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JL Audio Fathom f112 Subwoofer
- By Daniel Kumin
- Posted November 3, 2006
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Test Bench: KEF Q-Series Home Theater Speaker System
- By Tom Nousaine
- Posted November 3, 2006
Frequency response (at 2 meters) front left/right: 51 Hz to 20 kHz ±8.0 dB center: 96 Hz to 16.6 kHz ±5.6 dB surround: 100 Hz to 8.0 kHz ±2.8 dB subwoofer: 35 to 150 Hz ±2.3 dB

Sensitivity (SPL at 1 meter with 2.8 volts of pink-noise input) front left/right: 90 dB center: 89 dB surround: 85 dB

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Test Bench: Klipsch RF-83 Home Theater Speaker System
- By Tom Nousaine
- Posted November 3, 2006
In the lab

Frequency response (at 2 meters) front left/right: 43 Hz to 20 kHz ±5.2 dB center: 99 Hz to 17.8 kHz ±3.8 dB surround: 117 Hz to 16.6 kHz ±3.9 dB subwoofer: 46 Hz to 108 Hz ±1.9 dB

Sensitivity (SPL at 1 meter with 2.8 volts of pink-noise input) front left/right: 96 dB center: 95 dB surround: 95 dB

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Test Bench: JL Audio Fathom f112 Subwoofer
- By Tom Nousaine
- Posted November 3, 2006
In the lab

Frequency response (at 2 meters) 24 to 101 Hz ±2.5 dB Bass limits (lowest frequency and maximum SPL with limit of 10% distortion at 2 meters in a large room) 16 Hz at 80 dB SPL 108 dB average SPL from 25 to 62 Hz 114 dB maximum SPL at 62 Hz bandwidth uniformity 94%

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Vienna Acoustics Schönberg Speaker System
- By Daniel Kumin
- Posted October 5, 2006
And now," said Dr. Freud, "we will do a little free association, ja? If I say Vienna, do you say ... sausage? Waltz? Sacher torte?"

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Test Bench: Vienna Acoustics Schönberg Speaker System
- By Tom Nousaine
- Posted October 4, 2006
In the lab
Frequency response (at 2 meters) front left/right: 53 Hz to 20 kHz ±5.6 dB center: 85 Hz to 20 kHz ±5.4 dB surround: 90 Hz to 20 kHz ±4.0 dB subwoofer: 23 to 71 Hz ±1.8 dB

Sensitivity (SPL at 1 meter with 2.8 volts of pink-noise input) front left/right: 88 dB center: 90 dB surround: 88 dB

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Test Bench for the Web: Infinity Cascade Speaker System
- By Tom Nousaine
- Posted September 6, 2006
In the lab
Frequency response (at 2 meters) front left/right: 77 Hz to 16 kHz ±3.7 dB center: 94 Hz to 16 kHz ±3.8 dB surround: 94 Hz to 15.2 kHz ±3.8 dB subwoofer: 35 to 140 Hz ±2.6 dB

Sensitivity (SPL at 1 meter with 2.8 volts of pink-noise input) front left/right: 86 dB center: 87 dB surround: 84 dB

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Infinity Cascade Speaker System
- By Daniel Kumin
- Posted September 3, 2006
If Gumby were shopping for speakers, the new Infinity Cascades are what he'd choose. Their shapes quickly call to mind the green, bendable character - at least for boomers or SNL addicts who recall Eddie Murphy's classic routine ("I'm Gumby, dammit!").

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JBL Cinema Sound Speaker System
- By Al Griffin
- Posted August 4, 2006
If forced to list common traits of the many new flat TV-friendly speaker systems that have crossed my path of late, I'd document them as follows: slim form factor, two-grand price point (approximately), generous application of shiny metallic and gloss-black surfaces in the cabinet design. The components of the new JBL Cinema Sound speaker system fit into that mold perfectly.

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Test Bench: JBL Cinema Sound Speaker System
- By Tom Nousaine
- Posted August 4, 2006
In the lab
Frequency response (at 2 meters) front left/right: 87 Hz to 20 kHz ±6.8 dB center: 94 Hz to 20 kHz ±3.5 dB surround: 87 Hz to 20 kHz ±6.7 dB subwoofer: 35 Hz to 80 Hz ±2.5 dB

Sensitivity (SPL at 1 meter with 2.8 volts of pink-noise input) front left/right/surround: 89 dB center: 88 dB

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Test Bench: Audica CS-System 3 Speakers
- By Tom Nousaine
- Posted August 3, 2006
In the lab
Frequency response (at 2 meters) front left/right 327 Hz to 17 kHz ±4.3 dB center 225 Hz to 17.1 kHz ±4.1 dB surround 191 Hz to 17.5 kHz ±4.8 dB subwoofer 39 Hz to 160 Hz ±2.0 dB

Sensitivity (SPL at 1 meter with 2.8 volts of pink-noise input) front left/right 87 dB center 87 dB surround 85 dB

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Audica CS-System 3 Speakers
- By Al Griffin
- Posted August 3, 2006
Just how slim can speakers get? It's a question I find myself pondering these days as wave after wave of skinny speakers arrives on my doorstep for testing. Looking over the elegant, metal-clad CS-System 3 speakers from British newcomer Audica - a company of audio veterans who previously did time at established UK speaker outfits like Mission - the answer is: remarkably slim.

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