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THX Media Director
THX Ltd. today introduced THX Media Director, formerly codenamed “Blackbird,” to simplify home theater set-up and operation. THX Media Director will enable movies, music and other digital media to…
Twenty Questions Toward a Correct Home Theater Room
Let’s get right to it. You love audio, are passionate about your system and are always searching for a better experience, a more accurate response. You’ve heard the term “room correction”. You’ve…
Subjective Loudspeaker Reviews - All About Price?
When taking on the task of reviewing products for consumers there are different ways to get across the conclusions and experiences of the reviewer. Objective testing and subjective viewpoints are…
Ask Dr. A! Does Speaker Cable Gauge Matter?
This article talks about speaker cable resistance and how gauge affects that. Choose the right cables, lower gauge is less resistance.
CD Compression Depression Music Industry Idiocracy
Imagine, if you can, going to Paris to see the Mona Lisa. You wait in line for hours only to come to what appears to be a postcard of the Mona Lisa placed where the original had been. You ask the…
Subwoofer Measurement Tactics: A Brief, Topical Overview & Method Comparison
You often see us measuring subwoofers using various methods such as: groundplane, in-room nearfield, outdoor on a pole, anechoic, quasi anechoic, etc in our product reviews and technical articles. …
Epson's D7 Panels with C2 Fine Technology
Epson has developed a new type of high-temperature polysilicon TFT liquid crystal (HTPS) panel that will further enhance the performance of 3LCD-type front projectors. The new 0.7-inch (1.9 cm…
Video: Dolby Interview at CEDIA 2007
Craig Eggers is interviewed by our own Gene DellaSala to discuss the next generation AV receivers and HD/Blu-ray DVD players which enable the user to have an experience in the home that is equivalent…
DLP DarkChip4 Technology - First Impression
We investigated the newest DLP technology from Texas Instruments which included their latest DarkChip4 chips. On location at CEDIA during our visit was a DLP projector from SIM2. This was a 3 chip,…
Speaker Spikes and Cones – What’s the point?
In recent years it has become common for items of audio equipment to be mounted using “spikes” or “cones”. These come in all sorts of shapes, sizes, and materials, at all kinds of prices. The Hi-Fi…
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