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Value First: Outlaw Audio LCR System ($3,894)
Outlaw LCR (L/R, C, surr.), LFM-EX (sub) Outlaw Audio is a web-to-consumer audio company whose name sums up its attitude to the traditional manufacturer-rep-retailer-consumer distribution path of AV gear. The idea was to eliminate middlemen and reduce cost to the end-user (a not entirely novel idea), and with Outlaw's first home-theater speaker, the results speak volumes. The Outlaw LCR is a one-size-fits-all design, something I usually disapprove of. But this one has a difference: a rear-panel switch that reconfigures the crossover for vertical or horizontal orientation (2-way vs. "2-1/2-way" filtering), so they can indeed work better in back as well as in front, and whether standing up or lying down, than would otherwise be the case. Add in the LFM-EX 12-inch subwoofer, a basic but effective performer, and you have a sub-$4,000 system that challenges the status quo for a movies-centric multichannel speaker system.
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