Long before I covered technology for a living, I outfitted my home with as many Klipsch speakers as I could reasonably afford, and despite being sold to Audiovox last year, I've been duly pleased to see that the company hasn't slid downhill.

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Even if the market was going there, we weren't going to chase everybody downhill.

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While downhill skiing isn't without exercise value, it often leaves endurance athletes wanting.

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If they have an eight-foot downhill putt, the captain can't help you there.

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And it's not that it wasn't a lovely week -- it started fine with nice weather and all of that, it just went downhill quickly from about Wednesday.

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