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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

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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

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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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subscribers are prob-

apples and oranges

of the

educated than most,

be good or excellent

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. probably be getting a

very differently,

electronic

version

magazine

just like the full

(paid)

to the

into consideration

be whisked right

magazine though.

This free issue

works

and you'll

the table

of contents,

on page

79. And if you

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on a heading

of advertisers

find

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with the names

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to

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connected

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article

itself

ads in this

issue, if you're

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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

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