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Klipsch Reference Premiere RP-600M loudspeaker The RP-600M II August 2023

Herb Reichert reviewed the Klipsch Reference Premiere RP-600M II in August 2023 (Vol.46 No.8): The grandest perk of being a reviewer is when sniffing through the grass leads me to a high-performance product capable of wide-ranging appeal at a price point that shouldn’t scare anyone. In my sniffing, I have encountered a few products of […]

Russia’s economy is officially in recession

Nine months after Russia invaded Ukraine, its economy has entered a recession, according to government statistics released this week. The nation’s output has shrunk for two consecutive quarters, according to Rosstat, the government statistical agency. In the July-September period, Russian economic output fell 4% from the corresponding period the year before, Rosstat announced. Wholesale, retail, […]

Klaus Bunge’s Wondrous Odyssey-verse

Entering Klaus Bunge’s intentionally low-lit Odyssey room was like entering another dimension. Showgoers may have had no idea what the purpose of the room was—even I couldn’t discern it from the display—but they could not possibly have been less than fascinated. If you spent a while in the room, peered beyond its candlelit fantasy, and […]

Noise Ordinance Approved By Greenwich Board Of Selectmen

GREENWICH, CT — In an effort to bring back local control over noise, the Greenwich Board of Selectmen on Thursday swiftly and unanimously voted to approve a town noise ordinance. The Representative Town Meeting, which is scheduled to meet for the first time this year on Jan. 16, will now have the final say on […]

Jean-Claude Van Damme : le jour où il a refusé 36 millions de dollars !

Retour sur cette période où Jean-Claude Van Damme a dit "non" à la somme de 36 millions de dollars car il estimait qu'il valait plutôt 60 millions ! Retour sur ce moment décisif de la carrière de Jean-Claude Van Damme où, aveuglé par sa célébrité colossale, il refuse une offre mirobolante : la somme de […]

Iran says uranium enrichment ramped up to near weapons-grade at a second facility

Tehran — Iran has begun producing uranium enriched to 60 percent at its Fordo plant, official media reported Tuesday about the underground facility that reopened three years ago amid the breakdown of its nuclear deal with major powers. The move was part of Iran’s response to the United Nations nuclear watchdog’s adoption last week of […]