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READERS’ LETTERS: Listener or speaker fatigue

Sunderwood writes: I have heard recordings where the engineer had everything in your face. The guitar was so overdriven that you would have thought the amp was broken. One example is the latest Journey album Freedom. I bought it on cd when it first came out. The guitar is as I described and everything is […]

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READERS’ LETTERS: Speakers – big versus small

P.S Writes … Big speakers with multiple drivers and a complicated multi-ways crossover design require disproportionately higher energy for designing and voicing! 🙂 There are more drivers to be selected for a perfect match between left and right speaker. And getting all drivers sending sound waves which arrive phase-coherently at the listener’s ears is nearly […]

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AUDIO INSIDER

BACKES & MULLER: What happened?

  Neil, hi. Years ago I read at least one report that they made truly great speakers.  I’ve only just recalled this in a rare moment of nostalgia. Can you shed any light please? We sniffed about a bit re this and consulted the unusual sources as the usual ones aren’t really that good on […]

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SPENDOR: Thoughts about moving up from the Spendor SP100r

  Hi all, holidays are very “dangerous” from an audiophile point of view, because there is time to think more about your system and subsequent changes.  So, in these holidays I started to think a way to make some evolution in my system, starting from speakers but not only, even if I’m satisfied for the […]

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SONUS FABER ARENA: News

Sonus faber has announced Arena, the Italian loudspeaker specialist’s flagship custom installation collection, which will make its world debut at CEDIA 2022.  Arena combines the heritage brand’s latest ‘Ci-Fi’ (Custom Install Fidelity) technology, combined with the refinement associated with Sonus faber’s artisans. The handmade Arena range combines the company’s signature natural sound with the dynamics […]

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Loving these Monitor Audio MA-9’s!

So I bought these on a local NZ auction site for $50NZD. Thought I’d give them a punt. I havent historically been a fan of Monitor Audio as I didnt really like the sound of a pair my dad once had. The cabinets had a few dings so I sanded them back and re-oiled them. […]

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