Meet the New Sonus faber Olympica G3 Collection If you love great sound, but you aren’t thrilled with the aesthetic look of most speakers, you might take a look at Sonus faber. Their artisanal approach to both sound AND appearance has won them lots of fans. Their Olympica Series is very...
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Folks at Denon have been making audio components since 1910. Yes, that's 116 years, so this is not their first rodeo. They made their first disc recorder in 1939, their first tape recorder in 1951, and in 1970 they introduced a direct-drive turntable for the recording studio and radio statio...
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The Next Evolution of Sealed Bass Performance By Joe Finn Having a great sounding subwoofer (or two!) in your 2 channel or home theater system can make the difference between good sound, and thrilling, concert-style sound. Let’s look at the eagerly anticipated SB 3000 R|Evolution subwoof...
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Great Sound, a Clean Look Do you like movies? From modern-day demo pieces like Dune, Ready Player One, and Blade Runner 2049, to classics like Casablanca and Gone With the Wind, to comedies like Young Frankenstein and The Big Lebowski, a good movie or two can be a great way to spend an evening.&n...
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If you want powerful bass in your home theater or two-channel listening room, but don’t have the space for a large subwoofer, there’s a new contender in the small, plays loud category. KEF has recently retired their very successful, compact KF92 and introduced the new KC92 subwoofer...
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A good loudspeaker can make or break an audio system, either two-channel or home theater. The quality of source components such as streamers, turntable/cartridge combination, and disc player matters a lot! So does the quality of your electronics - receiver, amp, preamp, etc. Any home theat...
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Hmmm… I’d like to put audiophile-quality sound into my home, but I don’t want to break the bank, either. What to do? Come to Gramophone to audition Totem Acoustic’s Bison Twin Tower, that’s what! One of the best things about Gramophone is that we have so many...
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What are the benefits of subwoofers? One of the characteristics of better loudspeakers, vs a modestly priced or entry-level speaker, is that better speakers usually offer much more heft on the bottom end. The rich low notes on a pipe organ, the solid slam of the drummer’s kick drum and floor t...
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Sonos since its inception has been an innovator in home audio. In fact, to innovate is precisely why they came to be. With famous products like the Sonos Play: One and Play: Five they became the household name for smart speakers that could be seamlessly controlled by a smartphone or tablet. To this ...
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The Bowers & Wilkins 700 S3 series is defined as “precision sound for sophisticated listening” and we couldn’t agree more! In the spirit of diving into each of the speakers from the series, we decided to create a blog post entirely dedicated to them, so you c...
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