Martin-Logan’s New Powered Home Theater Subwoofers Go To Eleven Hah! I thought this was a good one. Apparently Martin-Logan’s new powered sub’s dial goes to eleven instead of ten. Tee hee. Their subs are well-respected. Will this give them an extra 10% of respect? [BigPictureBigSound]
- Mon09Oct06Krell Industries Ships Two New Power Amplifiers Two new amplifiers from the powerhouse that is Krell! [eCoustics]
- Mon09Oct06PSB Alpha Loudspeaker System Review Audioholics takes a look at the Canadian loudspeaker manurfacturer’s latest Alpha loudspeaker system. The 5.1 speaker system ultimately gets rated at 4/5 for value (it costs $2205) and 3.75/5 for performance.
- Sat30Sep06URC MX-900, TX-1000, & MX-3000 Universal Remotes Need a remote? Sound And Vision Magazine takes a look at these three.
- Mon11Sep06Lexicon Debuts MC-12 HD Media Controller Sorry this news is a bit old, but I couldn’t not post this. Lexicon has a new version of their MC-12 controller which includes HDMI switching. Unfortunately, it doesn’t have the cool upconversion and scaling that the Anthem AVM50 and Statement D2 processors have.
- Sat26Aug06Harman Kardon TC 30 Review c|net reviews this Harman/Kardon remote, and has some good things to say. Maybe you’d like to take a look yourself.
- Sat26Aug06Velodyne Releases SubContractor Subwoofer Series Just in case you didn’t know, Velodyne is a big name in the subwoofer business. They make a lot of very good subwoofers, and they make a great subwoofer optimization system. Now they’re coming out with a new subwoofer series.
- Sat26Aug06JBL Cinema Sound Speaker System Sound And Vision Magazine takes a look at the budget home theater system, and they like what they hear (with a minor complaint). Home Theater Mag, also did a review of the same system, and didn’t complain a bit. Which is weird. If there are no problems with this budget system, then why spend more on anything else?
- Thu17Aug06Buyer’s Guide: AV Receivers Ultimate AV has a great buyers guide for home theater receivers.
- Thu17Aug06Meridian DSP3100 Speaker System and G91A Controller Home Theater Magazine takes a look at this digital speaker system and its controller. This system is unique in that the speakers are powered, and digital. The controller is also a DVD player. So to get a fully functional system, you only need the speakers and DVD player / controller.
- Sat12Aug06Theta Citadel Monoblock Amplifiers: Short Take Ultimate AV takes a quick look at this $15,800 per pair amplifier set. They are rated at 400W per channel into 8 ohms, and 650W into 4, packing quite a wallop.
- Sat12Aug06The All Channels Driven (ACD) Amplifier Test Many people like to tell how good an amplifier is by its All Channels Driven amplifier test. That is, what is its output when driving all channels, as opposed to just one. While this is a definite improvement over testing an amplifier with just one channel driver, there’s more to it than that. Check out this article at Audioholics for more.
- Sat12Aug06Focal Profile 918 Speaker System Ultimate AV has a review of the very expensive Focal Profile 918 Speaker System.
- Tue08Aug06Marantz DV9600 DVD Player I just mentioned Pioneer’s $1000, but what about this $2100 number from Marantz? It plays just about anything that’s not BD or HD DVD, but still - $2100? With BD and HD DVD here today? [Ultimate AV]
- Tue08Aug06Pioneer Elite DV-79AVi DVD Player Pioneer makes some great DVD players, but would you plunk down $1000 for a DVD player when BD and HD DVD are here today?
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