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Ecoustics: If size were not a factor and budget were limitless, building truly awesome loudspeakers would be easy. One can imagine (and purchase) close approximations to the perfect speaker. For most of us, however, reality intrudes. Realistically, we need speakers sized to fit into our media rooms (leaving space for a nice bigscreen TV and one, or preferably more, people). And some of us would prefer not to tap into our home equity to meet our entertainment needs. As a result, we need speakers that are comfortably small and reasonably priced. Tannoy, no stranger to the realities of loudspeaker building, honed that equation and brought forth the HTS 200 home theater speaker system.

Priced at $999 (about 760 euro), the HTS 200 comprises short and slender towers, small but not tiny center and sats, and a comparably abbreviated subwoofer.

Plus:
•Bright, lively sound just right for some listeners
•Excellent transient response with good clarity
•Tastefully designed small cabinets will delight decorators

Minus:
•Bright, lively sound too much for some listeners
•Surrounds a bit bass-shy for the towers
•Diminutive sub hits only 5 on Richter scale

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Akihabara: Sony offers the SS-AR1, a new pair of speakers priced at 6,000.00 euros apiece (you need 2 of them). What do we get for this price? A case made of maple wood from Hokkaido in Japan.

Each speaker is entirely hand made and receives two 200mm cones, one 130mm cone and a 25mm tweeter. Each speaker has a range of 28Hz to 60kHz (4Ω), measures 320x490x1080mm and weighs 57kg.

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Akihabara News: Pioneer is releasing their S-1EX-series, a pair of speakers that share much of the same audio technology as their TAD-M1, but for about one-fifth of the price. Their TAD-M1 had a price tag of around €21,000, whereas the EX speakers are priced at around €4,250.

The EX speakers have a response range of 28Hz to 100kHz with an output of 6Ω for 89.5dB.  Scheduled for release in October, the speakers weigh 66kg.

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