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KEF Q-Series Home Theater Speaker System
- By Ken C. Pohlmann
- Posted November 6, 2006
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Definitive Technology ProCinema 800 Home Theater Speaker System
- By Daniel Kumin
- Posted November 5, 2006
For years, Baltimore's Definitive Technology has produced phalanxes of tall, imposing, powerful floorstanding towers.

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Klipsch RF-83 Home Theater Speaker System
- By Daniel Kumin
- Posted November 4, 2006
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Test Bench: Definitive Technology ProCinema 800 Home Theater Speaker System
- By Tom Nousaine
- Posted November 3, 2006
Frequency response (at 2 meters) front left/right: 124 Hz to 18.2 kHz ±2.9 dB center: 120 Hz to 16.1 kHz ±4.0 dB surround: 124 Hz to 18 kHz ±2.7 dB subwoofer: 44 to 150 Hz ±2.3 dB

Sensitivity (SPL at 1 meter with 2.8 volts of pink-noise input) front left/right/surround: 86 dB center: 91 dB

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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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