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Bookshelf Speaker Reviews
Totem Acoustic Sky Loudspeaker Review
Al Griffin  |  Jan 15, 2019
Performance
Build Quality
Value
PRICE $1,850/pair

AT A GLANCE
Plus
Impressive dynamics
Extended bass for a compact speaker
Solid build quality
Minus
Finicky about setup and placement

THE VERDICT
The Totem Acoustic Sky delivers dynamic, exciting sound for a compact speaker, though it requires careful placement and equipment-matching for best results.

Compact “bookshelf” speakers have their advocates, but I'll admit up front that they've never been my bag. I guess you could say there's something about the stateliness of floorstanding towers that appeals to my personal taste. And then there's the problem of the shelf itself: every time I've tried to listen to compact speakers installed in a place where books would typically sit, I've been thoroughly unimpressed with the sound. Flat imaging, indistinct bass—to me, those are the hallmarks of shelved speakers. Not a problem for background music, but for critical listening, stands are a must.

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A/V Veteran
CES and All its Many New TVs...Without the Sore Feet
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jan 15, 2019
A reported 180,000 eager retailers, custom installers, press, and assorted hangers-on descended on Las Vegas last week for the annual, trade-only CES. Even though I wasn’t one of them, I will still offer up my 2 cents on the many TVs introduced at last week's show.
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Audio Video News
Verizon Testing Cloud Gaming Service
SV Staff  |  Jan 15, 2019
Verizon is quietly testing a Netflix-like game streaming service, according to report from The Verge.
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Audio Video News
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Slated for Digital Release Jan. 22
SV Staff  |  Jan 15, 2019
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment today announced that Bohemian Rhapsody, the smash-hit biographical movie about the British rock band Queen and its flamboyant singer Freddie Mercury, is coming to digital on January 22 and 4K Blu-ray on February 12.
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Audio Video NewsNew Products
Vana Brings ‘Affordable High Performance’ European Turntable to U.S.
SV Staff  |  Jan 15, 2019
Vana, the Lake Grove, NY-based importer of audio products, today announced the arrival of a new “affordable high-performance turntable” from European Audio Team (E.A.T) of Austria.
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Remotely Possible
CES 2019: When Low Tech Beats High Tech
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Jan 14, 2019
CES is known for being a high-tech love-fest, where approximately 180,000 strangers gather to gawk at geeky gadgets—some of which will never see the bright light of day shining outside the Las Vegas Convention Center. CES 2019 was no exception. There was more new, high-tech stuff than any single human being could see, even over the course of the six days this human being was in attendance.
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Audio Video News
CTA: TVs, Smart Speakers Will Help Propel Tech Sales to Record Levels in 2019
SV Staff  |  Jan 14, 2019
Domestic sales of consumer technology are fast approaching a milestone of almost $400 billion in annual revenues, according to the Consumer Technology Association’s (CTA) 2019 Consumer Tech Forecast released last week at CES 2019.
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Audio Video NewsNew Products
KLH Audio Announces its First Headphones and Earphones
SV Staff  |  Jan 14, 2019
KLH Audio, the legendary speaker brand re-launched last year by ex-Klipsch global sales president David P. Kelley, unveiled its first headphones and earphones at CES 2019 last week in Las Vegas.
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CES 2019
GoldenEar Technology Takes a Victory Lap at CES
Al Griffin  |  Jan 12, 2019
GoldenEar Technology opted out of an active demo at CES 2019. Instead, company founder Sandy Gross could be found chilling in his suite on the 29th floor of the Venetian alongside his most recent creation, the Triton One.R.
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CES 2019
Elac Introduces Jet Tweeter-Fueled Carina Series Speakers
Al Griffin  |  Jan 11, 2019
Elac’s new Carina series speakers are the first Andrew Jones-designed models from the company to incorporate an air-motion transformer (AMT) tweeter module—the same type seen in speakers from GoldenEar Technology, MartinLogan, and others.
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