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"Whole time they missed a whole bomb in my bag," said Dorion Young Davis, 26, as TSA agents patted her down at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Tuesday.
Apparently, Davis was "joking," she didn't really have a bomb, but TSA weren't laughing. โ Read the rest
When we see the three letters K-E-F subtly emblazoned across any speaker, expectations are for a realistic listening experienced from speakers realized with industrial design conceived to tastefully coexist in a living space. In short, KEF has always made speakers that look nearly as good as they sound. But speakers like the brandโs $22,000 Reference 5 Meta loudspeakers orbit a stratosphere only few could imagine even consider. The British audio gear brandโs new R Series Meta collection arrives as a welcome attempt to bring some of their flagship performance down to earth with seven models to mix-and-match.
Given enough time any cutting-edge technology eventually parachutes down into the realm of affordability. Of course, โaffordableโ within the audiophile category is subjective, but KEFโs new seven model loudspeaker line justifies the price tags with flagship details borrowed from the aforementioned top-of-the-line The Reference. To put this into perspective, a pair of these new R3 Meta bookshelf speakers arrive at one-tenth the price of its flagship predecessor, with even the largest R11 Meta option priced at a subjectively reasonable $3,250 (each).
Detail of KEFโs new Metamaterial Absorption Technology (MAT), a circular plate with a maze-like structure of intricate channels engineered to absorb specific frequencies. The channels act as an acoustic black hole, absorbing 99% of the unwanted sound from the rear of the tweeter.
The R Series is engineered to please ears equally whether while listening to music in a stereo configuration or as a multi-speaker Dolby Atmos capable surround sound home theater solution.
This updated R Series now shares the same proprietary maze-like driver design as the feature towering, The Reference. Metamaterial Absorption Technology, or MAT for short, is reputed to absorb 99% of unwanted frequencies. KEF uses the analogy of an acoustic black hole โ a labyrinth where undesirable distortions never escape.
The R Series also includes a slightly modified 12th-generation Uni-Q driver, the same component found in the brandโs LS50 Meta bookshelf speakers, a model we always considered a gateway into audiophile acoustics.
Shown here with the ceiling aimed Dolby Atmos-compatible R8 Meta surround modules seated atop, the R Series is adaptable for a variety of applications and room dimensions.
KEF continues to give their latest line a characteristically handsome finish aligned with the previous R Series, with the latest KEF R Series Meta collection available in White Gloss, Black Gloss, or a handsome Walnut finish. The R3 Meta is also offered in a conspicuous Indigo Gloss. Bump up to the R7 and thereโs a subtly automotive metallic Titanium Gloss finish. Head here to see the complete collection with pricing.
Award-winning playwriter, performance artist, director, and producer Virginia Grise has teamed up with producer and conceptual embroidery artist Maricella Infante to create "A Todo Dar Productions." A todo dar means to give everything, all in.
Creating at the generative, risky, and thrilling intersections of art and politics, emphasizing issues of identity, power, and community struggles, A Todo Dar "stages public interventions and builds convivial spaces for and with community to study, think, imagine, create and dream together beyond black boxes, border walls, prisons, and cages." โ Read the rest
Over at The Nib, Sam Wallman has created an illustrated history of the Pinkerton Agency โ the original "private eyes," a nearly 200-year-old American corporation that essentially pioneered the privatization of domestic military intelligent services, most often weaponized against the working class. โ Read the rest
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