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Sounds Cardboardy?
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Wes Phillips  |  Apr 03, 2008  |  2 comments
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The Music
FSI 2008
Wes Phillips  |  Apr 03, 2008  |  0 comments
Kevin Wolff, Vienna Acoustics' new international sales manager, poses next to the new $25,000/pair The Music loudspeakers.That rotating section of the cabinet contains Vienna Acoustics' revolutionary (hah!) new, flat, concentric 7" tweeter-midrange unit, which handles frequencies from 200Hz to 20kHz. A separate super-tweeter takes over above the audioband.
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What's The Point?
FSI 2008
Wes Phillips  |  Apr 03, 2008  |  0 comments
A closer look at Vienna Acoustics' coaxial tweeter-midrange unit. The central dome is supported by the magnet pole-piece of the flat midrange driver—and the strengthening ribs are said to dissipate standing waves on the surface of the driver.
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And Now For Something Completely Different
FSI 2008
Wes Phillips  |  Apr 03, 2008  |  30 comments
"Wes," Perry Pecker exclaimed as we passed each other in the 10th-floor corridor. "We have something you might enjoy."
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Binary Star
FSI 2008
Wes Phillips  |  Apr 03, 2008  |  0 comments
A close up of the business end of a Duevel Planet loudspeaker.
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Duevel Planets
FSI 2008
Wes Phillips  |  Apr 03, 2008  |  4 comments
Mutine's Pascal Ravach was demonstrating the small, but striking, Duevel Planets omnidirectional speakers (CDN$1495/pair), The Planets consist of a floorstanding vented cabinet with an upward-firing 5" woofer and 1" horn-loaded tweeter. The drivers fire against reflective spheres, which disperse the sound.
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Showing Up at a Car Show with a Listening Room
Wes Phillips
Wes Phillips  |  Mar 25, 2008  |  3 comments
Visitors to the 2008 International Auto Show, currently taking place at NYC's Jacob Javits Convention Center, might discover something different at the Bentley display: a high-end audio listening room. Bentley Motors and Naim have teamed up for the "Naim For Bentley" program, which will be offered as a sound package upgrade for all Bentley models by year's end.
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Department of Justice Clears Sirius/XM Merger
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Wes Phillips  |  Mar 25, 2008  |  0 comments
On March 24, the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division stated that, "after thorough and careful review" (translation: more than one year) Sirius Satellite Radio's $5 billion offer to purchase XM Satellite Radio "is not likely to harm consumers."
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Chesky Launches High-Resolution Download Store
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Wes Phillips  |  Mar 23, 2008  |  0 comments
"I thought starting an audiophile record label was hard," Chesky Records co-founder Norman Chesky told Stereophile. "That was nothing compared to this. We've spent three years developing HDtracks."
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Is It the Economy, Stupid?
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Wes Phillips  |  Mar 14, 2008  |  0 comments
We get letters department: Here at Stereophile, we talk to people in the high-end audio industry all the time, and we frequently get fascinating emails from movers and shakers within the industry. This week we received one that got us thinking about outsourcing manufacturing and how it could affect high-end consumers.
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