APERION AUDIO had a dilemma. Its flagship speaker line, the Aperion Verus III, costs considerably more than its entry-level Intimus range, with the $2,500 flagship Verus III Grand tower selling for nearly three times the price of the $800/ pair Intimus 5t tower. Both are bargains in high-end audio’s accelerating race to the top, but buyers who might spend more than $800 aren’t always keen about making a $2,500 commitment, not to mention the added outlay needed for a full home theater speaker setup. Enter the company’s new Novus range, which at $1,400/pair for the Novus towers neatly splits the difference between the two existing ranges.
The single Novus tower is relatively short for a floorstander and is available in two satin finishes: Pure White or Stealth Black. It comes with small outrigger feet already attached—no assembly required. Floor spikes are included. At a light 27 pounds, the tower is easy to carry around, but sturdier than this weight might suggest.
The tower’s front baffle has a subtle backward slope. Two 5.25-inch aramid-fiber cone woofers and a single 1-inch silk-dome tweeter, plus a long, vertical slotted bass port, occupy most of baffle’s real estate. The woofers and tweeter are arrayed in a vertical woofer-tweeter-woofer layout, often called (though not always correctly) a D’Appolito configuration. The tweeter has a non-removable perforated grille to protect it from small, curious fingers. A removeable, magnetically attached grille is also included to conceal all three drivers if desired.
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Brothers in Atmos
How producer/keyboardist Guy Fletcher convinced Mark Knopfler to mix classic Dire Straits material and his new solo album One Deep River in Atmos.
Making a Big Purchase
I can remember sitting in the hospital room writing that month's edition of this column (called \"The Custom Installer\" at the time) after my daughter, Lauryn, was born in November 2006. Fast-forward 17 years, and now Lauryn is 17 years old, taking college classes, and driving.
Sony Pulse Elite Headphones
As much as I love playing video games on my main audio system, I recognize that, unlike music, a video game soundtrack filled with effects and voice chat is not one that a non-gamer will enjoy. So when I dive into a Grand Theft Auto Online session, unless I'm alone, I rely on headphones when using my PlayStation 5. And with its acquisition of Audeze, Sony's PlayStation-branded Pulse Elite headphones promise to do more than just look the part of a gaming headset; they offer planar-magnetic driver technology that for a high-fidelity listening experience.
RUNNIN' INTO THE
What Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers achieved over their rightfully acclaimed multi-decade career stands as a benchmark for how to match universally appealing songwriting with uncompromising sound quality.
Pixel Perfection
SAMSUNG'S 77-INCH QN77S95D TV is the third version of its OLED TVs, which combine quantum dots and blue OLED light. This technology is called \"Quantum-OLED\" by Samsung Electronics and \"QD-OLED\" by Samsung Display, the company that makes the screens. It uses quantum dots to change blue OLED light to red and green light for its RGB pixels.
Multichannel Mastery
REMEMBER WHEN cars ran on gasoline, cell phones flipped, and you needed a forklift to get a flagshipmodel AV receiver onto your equipment rack?
I Dream of XGIMI
A SELF-DESCRIBED purveyor of “smart projectors and laser TVs,” mentioned in answer to a man-on-thestreet projector query. Though Internet have done much to espouse Xgimi’s evolutionary stable of products, I am willing to wager that the name still escapes a majority of S&V readers.
Dedicated to Discs
THOUGH THE famous Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) quote, \"The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated,\" has been twisted over time from the original quote, \"The report of my death was an exaggeration,\" both very much apply to the state of physical media today.
Sharper Image
THE QN75QN900D Neo QLED TV is the 75-inch model in Samsung's 2024 flagship 8K mini-LED LCD TV series, and it delivers a brilliantly bright, colorful, and detailed picture from most content.
Value-Priced Multi-Room Audio
MANY OF us use inexpensive smart speakers throughout our homes to play music and control everything from lights to microwaves and washing machines. Devices like the Amazon Echo are great at controlling smart devices along with other more capable smart speakers and amps, but they don't typically deliver a great listening experience on their own.
