Archive for May, 2008
Sony Sountina NSA-PF1
It’s not that often that we get to see revolutionary loudspeaker designs from the big brands. Many interesting patents are filed by smaller, obscure even brands and these tend to be transformed into very pricey products just because the smaller brands don’t have enough resources to commercialize their models in big quantities. Some of the [...]
Quad ESL-2905
It’s quite hard to determine the real value of a loudspeaker these days. Many manufacturers tend to include all sorts of expensive exotic materials that add refinement to their products, but don’t really provide a huge improvement over the usual, far cheaper materials included in average systems. Fortunately, there still are manufacturer, like Quad Electracoustics, [...]
QSC WideLine-10
I tend to present more home theatre systems and desktop speakers than outdoors rugged ones. Although outdoors speakers may seem pricey, that is not entirely true if you compare them to exclusivist home theatre systems that set you back tens of thousands of dollars. QSC Audio, a US manufacturer, even provides some of the cheapest [...]
Earthquake Supernova MKVI Subwoofer
I’m eagerly awaiting the launch of the rotary subwoofer, but until this spiffy device gets commercialized (hopefully any time soon), we can go ahead and try what’s available. Like this boxy thing right here…It may look like an average subwoofer with its simple box shape, but the Supernova MKVI from Earthquake Sound is more than [...]
Sony HT-IS100
I guess minimalism has its good and bad parts when talking about IT&C. Good, when we can squeeze more and more transistors into CPUs and chips and bad because sometimes it leads to minute thingies that are easily lost or destroyed if we don’t pay close attention to them. OK, I might understand the need [...]