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On Friday, November 12, AV Therapy of Nashua, New Hampshire, will host its first annual “Groove Event,” in loving memory of Mark Terletzky, its late co-owner and Groove Champion. This is the store’s first in-person event in two years.

Featured guests from Audience Cables, KEF, Klipsch, Luxman, and Paradigm/Anthem will be available throughout the evening to demonstrate new products and answer attendees’ questions.

Event Details:
When: Friday, November 12, 5:30–9pm
Where: AV Therapy, 216 Daniel Webster Highway, Nashua, New Hampshire.

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Description: Multiway, bass-reflex, floorstanding loudspeaker. Drive-units: 1" doped-silk dome tweeter in sealed enclosure; one 7" and one 5¾" midwoofer with "doped paper pulp" cones; 10½" and 12½" woofers with "hard paper pulp" cones; front- or rear-facing rectangular port. Frequency response: 20Hz–32kHz, ±3dB. Sensitivity: 92dB/W/m@1 kHz; Nominal impedance: 4 ohms; Minimum impedance: 2.0 ohms at 250Hz.
Dimensions: 66" (1676mm) H × 15 3/4" (400mm) W × 27 7/8" (708mm) D. Weight: 500lb (226.8kg) each.
Finish: Cobalt Blue Satin, 19 other colors.
Serial…

Analog sources: SME 30/12 turntable with V-12 tonearm and Ortofon Windfeld Ti cartridge (in for review).
Digital sources: Intel NUC computer with SSD drive running Roon Optimized Core Kit, Roon Nucleus+; Denafrips Avatar CD transport; Synology DS918+ 4-bay Network Attached Storage device with 16TB; TP-Link 8-Port Gigabit network switch (unmanaged); dCS Rossini DAC.
Preamplification: Pass Labs XP-25 phono preamplifier, Pass Labs XP-22 line preamplifier.
Power amplifiers: Pass Labs XA60.8 monoblocks.
Cables: Digital: AudioQuest Carbon &…