are now 150 speaker systems that can…

But imagine if…