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Ultimate Ears Reference Monitor IEM
Audio Junkies &bull Yesterday
The latest custom fit IEM from Ultimate Ears (now part of Logitech) is the new In-Ear Reference Monitor. Designed for studio engineers, recording artists and other sound professionals, the Reference Monitor has a flat response curve from 5Hz to 18kHz… Full Story »
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How to Compare Audio Speakers
Home Audio How-To's on eHow &bull Aug 29, 2010
Making a comparison between two or more speakers can be difficult because the quality of audio has a subjective element to it. Some aspects of speaker quality can be measured, such as wattage and sensitivity, but ultimately any comparison is… Full Story »
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Tube Amps, Best Connections, Ripping Music
Mark Fleischmann Blog on Home Theater Magazine &bull Aug 25, 2010More Power!How is it that tube amps only produce, say, 25 watts of power, and yet they provide enough output to drive speakers rated for hundreds of watts? It all depends on the speaker's sensitivity, which defines the sound pressure level it can produce when fed an audio signal with 1 watt of power as measured on axis… Full Story »
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How Big Should My Speakers Be?
Home Audio How-To's on eHow &bull Aug 22, 2010
Speakers can be custom designed. How big your speakers should be depends on the amount of sound you want. The smaller the speaker the less sound it will make. Speaker "sensitivity," according to News.CNET.com, "can be helpful in predicting how… Full Story »
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Runco Q-750i LED DLP Projector
Home Theater Magazine &bull Aug 15, 2010
Digital projection is finally digital. Yes, we've been looking at projected images made of discrete pixels created by digital imaging chips for the last decade or so. But in one essential aspect, digital projection has remained in the analog domain. The lamps that drive light through these projectors and onto our screens have been 100-percent analog. Even when they're new, the performance of these lamps can adversely affect color fidelity, gamma, and gray-scale tracking. They also determine the overall light output the projector is capable of.… Full Story »
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NAD Introduces the C 426 FM/AM Tuner
Audio Video Revolution News and Reviews &bull Aug 10, 2010
NAD's C 426 is a newly redesigned tuner designed to pick audio right out of the air at the highest possible quality. It sports a MOS-FET RF front end design, and a PCB layout which NAD says helps them to… Full Story »
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Recording of August 2010: Jasmine
Stereophile &bull Aug 9, 2010
Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden: Jasmine Keith Jarrett, piano; Charlie Haden, double bass ECM 2165 (CD). Manfred Eicher, exec. DDD. While critics routinely lavish endless praise on the writers of standards, it's the rare instrumentalist who can, with only his hands, his audible humming, and his fertile mind, transform an iconic song like "Body and Soul" into a work of art that can almost be labeled an "original." The great Keith Jarrett's ballad playing, perhaps the most overlooked… Full Story »
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Triad MicroSat 3.0 Onwall LCR Speaker
Audio Junkies &bull Jul 16, 2010
There are plenty of options out there for a single LCR speaker to mount under your flat screen TV. Where Triad's new MicroSat 3.0 differs from the competition is customization. Triad will custom paint the MicroSat's cabinet to any sample… Full Story »
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Pioneer Unveils 2 Headphone Lines
Home Audio News on TWICE &bull Jul 15, 2010
Long Beach, Calif. - Pioneer Electronics introduced two lines of headphones on Thursday. Both lines -- known as DJ Inspired and Core Audio -- feature headphones that are less than the $99.99 price point. The Steel Wheels headphones (model SE-MJ71)… Full Story »
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The Secret of the Grain (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]
Home Theater Forum &bull Jun 30, 2010
Winner of four Cesar awards, including best picture and director, Abdellatif Kechiche's The Secret of the Grain is a stirring drama about the daily joys and struggles of a bustling French-Arab family. It has the texture of a documentary but… Full Story »
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Secret of the Grain (Criterion Collection)
Home Theater Forum &bull Jun 30, 2010
Winner of four Cesar awards, including best picture and director, Abdellatif Kechiche's The Secret of the Grain is a stirring drama about the daily joys and struggles of a bustling French-Arab family. It has the texture of a documentary but… Full Story »
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HDMI issue... need your help troubleshooting
Home Theater Forum &bull Jun 27, 2010
HDMI issue... The Crazies is a remake of a 1973 George A. Romero film, and it was surprisingly well received by both critics and audiences. The irresistible force meets the immovable object in John McTiernan's taut Predator. The kind of riotous action movie that helped propel star Arnold… Full Story »
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Davone Ray Speakers
Audio Junkies &bull Jun 19, 2010
The new Ray speakers from a Danish company called Davone are about as far as you can get from the traditional rectangular two-way monitor. The shape and the walnut veneer seem like the perfect match for the famous Eames lounge… Full Story »
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Understanding Audio Speakers
Home Audio How-To's on eHow &bull Jun 16, 2010
The best way to shop for speakers is by listening to them. However, it is useful to know the speaker specifications and what they mean. This is especially true if you are shopping for speakers online or through a catalog. Some basic concepts you will need to understand are speaker… Full Story »
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Condensor Vs. Dynamic Microphone
Home Audio How-To's on eHow &bull Jun 9, 2010
Microphones have been in use for over a century and are a vital part of nearly every production, from films to music to even stage production. These devices capture sound and transform it into an electronic signal, which is then… Full Story »
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How to Fix a CD With Hardwood Polish Cleaner
Home Audio How-To's on eHow &bull Jun 8, 2010
Music CDs can handle a lot of abuse, but eventually they tend to become scratched. Once scratched, the CD may skip or it may no longer play at all, depending on the sensitivity of your CD player and the severity… Full Story »
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BlueAnt Intros Hands-Free Speakerphone
Home Audio News on TWICE &bull May 17, 2010
Santa Clara, Calif. - BlueAnt today introduced its latest Bluetooth accessory: a hands-free voice-controlled Bluetooth speakerphone. The S4, which employs text-to-speech technology, is designed to let users communicate without needing to touch the phone or car speakerphone. When users say… Full Story »
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Grado SR60i headphones
Stereophile &bull May 3, 2010
Here's a question for a Stereophile.com poll: What's the best hi-fi value of the last 15 years? I'd bet that, 16 years after its introduction, Grado Laboratories' SR60 headphones would get more than a few votes. When introduced, in 1993 or '94, the Grado SR60 was cheap by hi-fi standardsjust $69. The early '90s were… Full Story »
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The Crew [Blu-ray]
Home Theater Forum &bull Apr 26, 2010
The clash of family and friendship vs. criminal enterprise is a venerable element of gangster fiction from the Godfather saga and Once Upon a Time in America through The Sopranos and Brotherhood. What distinguishes The Crew is its very specific sense of time and… Full Story »
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JL Audio Fathom f212 powered subwoofer
Stereophile &bull Apr 20, 2010
It's been over two years since I reviewed a pair of JL Audio's Fathom f113 subwoofers. Kalman Rubinson and I both gave the f113 top marks for delivering clean, powerful bass in a wide variety of full-range systems. At the end of the review period, JL Audio's Carl Kennedy told me that they wouldn't send me another subwoofer for review until they had developed one that outperformed the Fathom f113 (footnote 1). To this day, the… Full Story »
