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Klipsch RB-15 loudspeaker

John Atkinson Feb 15, 2004 First Published: Feb 01, 2004 0 comments

Bob Reina has been doing more than his share of reviewing inexpensive speakers in the past couple of years. I thought it only fair to shoulder some of the load, therefore, by reviewing a small design that had sounded interesting when I heard it at a press preview, the Klipsch RB-15.

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Epos ELS-3 loudspeaker

Robert J. Reina Jan 18, 2004 First Published: Jan 01, 2004 0 comments

Roy Hall, of Music Hall, US distributor of the Creek and Epos brands, called me one day a few years back. He was hawking review samples of Epos speakers.

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Horn Shoppe Horn loudspeaker

Art Dudley Jan 25, 2004 First Published: Jan 01, 2004 0 comments

Like most people, I'm not interested in long, windy essays about audio reviewing, having barely enough time and interest for audio itself. But I do perk up when the debate turns to the audio reviewer's purpose in life: Should I write about everything that crosses my path, or should I limit my attention to those products that interest me, and that stand a chance of being good?

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Moth Audio Cicada loudspeaker

Art Dudley Jan 25, 2004 First Published: Jan 01, 2004 0 comments

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Apple iPod portable music player

Wes Phillips Oct 05, 2003 First Published: Oct 05, 2003 0 comments

It was John Atkinson, that legendary ornithologist, who first pointed it out: "Have you noticed how frequently you see women using the iPod?"

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Monitor Audio Silver S2 loudspeaker

John Atkinson Aug 24, 2003 First Published: Aug 24, 2003 0 comments

While audio writers find the siren song of cost-no-object components an ever-present temptation, I do ask Stereophile's reviewers to be on the lookout for affordable products that sound better than they have any right to. So when I listened to an inexpensive system based on Monitor Audio's Silver S2 loudspeaker and Musical Fidelity amplification at Home Entertainment 2002, held at the Manhattan Hilton in May 2002, I followed my own instruction and asked the US distributor of this English model to send me review samples.

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Listening #4

Art Dudley Apr 13, 2003 First Published: Apr 13, 2003 0 comments

We were having trouble with the power in our home—the wall current, I mean, not the dynamics of our marriage—so I called the local utility. While the technician was here, he let me watch what he was doing. I had a chance to look inside our meter box, which is the junction between the utility's power lines and the circuit-breaker box in the cellar.

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Polk Audio LSi7 loudspeaker

Robert J. Reina Mar 16, 2003 First Published: Mar 16, 2003 0 comments

In my review of Polk">http://www.stereophile.com//loudspeakerreviews/417/">Polk Audio's RT25i loudspeaker (September 2001, Vol.24 No.9), I was mightily impressed with Matthew Polk's execution of this $320/pair design. Although it has since been replaced by the RT27i, with slightly modified cosmetics and a different tweeter, the RT25i remains my favorite loudspeaker costing less than $500/pair.

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Kirksaeter Silverline 60 loudspeaker

Brian Damkroger Jan 26, 2003 First Published: Jan 26, 2003 0 comments

One of the nicest surprises at any audio show is encountering a new—to me, at least—manufacturer whose products seem to stand out from the competition. At the 2002 Consumer Electronics Show, one such standout was the Kirksaeter line of loudspeakers from Germany. I spent quite a few minutes listening to and enjoying the performance of these modestly sized and priced speakers, but since my writing assignment was electronics, I tucked the experience away in the back of my mind and moved on.

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NHT SB-3 loudspeaker

Robert J. Reina Nov 30, 2002 First Published: Nov 30, 2002 0 comments

I first met NHT co-founder Ken">http://www.stereophile.com//interviews/232/">Ken Kantor in 1975 when we were both undergraduates at MIT. Kantor was sponsoring an extracurricular class entitled "Musical Ideas." The concept was to stick a dozen or so musicians in a classroom for free improvisation and hope to create music à la Miles Davis' Bitches Brew. The result was a mess; although talented guitarist Kantor meant well, there was no common vision or consistency of musical talent. Nevertheless, I had a blast trying to simulate a tamboura drone with a Hohner Clavinet, phase shifter, and volume pedal.