I have a 1990 CSW catalog, and the first surround speakers were called Model 10. Actually, I think that the circa 1993 revision might have been called New Ensemble, and this creates confusion between the two versions' names. The toggle switches were dropped on the satellites. The binding posts were moved to the back of the bass unit, from the side.
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The bass units retained the heat sink on the driver and became cosmetically better finished. In 1998, production started in China, and the satellite cabinets were changed to molded plastic, very heavy, and with no detriment to the sound. This version had the highest price, which I think might have been $649.00. This was the modification to the 8 inch driver which was done in order to use it in the Powered Subwoofer II, and it was also used in the Ensemble. A revision in about 1993 added the Kloss toggle switch level controls for midrange and highs, and the woofer started to have the heat sink for power handling in excess of 150 watts around this time. After a few years, the formica was dropped as an option. Original prices were $599.00 with formica clad bass units and $499.00 for vinyl clad bass units. The Ensemble is still in my main system today. She immediately started listening to music again after spending all her previous months' effort in trying to get the expensive speakers to sound acceptable. One reviewer said it performed better than any speaker at twice the price ($1200.00), and the other reviewer said that it blew away her previously reviewed system, which cost about $2400.00. I purchased the first speaker system, the 4 piece Ensemble, after reading its review in The Absolute Sound.
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