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The flying egg and I. (Surveying the Soundscape).(Evaluation)
The Flying Egg and I: The first time I heard (and saw) the curiously appealing U-Vola loudspeakers, I looked forward to settling a pair into my personal listening space and giving them a good going over. Little did I know that when they moved into the house, they'd turn that idea around.
The U-Vola name comes from the Italian phrase "l'uovo che vola," which translates loosely as "the flying egg." There may be some underlying idiomatic sense to that phrase. I never inquired about that. The literal meaning works nicely since the ellipsoid U-Vola enclosure resembles nothing more than a gargantuan elongated egg. And when it's hanging from the ceiling on a nearly ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, The flying egg and I. (Surveying the Soundscape).(Evaluation)