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Here's where the rubber really hits the road.  No matter how great your source or electronics are, if your loudspeakers don't deliver the goods, you just won't get the music as it was intended.  Here are some very attractively priced loudspeakers that get it right.  And to really get the last note, a great subwoofer is essential most especially with home theater systems.  Check out the ones we're presenting here.  And, of course, all of these speakers and subwoofers qualify for our special Bonus Dollar Gift Selections.  Just click on the Bonus Dollar symbol and choose how you want to spend your Bonus Dollars!

 

Loudspeakers:

Nola Boxer - Just $1500

 

The Boxer is a 2-way stand-mounted monitor built to Nola standards throughout. It incorporates a low-mass 6½-inch bass/midrange driver with a laminated pulp cone for low coloration and high speed. The high frequency driver is a high-resolution silk dome tweeter with smooth extended response. In addition, a diffraction ring is utilized. The bass driver is loaded by a rear firing twin-flared port for low distortion and noise. Although the main priority here is the best possible mid-range quality (as in all Nola speakers), the bass response has been extended to 44 Hz in order to provide a full range sound. Rear connection is by a pair of high quality all metal gold-plated 5-way binding posts. These connectors are fixed directly to the cabinet, thereby omitting the sonically deleterious effects of plastic connection plates often used.

 

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$225

 

 

 

 

Nola Micro Grand Reference - Just $14000

 

The Nola Micro Grand Reference is a stand-mounted loudspeaker that utilizes the same driver technology and concept as the floor-standing Baby Grand Reference. Driver complement consists of two magnesium woofers, one alnico magnet open baffle midrange and one open baffle true ribbon tweeter in a 3½ way design. The driver array utilizes our 45° mirror-imaged array for the midrange and tweeter. The twin 120mm cast-frame magnesium woofers operate in a rear vented enclosure. The vent is an oversized, double flared design to eliminate port noise. The 110mm cast-frame alnico magnet midrange operates as an open baffle dipole. The open baffle ribbon tweeter eliminates any type of extra diaphragm, as the ribbon is the diaphragm. The moving mass of this design is about 25 times less than any type of dome tweeter and provides the natural reproduction of a wealth of musical detail. The lack of an enclosure in the midrange and high frequencies eliminates a large source of coloration.

 

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$2,100

 

 

 

 

 

Nola Viper IIA - Just $6000

All of the loudspeakers in the Viper series feature open baffle midrange and high frequency transducers that are deployed in a 45 degree mirror-imaged array (the same as the Grand Reference) to provide more realistic image sizes while retaining excellent image focus. The new midrange driver, originally developed for Pegasus, features a cast frame, tri-laminate 110mm cone driven by a premium Alnico magnet system for a natural reproduction of mid-band frequencies which cannot be duplicated when using conventional magnets.

The high frequency transducer is a 25mm magnesium / aluminum dipole dome driver. The dipole dome sounds much more natural as opposed to using a separate tweeter mounted in the rear. The dipole rear wave is coherent with the front wave since the same diaphragm generates it.

 

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$900

 

 

 

 

 

Acoustic Zen Adagio JR - Just $3500

The Acoustic Zen Adagio Jr. loudspeakers are sophisticated transducers designed for the sophisticated listener looking to be enthralled by the music rather than being impressed by the equipment. Most impressed by the Jr.s will be the listeners who think that most other high-end speakers are too bright and forward. Almost completely self-effacing and always subservient to the music, the Adagio Jr.s do a better job of getting out of the way than any I can think of in their class. So free of self flavor are they that the best way to get a handle on their personality is in direct comparison to the competition. Review - John Potis, 6Moons.com

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$525

 

 

 

 

 

Acoustic Zen Adagio JR - Just $4300

The Acoustic Zen Adagios do indeed fulfill their claim of reduced transducer colorations and distortions. I found I could drive the daylights out of these babies without suffering the cumulative effect of glare. Right out of the box, the thing that impressed me the most was their clarity, coherence, lack of coloration, musical detail and bass extension. Once I broke them in, bass quality became even more impressive - tremendous dynamics, solid impact, tight and tuneful. They stop on a dime and are quick, really quick, with no overhang or lingering overtones or lugubrious colorations to queer the deal.
A warmly voiced pair of speakers then with no smoke and mirrors but honest bass down to 30Hz. No bloat, no overhang, no swampy colors obscuring the transition into the midrange yet no lack of round, profound bump and bounce. And that ribbon tweeter is something else - dry, clear, quick and uncolored. Incredible detail but not bright.  Review - Chip Stern, 6moons.com

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$635

 

 

 

 

 

LSA 2 Tower Speakers - Just $2495

The LSA2's employ the same tweeter and midrange as the LSA1's with the same fluid integration. They also share the same cabinet radius, albeit with a slightly larger footprint. Vocals are silky and utterly uncompressed.

While the LSA2's match the LSA1's organic tonality, the added bass driver and larger cabinet volume yield commanding dynamics worthy of larger listening areas.

Bass performance is deep and tight. The LSA2's can deliver delightful low-frequency impact when called to do so.

The LSA2's also have a rear-firing ambient tweeter which is frequency-limited (8K-20KHz) for the most natural integration. It can be attenuated to the needs of the room or the listener's taste. When properly dialed in, this feature greatly enhances the soundstage for incredible musical realism.

These finely finished tower speakers offer performance far beyond their price - a guiding principle in our design approach. See your local dealer to experience it for yourself. We think you won't be disappointed.

 

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$375

 

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LSA 1 Monitor Speakers - Just $999

'Suspension of Disbelief' is a term used to describe the relationship between art and the beholder. When the beholder - say, a movie-goer - is unhindered by distractions such as performance flaws, plot holes or less-than-convincing acting, the viewer begins to believe that they are experiencing something which is real. If the performer can create such a setting, the result is an utterly captivated audience for whom time has no meaning. In audio, we know we have accomplished this when the listener ceases to shift about in their chair, scrutinizing the entire experience. Instead, they relax, close their eyes and forget where they are. They are drawn into the musical experience. This has been accomplished this with the LSA1 Monitors.

The LSA1's offer explosively dynamic musical performance, the likes of which is rare even among the finest monitor speakers. The silk dome tweeter and treated paper mid-bass driver operate in their optimal ranges, resulting in an unstrained, airy performance that listeners can enjoy for extended sessions. The LSA1's convey vocals and instruments with the startling realism one might expect from a speaker costing two or three times their price. The effect is an emotionally involving musical experience.

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$145

 

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Usher Audio CP-8571 II - Just $10200

Dancer Series: CP-8571

Usher Audio speakers and electronics are built for the experienced listener who won't compromise on sound quality even at moderate prices. The Dancer CP-8571 is by far the best value in the Dancer line. It's 3-way design includes a Be 1.25-inch Beryllium tweeter, 7-inch paper cone midrange and single 8-inch carbon-impregnated paper-cone woofer. The speed and clarity of its presentation was part of the reason this speaker received The Absolute Sound's 2005 Editors Choice Award and a TAS Golden Ear Award! Dr. Joseph D'Appolito is Usher's technical consultant and provides guidance on crossover design, resulting in suave, powerful, transparent and engaging sound from beautifully crafted and lustrously finished cabinets made with leading-edge components at very affordable real-world prices. The front baffle alone is a full 2.5-inch thick on this time-aligned masterpiece. The CP-8571s are as accomplished with two channels as they are in surround applications.

 

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$1,500

 

 

 

Usher Audio Mini Dancer One - Just $3795

Dancer Series: Dancer Mini OneThe Mini Dancer Ones feature beautifully-crafted and lustrously-finished cabinets plus advanced beryllium oxide tweeters for smoothly extended highs. A new mid-woofer controls and articulates the bass, providing a solid foundation for an open and inviting midrange. The integration, extension, solidity, speed and clarity of the Be-718s uncover low-level detail usually lost in the noise floor of less resolving speakers. They are certainly one of the finest and most satisfying values on the market today.

Read the reviews of the BE-718 and the data below.  The Mini Dancer One uses the same drivers and technology in a larger cabinet - hence the deeper bass.  Wonderful!

 

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$550

 

 

 

 

Usher Audio Tiny Dancer BE-718 - Just $2795

Be-718

Introducing the Global Design Project beryllium-domed Be-718s. These captivating, high performance monitor speakers are engineered with the finest hand-picked components sourced from around the world. We always look for the absolute best price/performance ratio from our suppliers wherever they are, creating real value for you. Our Global Design Project is the key to the Be-718's Amazing Sound and Surprising Value!

The Be-718 story begins with MusikMatters' CEO Atul Kanagat visiting high-end dealers to learn what their customers really wanted. It seemed clear that everyone's looking for easy-to-place great sounding monitor speakers that look as beautifully finished as they sound. Plus one other small thing: They have to offer outstanding value! That's not asking too much, is it? Atul worked closely with Usher, and in a surprisingly short time, the latest addition to the Usher Dancer line appeared, the Tiny Dancers!

Just how global is our design project? The high technology drivers, crossovers, and perfectly timed-aligned cabinets are designed and built by Mr. Tsai Lien Shui at Usher Taiwan, with finishing cosmetics supplied by a firm in the United Kingdom. Dr. Joseph D'Appolito, Usher's long-serving technical consultant, provides crossover tuning here in the 'States. Crossover parts and JPS Labs internal wiring are made in the USA. Design wizard Danny Richie, of Texas based GR-Research, boosts the stock crossover's performance to unprecedented levels by selecting premium crossover parts, altering parts values, re-tuning baffle step compensation and smoothing out the speaker's vertical off axis response.

The Be-718s feature beautifully-crafted and lustrously-finished cabinets plus advanced beryllium oxide tweeters for smoothly extended highs. A new mid-woofer controls and articulates the bass, providing a solid foundation for an open and inviting midrange. The integration, extension, solidity, speed and clarity of the Be-718s uncover low-level detail usually lost in the noise floor of less resolving speakers. They are certainly one of the finest and most satisfying values on the market today.

 

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$400

 

Usher Audio X-616 Center Channel speaker - Just $1000 each

X Series: X-616 Center ChannelThe X Series personifies Usher's commitment to outstanding value no-compromise performance at real-world prices. The X-616 is Usher's top-of-the-line center channel speaker, specially designed for center surround applications. Extremely crisp and dynamic, it mates perfectly with all of Usher's 6 Series and X Series speakers. A 1.25-inch silk-dome tweeter is flanked by two 7-inch Kevlar woofers crossed over at 3kHz. The X-616 develops clear, intelligible, lifelike dialog from beautifully crafted and lustrously finished cabinets with extensive bracing within. They feature Dr. Joseph D'Appolito-approved bi-wire/bi-amp crossovers and removable solid-brass jumpers.

 

 

 

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$150

 

Usher Audio S-520 Bookshelf Speakers - Just $479/pair

Usher Series: S-520 ShieldedThe popular, award-winning S-520 speakers are one of the best values in audio, opening the door to high performance sound for the budget-conscious audiophile. These magnetically-shielded 2-way monitors deliver surprisingly high-impact performance with a 1-inch dome tweeter and 5-inch polypropylene midbass powering out tight, controlled bass response. At just $479 a pair they deliver crisp, transparent and engaging sound, as accomplished in two channels as they are in smaller multichannel systems. No other Usher loudspeaker has won more awards or been so lauded by the press! They feature Dr. Joseph D'Appolito-approved crossovers.

 

 

 

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$60

 

Usher Audio S-520 Bookshelf Speakers - Just $460 each

Usher Series: S-525 Center ChannelThe S-525 Center Channel is the perfect accompaniment to the award-winning S-520 minimonitors. It shares the same 1-inch soft dome tweeter and dual 5-inch polypropylene midbass drivers as the matching S-520, and like other Usher Series speakers, the beautifully crafted and lustrously finished cabinets are constructed of heavy MDF with a solid-wood veneer. It delivers superbly clear and intelligible dialog that's easy to hear from any listening position. It features twin-tuned ports and Dr. Joseph D'Appolito-approved bi-wire/bi-amp crossover plus solid-brass jumpers.

 

 

 

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$60

 

BG Radio Z-7 Loudspeakers - Just $1,000

An elegant and stylish performer, the award-winning Z Series by BG is equally adept at delivering astonishing home theater sound as well as faithful two-channel music. Using several innovations, such as planar ribbon technology, the Z Series effortlessly and accurately reproduces the quiet, silky sounds of a classical guitar, the hushed whispers of the human voice and the high-impact sound from Hollywood movies, making it a favorite with today’s leading designers. Meticulously constructed with a reinforced cabinet from the finest hardwoods, the Z Series is a remarkable speaker system for the eyes, as well as the ears.

By combining proprietary ribbon technology with aluminum cone woofers, the Z Series offers unparalleled transparency, resolution, clarity and tonal accuracy. The award-winning Z-Series offers high performance and quality craftsmanship at affordable prices. Critics around the world have hailed them as a remarkable value and you will too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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$175

 

 

BG Radio Z-1 Loudspeakers - Just $600

As with all our loudspeakers, the Z-1 is crafted from the finest materials with zero tolerance for error and a maximum desire for discrete high fidelity. The Radia Z Series can turn even modest multi-channel (2-channel to 7.1-channel) home theater into a powerhouse of music and sound. The detail and accuracy in a high-performance planar ribbon-based speaker system must be heard to be believed.

Available in Black only.

 

 

 

 

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$80

 

 

Subwoofers:

Usher Audio SW-103 Subwoofer - Just $1020 each

Usher Series: SW-103 SubwooferThe SW-103 Subwoofer is the perfect accompaniment to the award-winning S-520 minimonitors and S-525 Center Channel speaker. It's small and very powerful and, like other Usher Series speakers, the beautifully crafted and lustrously finished cabinets are constructed of heavy MDF with a solid-wood veneer.  The final finish matches the S520's piano black or white finish.

 

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$140

 

 

 

 

Nola Thunderbolt III Subwoofer - Just $1995 in Black Ash or Cherry wood; Piano Rosewood $2195

    Nola alleviated the problem of providing a driver of both low mass and high rigidity by developing a woofer cone that is both extremely rigid yet lighter in weight than Kevlar, aluminum, magnesium and titanium cones. We then engineered an extremely rigid cast frame to support the huge magnetic structure required to control this outstanding woofer. We maintain the stringent rigidity required for the overall system by constructing a cabinet entirely of one inch thick, 46 pound density MDF panels bonded with wood adhesive and completely clamped during the drying process. To further reinforce the design, we created a dual front baffle, "box-within-a-box" construction, which creates a completely sealed, exceptionally rigid cabinet. We developed a unique voice coil which provides ultra long excursion with very greatly reduced back EMF, helping to provide a subwoofer system with intrinsically low distortion. Our amplifier's output stage employs discrete components and runs in Class A/B mode to provide the performance level associated with the finest high-end amplifiers. These timely advancements in bass reproduction will be immediately evident, whether heard at your dealer or in your own personal system. The speed, attack and depth of the T Bolt III's deep bass will inspire awe in even the casual listener. Its ability to create an exceptionally deep continuous room-filling rumble is unsurpassed by even oversized, conventional subwoofers. Yet the T Bolt III's control preserves the true timbre, intimacy and beauty of even the most delicate sounds of the smallest chamber music group.

    The T Bolt III improves upon the original Thunderbolt Subwoofer with a new cast woofer frame for increased rigidity and an improved cabinet design.

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Black Ash or Cherry $299; Piano Rosewood $329

 

 

REL R -Series Subwoofers - R-205 just $1195, R-305 just $1595 & R-505 just $1995 -  all in Piano Black Lacquer

REL Acoustics Ltd., of Bridgend, Wales and SUMIKO are pleased to announce the new R-SERIES Sub-Bass Systems. Consisting of three models that build upon the well-established REL strengths and improve upon their predecessors’ performance in every way. The first thing that strikes one upon first sighting of the R-SERIES is the physical beauty of these designs. Finished in no fewer than eight coats of hand-rubbed piano black lacquer, the finish glistens and gleams; catching light in thousands of reflective points and planes. Details begin to emerge; notice the enclosure’s elegant horizontal strakes that are a design signature of the R-SERIES. Look carefully and you’ll see how even the machined aluminum feet reinforce this theme with tiny machined lines on the surface.

Above all, REL Sub-Bass Systems are about extraordinary performance. In this case, all-new drivers carry the performance envelope even higher with slam and airiness that improve upon previous models substantially. The sheer output levels of which they are capable have increased markedly, easily keeping pace with performance initiatives in main speakers. Additionally, REL are implementing new generation Class D power amplifiers, as this technology has finally attained a level of sonic performance worthy of the REL name. Each of the new models has had power output increased handily for improved control and extension.

As you move from the R-205 up through the R-305 and to the R-505, you go bigger, lower and louder with their larger cabinet, bigger drivers and more powerful amps.

 

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R-205 $179; R-305 $239; R-505 $299

 

 

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