“A 10″ two-way?!?!” I couldn’t help gasping in surprise when I unboxed the MoFi Electronics SourcePoint 10 standmounted loudspeakers, which cost $3699/pair. Some background is in order. Using a large-diameter woofer endows a conventional two-way speaker with potentially high sensitivity and extended low frequencies. However, the large woofer’s radiation pattern narrows at the top of … Continue reading "MoFi Electronics SourcePoint 10 loudspeaker"

WWE NXT North American Champion Wes Lee will open this week’s NXT episode with another Open Challenge.   Lee announced last week that he would be issuing another Open Challenge on this week’s show, but now WWE has revealed that this title defense will kick off the broadcast. This comes two weeks after Lee retained … Continue reading "Title Match Opener Set for This Week’s WWE NXT, Updated Card"

WWE reportedly reached out to lucha star Komander before his AEW Dynamite debut last week.   As noted, Komander debuted on the Revolution go-home edition of AEW Dynamite, as an entrant in the Face of The Revolution Ladder Match. It was noted then that Komander was very much on WWE’s radar, and that he had … Continue reading "WWE Contacted Komander Before AEW Dynamite Debut, Komander Comments on Interest and His Future"

John Atkinson wrote about the Benchmark DAC3 B D/A processor in March 2023 (Vol.46 No.3): After I read John Marks’s review of Benchmark Media Systems’ DAC1 D/A processor/headphone amplifier in the July 2003 issue of Stereophile, I bought a rack-mounted version to use for my on-location recording projects. I subsequently wrote, in a follow-up review, … Continue reading "Benchmark DAC3 HGC D/A preamplifier-headphone amplifier Benchmark DAC3 B"

Although TAD is a Japanese brand, there’s something dry, almost German about the name, which stands for Technical Audio Devices. It’s comparable, in my book, to T+A, one of Germany’s leading high-end companies, whose initials mean Theorie + Anwendung—that’s Theory + Application. I like this just-the-facts approach, as long as the products leave room for … Continue reading "PAD Hifi, TAD speakers and electronics, Synergistic, Jocavi"

It was recently announced that the House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King, Buddy Matthews) will be defending the AEW Trios Championship against the Jericho Appreciation Society (Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, Daniel Garcia) and The Elite (Kenny Omega & Young Bucks) on next week’s edition of AEW Dynamite, which will be the promotion’s debut show … Continue reading "Chris Jericho Calls Next Week’s AEW Dynamite Match The Biggest In The History Of Winnipeg"

Washington — U.S. officials returned two Pakistani brothers to their home country Thursday after holding them without charges at the Guantanamo Bay military prison for almost two decades. Abdul and Mohammed Rabbani were the latest detainees to be released from U.S. custody as the U.S. moves toward emptying and shutting down the prison. The George … Continue reading "U.S. frees 2 Pakistani brothers held without charges at Guantanamo Bay for nearly 20 years"

You won’t see many Apple products in these pages, and for good reason. As Stereophile Editor Jim Austin wrote to me recently in an email, “Apple may have the best acoustic-design facilities in the world, but its products are designed by engineers who don’t seem to respect perfectionist sound—which is appropriate for a company that … Continue reading "Apple AirPods Pro 2 noise-canceling, wireless, in-ear headphones"

Former NXT UK star Jazzy Gabert recently joined Steve Fall from WrestlingNews.Co for a discussion about her performance in the 2017 Mae Young Classic, and how she worked that tournament with an injury. Check out her full thoughts on the subject in the highlights below.   Recalls working the 2017 Mae Young Classic tournament with … Continue reading "Jazzy Gabert Looks Back On Her Performance In The 2017 Mae Young Classic Tournament"

Rome — Police in Italy said one person was arrested on human trafficking charges and two others were suspected of cooperating with smugglers after a boat carrying as many as 200 migrants smashed apart against reefs off Italy’s Calabrian coast over the weekend. Some 80 people were found alive, but at least 62 others were … Continue reading "Death toll rises after migrant boat smashed to pieces off Italy’s coast, stoking debate over EU migrant crisis"