ERA Design 5 LCR Speakers, Satellite Speakers, and Sub 8 Surround Sound System

The user contributed news has slowed down a bit, so I thought I would find some to throw out there. For a nice change of pace, I will throw out some HT news. First up is S&V’s review of an ERA speaker system.

Sound & Vision

As ERA notes in their literature, these speakers are not the most efficient and have low 4- 6 ohm impedance, so to get the big bass out of this small box, these speakers require a substantial amount of high power to sound their best. To accommodate this, I used a variety of amplifiers for testing, including an Adcom GFA 555 Mark 2 (200 Watts per channel), a Bryston 3B (100 Watts per channel), and the internal Yamaha amps of the Yamaha DSP-A1 (110 Watts per channel). For critical listening and measurements, I used the separate components.