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The VP Series offers four performance levels in each range (2, 4, 6 and 8), with driver materials and power handling being the key differentiators. The grille conceals some serious speaker driver technology, and here Sonance gives dealers a good opportunity to sell clients up or down a line. The magnetic grille pops over the VP66R and presents itself as a smooth, design-friendly façade. They’re also a stark visual contrast from the AccentPLUS speakers, which have that older-generation wide bezel that surrounds the grille and gives it more of a commercial aesthetic, like that of a retail or restaurant setting. Obviously they’re not meant to be “invisible” as some architectural speakers are, including others from Sonance, but the micro-trim grille softens their appearance to keep them somewhat unobtrusive. Getting back to the name, the VP66Rs look really elegant on my ceiling.
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Sonance says the updated VP Series products are easier to install than the previous generation, and while I can’t speak to that, I can say that they screwed and snapped in effortlessly after I connected the speaker wires. With the VP66Rs being slightly larger, I managed to cut into my ceiling and match the 8¼-inch diameter of the cutout guide Sonance provides with the speaker. It was a relatively pain-free swap, as I put on my installer hat and removed the NuVo Technologies AccentPLUS speakers that were installed with a NuVo Renovia multiroom audio system several years ago. I got to spend time with what I expect is a pretty representative model of the wide-ranging line, swapping in a pair of VP66R (R for round grilles) in-ceiling speakers for my living room.
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With the Signature by Episode 7 Series in-wall and in-ceiling architectural speakers positioning and movement were always perfect – I could track the action with my eyes closed – and the integration of music and more subtle ambient sounds was just right.Įverything I watched and listened to had the same effect: I felt as if I was in the movie rather than just watching it – that special moment one gets with the best home theater systems where the sound and the picture come together into one immersive whole.Īnd the Episode 7 Series architectural speakers proved just as impressive with well-recorded surround sound music – the stunningly hard and beautiful Arriving Somewhere by Porcupine Tree with its best-ever concert sound, or the overwhelming spatial experience of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony on Pentatone, in a performance as moving as the recorded sound.Originally introduced in 2007, the revamped Visual Performance Series now comes in a variety of flavors: round, square, rectangle, 4- and 6-inch (2-way), 8-inch (3-way), single stereo, LCR, surround, ThinLine, Extreme, woofers and subwoofers. The lack of dialogue means that the ambient sounds and sound effects and the movement and exact placement of those sounds is even more important than in other films. Wall-E also presents special challenges to even great home theater systems.
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The trajectory of the beans was solid and fluid, and the high-frequency sounds, like the shattering glass, showed the Episode Signature tweeters to be realistic, smooth, and warm, with plenty of detail and no harshness whatsoever. The Echo Game scene from The House of Flying Daggers – one of the most difficult audio sequences for any surround sound system to reproduce – was presented with astonishing coherence. I was a little skeptical that ceiling-mounted speakers several feet above me could really offer surround sound where I was seated, but the imaging was actually about as seamless and complete as I have ever heard – and with stunning sound quality, dynamics and detail.Īnd the Episode in-wall subwoofers offered real and visceral impact on the low end.
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The system I listened to featured an in-wall subwoofer – the In-Wall Dual 8 inch – and Episode Signature in-wall and in-ceiling speakers – the SIG-78-IC and SIG-78-ICSURR (Surround).