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Final Sound 1000i ST Full-Range Electrostatic Speakers and S220 Subwoofer

Written by John E. Johnson, Jr.

Published on 09 November 2007

If you have followed some of my reviews over the years, you know I am a huge fan of planar (flat panel) speakers.

Falling into this category are ribbon, quasi-ribbon, planar-magnetic, and electrostatic (ESL) speakers. They are defined by their flat drivers.

B&W 804S Floor-Standing Speakers

Written by Jared Rachwalski

Published on 09 November 2007

B&W (Bowers & Wilkins) speakers have been around since the 1960's when John Bowers and Peter Hayward built the P1 using an EMI woofer and Celestion tweeter. By the end of the decade they had constructed the DM70 entirely in house with a 12" woofer and electrostatic midrange and tweeter. This was the beginning of B&W's pursuit of loudspeaker perfection.

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Written by Staff

Published on 01 November 2006

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Canton CD 3200 Active (Powered) Floor-Standing Speakers

Written by Ross Jones

Published on 09 November 2007

While most consumers are probably into surround sound, the reality is that a fair percentage still listen to two-channel stereo. The shift to flat-panel video displays and "thin-is-in" look of home theater has perhaps increased the interest in two-channel.

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Written by Staff

Published on 23 January 2006

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SVSound PC13-Ultra Subwoofer

Written by Ross Jones

Published on 04 January 2007

One of my favorite nerd-words is "disintermediation." It's a polite economics term for "cutting out the middleman." A company manufactures products and sells them directly to the customer, cutting out the intermediaries in the supply chain and passing on the cost savings to consumers.