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highlighting their tremendous imaging,

 

ultra low distortion with high power

 

we feel, are unfounded. We think the

dynamics and musicality.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

handling.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy brand and its loyal customer base

Tom Norton, of Stereophile and

 

 

 

All of us here feel the new RC-70

 

deserved better.

Ultimate AV fame, had a totally different

 

surpasses the performance parameters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Goodman

opinion of the RC-70 than your team.

 

that were established by the original

 

 

 

 

 

Energy Speakers Brand Manager

In his review Mr. Norton is quoted as

 

Reference Connoisseur. The RC-70 still

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCARBOROUGH, ON

saying, “the RC-70 had superb overall

 

has the captivating, immersive sound of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tonal balance” and that the “top end of

 

the original, but has improvements in

 

 

Kudos and, better, bravo for a singu-

the RC-70 is as open, airy and as detailed

 

almost every area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lar and superlative publication. I quite

as you could wish for.” Mr. Norton’s

 

 

 

In your review you mention that the

 

eagerly digested my very first issue ever

comments regarding soundstage repro-

 

frequency response curve “is amazingly

 

of UHF about a week ago. I am still in a

duction and midrange accuracy are also

 

flat, one of the best we have ever mea-

 

very pleasant state of shock!

different from what you found. He said,

 

sured.” Then you suggest that comes at

 

 

Having quite regularly sampled both

“the RC-70’s sounded neither ‘in your

 

a cost: phase accuracy. Flat frequency

 

The Absolute Sound and Stereophile for

face’ forward nor recessed, and produced

 

response of the speaker system is made

 

about four decades, my mind set was

a detailed, well-focused soundstage…

 

up of both magnitude and phase rela-

 

entirely unprepared for UHF’s unique

Voices were…beautifully served by

 

tionships of the individual drivers.

 

raison d’être. Your guiding ethos, ethics

the RC-70, with soaring female voices

 

Since you mention the RC-70 has flat

 

and modus operandi are so simple in

and male vocals that were rich and full

 

frequency response, it would suggest

 

their fundamental elegance. To allude

bodied.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

that the phase relationship between the

 

to Carly Simon’s lyrics celebrating the

We are not sure if your opinions

 

individual drivers is also correct.

 

 

now mythic procreative capacity of 007

were biased due to your experience and

 

 

 

Also, another point is the place-

 

is simply incorrect. Not only “Nobody

appreciation of the old Reference Con-

 

ment of the microphone in trying to

 

Does it Better” — double negative

noisseur model, or if you were looking

 

recreate the square wave that you were

 

intended — but no other publication does

for something else from these speakers.

 

measuring. In a two-way speaker, the

 

it!

 

 

 

 

 

Your comparison of the original Refer-

 

microphone distance can be at a shorter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bob Reinach

ence Connoisseur to today's RC-70 is

 

distance and still deliver a somewhat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POULSBO, WA

like comparing a 20-year-old muscle car

 

meaningful measurement. With a multi-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

with today's muscle car. They are very

 

source speaker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

spelling

mistake on the

different in every sense,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

. 75… “redicovery.”

a direct comparison

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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electronic

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magazine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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to the

 

 

into consideration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

be whisked right

magazine though.

 

This free issue

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and you'll

 

 

 

 

the table

of contents,

 

on page

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in

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jeff Malloch

 

 

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to meet. Twenty

 

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about the sound.

 

click

 

 

on

the company’s

Web site

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

thinks of running

 

yourself

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

low distortion and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

on a cover. Too obvious, right?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

less of a concern.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the microphone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

used in a number of different configura-

 

is placed at greater distances from the

 

 

I read the comment about the “open

tions, from state of the art two channel

 

speaker.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

source” turntable in UHF No. 74. Your

systems to high-powered multichannel

 

 

 

We are still not certain why you

 

writer said that this was not the way hi-fi

systems. The Reference Connoisseur

 

were not able to get good results from

 

equipment is designed.

Series must have the efficiency to be

 

the RC-70, even though the response

 

 

Yet one of the top billed turntables

driven with modest-powered amplifiers,

 

curve suggests the speaker should be

 

around, the Teres , was designed just this

plus must have the dynamic range and

 

excellent. Maybe the room you placed

 

way. Interested people got together on

power handling to handle the demands

 

the speaker in was too small for such a

 

a newsgroup and deliberated, and this

of movie soundtracks. A three-year

 

full range speaker system? We do know

 

led to a small run of parts and then a

development program was necessary to

 

that the RC-70 is definitely suited to

 

commercial endeavor, and some pretty

redesign every component in order to

 

larger rooms than the previous Refer-

 

over-the-top variations, not to mention

meet these standards. The new tweeter,

 

ence Connoisseur model, as it has more

 

the Redpoint brand. You can check out

midrange and woofers for the Reference

 

extended response and output.

 

 

 

 

the process here: http://www.teresaudio.

Connoisseur Series are ground-breaking

 

 

 

As you can tell, we are very disap-

 

com/project/index.html.

in their ability to perform to the high-

 

pointed by the tone of your review

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dominic

est musical standards, while providing

 

and by some of the comments, which

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MONTRÉAL, QC

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