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JBL Cinema Sound 5.1-Channel Speaker System
|JBL is a more than 60 year-old firm whose slogan, “Pro Sound Comes Home,” is a reference to the company’s reputation as a maker of high-performance studio monitors and sound reinforcement systems. While the idea ...read more -
Boston Acoustics Bravo II 5.1-Channel Speaker System
|The name Boston Acoustics refers not only to a geographic location and famous speaker company, but also to the rich New England hifi tradition. Over time, a number of performance-minded speaker companies have sprung up ...read more -
KEF KHT 3000 5.1-Channel Speaker System
|As if inspired by science fiction films from the 1950s, KEF’s $1499 KHT 3000 system is composed of sleek elliptically shaped speaker satellite and center channels modules, plus a subwoofer that looks for all the ...read more -
Klipsch RF-52 5.1-Channel Speaker System
|Ever since audio legend Paul W. Klipsch began manufacturing loudspeakers in the 1940s, the name Klipsch has been associated with horn-type drivers, and it's easy to understand why. Horns are inherently efficient, and as one ...read more -
Infinity Cascade 5.1-Channel Speaker System
|Nothing excites dyed-in-the-wool audio folks more than new technologies, and so I had an almost Pavlovian response to Infinity’s Cascade-series speakers, which feature innovative MRS (Maximum Radiating Surface) drive units. What’s the big deal with ...read more -
KEF Universal Wireless Speaker System
|Would you be tempted to buy a home theater system if only you could find a way to hook up the rear surround speakers without stringing wires around the room? Would you consider putting a ...read more -
KEF FiveTwo Model 7 5.1-Channel Speaker System
|Aesthetics-conscious speaker buyers and manufacturers have been trying to find the right recipe for getting authentic surround sound from fewer than five speakers and a subwoofer (see “Simplifying Surround Sound” in Issue 74.) Why bother? ...read more -
Phase Technology DARTS 525 DSP-Controlled, 5.1-Channel Speaker System
|About a year and a half ago, I got my first taste of Phase Technology’s remarkably advanced and utterly unforgettable DARTS speaker system, whose name is an acronym that stands for Digital Audio Reference Theater ...read more -
Infinity TSS-4000 5.1-Channel Speaker System
|A year ago I reviewed Infinity's terrific- sounding $749 TSS-750 surround speaker system, and it quickly became one of my favorites in its price class—a surefire recommendation for entry-level surround sound systems. But much though ...read more -
Artison Masterpiece Home Theater System
|Artison CEO Cary Christie is a man on a mission, which is to build ultra high-performance “plasma speakers” that integrate so perfectly with flat panel TVs that they seem to disappear. Not content to stop ...read more -
Quad LITE 5.1-Channel Speaker System
|The British firm Quad has been revered among speaker aficionados ever since the legendary ELS 57 electrostatic loudspeaker came out in 1957. That groundbreaking design offered levels of clarity and sonic purity that were, and ...read more -
Paradigm Reference Studio V3 5-channel Speaker System
|The Paradigm Reference system reviewed here is based on two full-range Studio 100 floorstanders, two near full-range Studio 20 monitors used as surrounds, and a wide-range Studio CC-470 center channel—with no powered subwoofer at all. ...read more -
Mirage Nanosat 5.1-Channel Speaker System
|Mirage is a well known Canadian loudspeaker maker whose corporate identity hinges on two things: first, building high-performance omni-directional loudspeakers (which Mirage terms Omnipolar speakers), and second, offering speakers that deliver terrific value for the ...read more -
Gallo Acoustics Reference AV System
|In 2004 I reviewed Gallo Acoustics’ Nucleus Reference 3 floorstanders for our sister magazine The Absolute Sound, and came away impressed. The Ref 3s later won the magazine’s Overall Product of the Year award, in ...read more -
KEF KHT6000 ACE 5.1-Channel Loudspeakers
|KEF has a reputation for building speakers that deliver natural sound with low coloration and high clarity, and while the $3700 KHT6000 upholds this tradition, some listeners may find it too selfeffacing or subdued at ...read more