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Polk Audio LC265i-IP In-Wall IP Speaker System
- By John Sciacca
- Posted July 4, 2006
You can't rush a good thing, and some things just aren't ready until they're ready. With electronics, coming to market too early usually means a product that's lacking in features, full of bugs, and short on performance.

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Canton CD 200 Series Home Theater Speaker System
- By Daniel Kumin
- Posted July 3, 2006
Old joke: Heaven is the place where the police are British, the cooks are French, the lovers Italian, bureaucrats Swiss, and the engineers German. Hell is the place where the cooks are British, the engineers Italian, bureaucrats French, lovers Swiss, and the police German.

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Test Bench: Polk Audio LC265i-IP In-Wall IP Speaker System
- By Tom Nousaine
- Posted July 2, 2006
In the lab
Frequency response (at 2 meters): 47 Hz to 20 kHz ±3.6 dB

Bass limits (lowest frequency and maximum SPL with limit of 10% distortion at 2 meters in a large room): 60 Hz at 82 dB

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Test Bench: Crystal Acoustics THX-3D12 Home Theater Speaker System
- By Tom Nousaine
- Posted June 7, 2006
In the lab
Frequency response: (at 2 meters) front left/right: 65 Hz to 20 kHz ±3.9 dB center: 71 Hz to 18.3 kHz ±3.5 dB surround: 76 Hz to 15.3 kHz ±3.5 dB subwoofer: 39 to 116 Hz ±1.8 dB

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Crystal Acoustics THX-3D12 Home Theater Speaker System
- By Daniel Kumin
- Posted June 6, 2006
What We Think Despite cost-saving cosmetics in its "budget" version, this is a very good system for the price. Crystal Acoustics is a new brand to me, and to most Americ
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B&W XT Series Home Theater Speaker System
- By Al Griffin
- Posted May 4, 2006
What We Think A gorgeous system that delivers great sound - but you'll pay for the pleasure. When TVs made the transition from bulky, oversize boxes to a slimmer, wall-friendl
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Test Bench for Web: B&W XT Series Home Theater Speaker System
- Posted May 4, 2006
Frequency response (at 2 meters) front left/right: 41 Hz to 20 kHz ±4.7 dB center: 71 Hz to 18.3 kHz ±4.3 dB surround: 76 Hz to 15.3 kHz ±3.8 dB subwoofer: 35 Hz to 104 Hz ±1.9 dB

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Paradigm Cinema 330 Home Theater Speaker System
- By Ken C. Pohlmann
- Posted April 6, 2006
What We Think These trim speakers provide surprisingly big and refined sound at a good price. Truth be told, huge speakers are a pain, especially when you've got six or more c
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Yamaha YSP-800 Sound Projector

One-Box Surround
- By Ken C. Pohlmann
- Posted February 4, 2006
The Short Form $900 / 31.5 x 6 x 4.5 IN / 19.875 LBS / yamaha.com/yec / 800-492-6242
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JBL Studio L Series Home Theater Speaker System
- By Al Griffin
- Posted February 4, 2006
Speaker maker JBL is just one part of the Harman International family, but for a brand that makes up only a single slice of a large pie, it has an incredibly diverse product mix. Along with home theater speakers, JBL makes systems for music-recording and film sound-mixing studios, movie theaters, concert halls, computers, and cars.

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Revel Concerta home theater speaker system
- By Daniel Kumin
- Posted December 4, 2005
What We Think If you have the space and the coin, and a taste for accurate, unhyped sound, you will be richly rewarded. Revel is the most audiophile-oriented speaker division of t
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Cinema Grand

Three great systems for a thousand and change
- By Daniel Kumin
- Posted November 4, 2005
For decades, you could walk into most electronics stores and find speakers that were small and good, or small and cheap - but rarely all three. Times have changed. With advances in acoustics and the advent of computer-aided design for speaker drivers and enclosures, today you can get great sound from plenty of small, inexpensive speakers.

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