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Triad Speakers is set to deliver its new DesignerSeries Speakers that can be completely hidden and sealed behind walls or ceilings. The line of “invisible” speakers features three mono versions and two stereo models that can produce maximum sound pressure levels up of 105dB. The speakers can be used for a variety of installation scenarios, including multiroom audio, home theater rear surrounds, and environmentally-challenging situations like wet and humid pool areas and bathrooms. Triad employs power-coated aluminum frames, a rigid aluminum honeycomb core with paper… View this story
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Back in the day it used to be that music fans sat in front of a pair of speakers like the Maxell “Blow-away” guy to listen to their favorite tunes. These days people often listen via their favorite personal media players.  The advent of portable digital media has re-ignited interest in headphones, which has in turned has spawned interest in a sub-category of noise-canceling headphones.  Many familiar audio manufacturers from the consumer- and pro-audio worlds have popularized noise-canceling headphones, and the technology behind the product… View this story
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The Speaker Company is currently having a 20% off sale on pretty much everything they stock via coupon code MOST15.  Some of the best products to apply these codes on are the T series speakers, PT and NT series in-wall and in-ceiling speakers (which include integrated enclosures), and TSAT series on-wall speakers.  The T series and TSAT series are also an OEM re-badging of the very popular Sapphire line once sold exclusively by Hi-Fi Buys and Tweeter, which reviewed extremely well at 2-3 times the… View this story
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RBH Sound, long known in enthusiast’s circles for accurate sound at reasonable prices, has upgraded their MC-6CT Tower Speaker. The MC-6CT, the flagship of the MC line, has won numerous awards over the years. The MC-6CT stands 40-inches high on a brand new plinth that was added for additional stability. Rubber feet or carpet spikes are included. The Cherry finish has been dropped in favor of a Black Oak woodgrain. RBH also added a port to the front of the speaker that allows for more… View this story
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This one may seem like deja vu, but every now and then we’re lucky enough for a great deal to come around twice.  NewEgg has a today-only bargain for Monday, October 12, on the Polk Monitor 50 floorstanding loudspeakers in cherry finish for $89/each with free shipping using coupon code EMCMLLT46.  These are a great sounding budget start to a home theater or media room, and the matching Polk CS1 center channel is available for $69 with no codes, also including free shipping.  The Polk… View this story
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Adam Audio, which made its reputation in professional audio, comes into the consumer audio category with the A5 active monitor (Price: $800/pair). This small speaker features the company’s ART tweeter along with a 5.5-inch woofer. Powering these drivers is a 2 x 25-watt amplifier. I recently used a pair of A5s, which are equipped with both RCA and XLR inputs, in various situations. They’re easy to set up, space-friendly and transparent-sounding. Setup I set them up with Cambridge Audio‘s DAC Magic USB DAC unit connected… View this story
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Sometimes you can truly strike gold with Amazon’s “Gold Box Deal of the Day” but you have to strike fast because they only last one day. The today-only deal for October 2 is a great one if you’re in the market for in-ceiling speakers, as Amazon’s Gold Box deal brings a great discount on the MartinLogan Helos20 In-Ceiling Speaker with Paintable Frame and Grille. The speaker ordinarily goes for $399 a pop but today has been discounted to just $149. As an architectural speaker, it’s… View this story
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EMP Tek, a sister company to RBH Sound, has come out with the new E5Ti Tower Speaker. This baffled us as we’ve heard from manufacturers that they are cutting back lines or delaying releases until the economy picks up. How can you expect to sell speakers in this sort of economy when people are pinching every penny? Aggressive pricing, according to EMP Tek. Stunning Design The Impression line is, without a doubt, some of the best looking speakers to come out of the EMP/RBH camp.… View this story
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Atlantic Technology demoed a new prototype speaker system at CEDIA Expo 2009, the floorstanding H-PAS-1, featuring H-PAS technology (Hybrid Pressure Acceleration System) that it claims allows speakers to achieve targeted bass performance with 50 percent smaller cabinets, smaller drivers, and lower costs. The company will be licensing H-PAS to other manufacturers. Atlantic Technology has joined forces with Solus/Clements to develop, market, and license a revolutionary new loudspeaker design protocol capable of delivering deep, low-distortion bass response at output levels unobtainable through conventional bass-alignment techniques. What… View this story
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There’s many ways to define efficiency and in the case of Atlantic Technology’s new Hybrid Pressure Acceleration System (H-PAS) design, the word can be applied to more than how easily the speaker converts amplifier power into sound. The Boston-based company kicked off the 2009 CEDIA Expo by introducing the technology, which Atlantic Technology’s president and founder Peter Tribeman described as a breakthrough that can be applied to everything from computer speakers to freestanding speakers. “This technology is scalable ... you can use it to build… View this story
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Filling a room with sound without adding conspicuously large speakers that end up throwing off the room’s aesthetic is always a balancing act (especially when there is a significant other’s opinion involved). There are tons of option to keep the AV footprint to a minimum. Small satellite speakers are the most common compromise people make, but efficiency (how loud a speaker plays given a certain amount of power) is usually major compromise ... but that’s not in the case of Klipsch’s perennial favorite Quintet line… View this story
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Q. Can a center channel in a 5.1 system be placed in the ceiling over the screen pointing downward, or does it have to be placed underneath the screen facing outward? - Clint, Bowie, Md Rob Schultz of Inspired Electronics offers this advice: The ideal place for a center channel is actually in the middle of the screen. Of course, that’s impossible unless you put a speaker behind an acoustically transparent screen. The next best place is immediately above or below the screen. The reason… View this story
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