The Canadian-made Paradigm Phantom loudspeaker is similar in basic design to the company’s Titan system, but with somewhat larger drivers in a larger cabinet. Its 8-inch woofer, constructed...
Since their beginnings some twenty years ago, Dahlquist loudspeakers have featured what the company calls a Phased Array design. The specific techniques involved in this approach include...
The Fried Beta is a small, moderate-priced speaker that can be used either in a conventional stereo installation or in combination with a Fried subwoofer to form a three-piece Triplet...
As its name indicates, the John Bowers Active 1 speaker is an “active” system; that is, it has built-in power amplifiers and requires only a line-level audio input for its operation....
The JSE Infinite Slope Model 1 speakers outwardly resemble many other speaker systems but embody two unique design features. The most obvious one is suggested by the term “infinite...
Vector Research’s VCD-770 CD player features a three-spot laser-pickup tracking system, quadruple (176.4-kHz) oversampling of the signal, digital low-pass filters, and full 16-bit...
Ortofon introduced the first moving-coil (MC) cartridge in 1948, and its name has been virtually synonymous with moving-coil construction ever since, although the company also makes...
Speakerlab entered the market, years ago, by developing a broad line of speaker kits that were sold both by mail and directly from the company’s Seattle headquarters. Much more than...
The Kyocera D-811 cassette deck incorporates a large number of advanced features, including a direct-drive dual-capstan transport, Dolby HX Pro headroom-extension circuitry, a calibration...
Sony’s CDP-C15ESD is an upgraded version of the CDP-C10 CD changer, coupling the earlier model’s mechanical design and operating features with extensively redesigned electronic...
Technics calls the SU-V90D a “digital” integrated amplifier because a portion of its circuitry can transform the digital output of a CD player or DAT deck to analog stereo form....
The Harman Kardon hk880 Vxi high-voltage/high-current receiver has a dualvoltage power supply controlled by a rear-apron switch. The high-voltage setting enables it to drive 8-ohm speakers...
