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Designing speakers is a balancing act akin to walking a high wire high above an arena floor. Lean too much one way and you fall. Lean too much the other and it’s all over. Make a…

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My interest in music started when I was a freshman at MIT, in 1963. By the time I dropped out of school in 1968, audio retailing had become my profession – I started Tech Hifi in my…

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All passive speakers (relying on outboard amplification) have an impedance rating, given in ohms, provided by the manufacturer. This number helps you match the speakers to amplifiers.…

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I started reading Proust last year and discovered I was not sensitive enough to care about the upper-middle class characters from France’s 1800s to keep me engaged through over 4000…

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Big woofers mean better bass to most people. In general, big woofers (which take big cabinets) can produce more output than small woofers in small boxes. Does this mean better bass? This is…

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Do speakers age more with use or non-use? Are there things to do to maintain speaker sound quality? To enjoy your speakers fully, they need to be performing at their best. You can expect…

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