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Written by John E. Johnson, Jr.
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Wednesday, 23 December 2009 00:00 |
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 Emotiva, which started out marketing amplifiers, expanded to include preamplifiers, SSPs, speakers, and now, to complete the line, a complete series of cables. These include coaxial analog RCA, coaxial digital RCA, digital Toslink, balanced XLR, HDMI, and speaker cables. They come in two models, one being the X-Series that we review here, and the Ultra-Series, which is the entry level. I found the cables to be extremely well constructed, with gold-plated contacts, and rugged enough to be man-handled through the typical maze of wires that we all have behind our equipment racks. The sound in my reference system using the Emotiva cables was excellent. The prices are very reasonable, and are a better value than what I see in blister packs at various mass market electronic stores.
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Written by Chris Eberle
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Monday, 31 August 2009 00:00 |
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 Bench Test results for the D2v SSP have been added (12/25/09). In Part 1 of Flagship Home Theater, I covered the video side with Anthem’s LTX-500 LCoS 1080p projector and the Black Diamond II screen from SI Screens. Now let’s look at the other half of the home theater equation: the sound. To round out my Flagship Home Theater experience, I tested the Anthem Statement D2v A/V Processor and A5 five-channel power amplifier.
Tags: Amplifiers | AV Processor | Multichannel | Processors |
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Written by Jason Victor Serinus
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Thursday, 10 December 2009 00:00 |
Esperanza, founded by the Hispanic Clergy of Philadelphia in 1987, works to “bring a sustained response of hope to the barrio.” To raise funds for their work, they’ve put together this Christmas compilation with performances by Marcos Witt, Alejandro Sanz, Miguel Angel Guerra, Jose Carreras, Santana, and others. Michelle Bonilla sings quite the “O Holy Night.” The sound quality of the transfers leaves something to be desired, but the joy this will bring to its target audience is great.
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Written by John E. Johnson, Jr.
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Thursday, 03 December 2009 00:00 |
For those of us who use A/V equipment with HDMI jacks, we all have experienced issues with the cable being forced to bend at stressful angles to go to the next piece of equipment in the signal path. NextGen has solved this difficulty with the Twister, which is an HDMI jack and plug, connected together using a 3600 ball joint.
Tags: Accessories | HDMI |
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Written by John E. Johnson, Jr.
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Monday, 16 November 2009 00:00 |
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 Up until the past year, the sensors in HD video cameras were just barely enough in pixel count (2,073,600) to get 1920 x 1080 video. That has changed now, and camera manufacturers are putting sensors in their HD video cameras that have a much higher pixel count. The main reason is so that consumers can take high resolution snapshots with their video cameras, similar to the high resolution photos they can get from dedicated digital snapshot cameras. The serendipity is that the high resolution image can be downsampled to 1920 x 1080 rather than there being only just over 2 megapixels to start with, and this gives a sharper video image. The JVC GZ-HM400U is just such a camera, with its 10.3 megapixel sensor. Have a look at our review to see how it performed.
Tags: 1080i | Digital Cameras | Video Cameras |
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Written by John E. Johnson, Jr.
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Monday, 07 December 2009 00:00 |
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 Sign up as a member in the Secrets CAVE and you will have a chance to win our reference Lexicon MC-12B SSP (we are changing it out for a different product because we need HDMI audio inputs). This SSP is a superb product that can be used as a two-channel preamp if you wish, and it includes the four-microphone kit for room correction. It also has a full set of pre-ins for all channels, so you could connect your Blu-ray player's analog pre-outs to the Lexicon and listen to your movies in Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD Master Audio. The retail price on this SSP was $10,000 (not including the microphone kit and room correction upgrade), so don't miss your opportunity to have one.
Take a look at the bench test graphs to see just how good this SSP is.
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Written by Jason Serinus
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Tuesday, 15 December 2009 00:00 |
It’s that time again, boys and girls. Santa, egg nog, menorahs, craziness, last-minute shopping, and empty bank accounts to ring in the New Year. You’re going to need some good music to get through it all, and even more to entertain family and friends. Whatever your family situation, if you’re looking for music appropriate to the holidays, you need look no further. There are some really goodies in the list of mostly new releases that follows. Enjoy!
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Written by Chris Groppi
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Thursday, 26 November 2009 00:00 |
2009 is a good time to be a headphone fan. The supply of high-end headphones is exploding. At the head of the pack is the new Sennheiser HD-800. This is a cost-no-object assault on the state of the art in headphone listening. They are more than twice as expensive as Sennheiser’s previous top of the line, the HD-650.
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Written by Rich Schmidt
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Thursday, 15 October 2009 00:00 |
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 The first thing you’ll notice about the Emotiva ERC-1 CD player is that it looks great. The faceplate of the player and the remote are brushed aluminum painted black accented with unfinished brushed aluminum at the edges. Nice. When it’s turned on the buttons on the face of the player light up with blue halos. This player would look right at home next to Macintosh gear.
Tags: CD Players | DVD |
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