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Audioengine A5+ (white)

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The larger 5+ series is more industrial-looking (deliver assign to: less stylish) than the 2 series and appears to quota some heritage with monitor speakers you'd find in a recording studio. They're handy in either black or white , as are the 2s. There's also a bamboo kind of the 5+ series that costs $469 and looks significantly swankier--it's definitely nice if you have the decor to go with it.

The Audioengine 5+ speakers look to be about 10 percent bigger than the earlier 5 series. While they're similarly sized, measuring 7 inches spacious by 7.9 inches deep, the 5+ speakers find in at 10.75 inches tall, while the older prototype came in at 10 inches.

Source: CNET

Hot Deal: Pioneer VSX-1021-K 7.1 Receiver and Klipsch HD 500 Speaker System ...

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Newegg is ending the week on a squiffed note—or at least a loud one. If you’ve been waiting to add a minute home theater (or first!) into your home, the retailer has a pack that will do all of that for one low price.

Right now, Newegg has a adept home theater package featuring the Begin VSX-1021-K 7.1-channel receiver and Klipsch’s HD 500 5.1-canal speaker system, all for $599.99. That means you’ll get both products for one premium and save $450.

Pioneer’s receiver has a total of 770 watts for a 7.1 setup, as well as 3D living expenses, networking features, and Apple Airplay. It also has copiousness of options to add in other devices, via five HDMI 1.4a inputs. Other features encompass Audio Return Channel, playback options for the iPad and iPhone, video processing and upconversion, and much more.

To get that 7.1 system started, this case includes Klipsch’s 5.1 HD 500 keynoter setup. Four of the speakers features a 2.5-inch IMG woofer and a MicroTractrix Horn-moneyed 0.75-inch aluminum dome tweeter advantaged. The center channel adds in another woofer. Rounding out the set is a Classification D subwoofer amplifier and down-firing 8-inch driver.

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Emotiva's astonishing desktop speaker

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Look at the pictures of the airmotiv 4 and you'll see it's missing something found on most speakers: a dome tweeter. In its occur you'll find a Heil air motion transformer . It looks like a ribbon or planar winning tweeter, but the Heil is a fundamentally peculiar type of tweeter. Instead of pushing air to gather sound, the Heil's pleated diaphragm "squeezes" air. The Heil's big radiating area requires less migration to generate a given sound oppression level, so the Heil produces turn down distortion than most dome tweeters.

The airmotiv 4 also has a 4.5-inch woofer, and both drivers are made exclusively for Emotiva. The curmudgeonly-braced, medium-density fiberboard lowboy feels supersolid. I like that there are no exterior wall warts or power supplies; each airmotiv 4 houses a rugged power transformer and two 25 watt amplifiers, one for each driver. Connectivity options comprehend RCA and XLR inputs, and before I forget to mention it, the upraise panel also has bass and treble controls. The airmotiv 4 measures 9.4 by 6.1 by 7.3 inches, weighs legitimate over 10 pounds, and the only available despatch is textured black.

Source: CNET (blog)