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1. CES 2012 Show Reports
(Matching tags: CES 2012,Audiophile,CES Show Reports,Home Theater)
CES 2012 is a wrap!  Another very successful year for the International CES.  The SECRETS CES Team included Robert Kozel, Piero Gabucci, Chris Heinonen and Stephen Hornbrook....along with the ...
While I was at CES 2011 last January, I had the opportunity to listen to a speaker demonstration from a company called GoldenEar Technology. The man doing the demonstration was none other than Sandy ...
In the last section of this series I am going to talk little about where I am looking to go with this theater. I think we all have a wish list of things that we’d like to address in our systems...new equipment ...
4. Crystal Acoustics TX-B1 Bookshelf Speakers
(Matching tags: Bookshelf Speakers,Home Theater Speakers,Speakers)
Crystal Acoustics is an on-line company that manufactures speakers, media players, and other accessories. Their top-of-the-line speaker is priced at $33,000/pair, which is very unusual in the on-line speaker ...
Last year I reviewed the LG LHB535, a full-featured Home Theater-in-a-Box Blu-ray system. I felt it performed pretty well and offered a lot of features for the price. Wait until you see what the LG LHB336 ...
6. Klipsch Reference II 5.1 Home Theater Speaker System
(Matching tags: Speakers,5.1,Home Theater Speakers)
At last year’s CEDIA Expo in Atlanta, Klipsch set up their demo in a room that was more than just a little bit off the beaten path. Undaunted, I was able to find my way there and boy was I glad that ...
7. GoldenEar SuperCinema 50 Home Theater Speaker System
(Matching tags: Speakers,Home Theater Reviews,Home Theater Speakers)
... had an illustrious career with Polk Audio and Definitive Technology and has more recently helped start up a new company called GoldenEar Technology. Here, we review their new SuperCinema 50 Home Theater ...
Usher Audio is a brand long known around the audiophile community for making speakers of stunningly good build quality and excellent sound for the price. Often mentioned in conversations with speakers ...
9. A Home Theater Build Project - Part III
(Matching tags: Home Theater Components,Home Theater Systems)
In this section I’ll begin to talk about the ways in which I upgraded my room outside of actual equipment changes. Some of these changes were implemented to improve performance, while others were to ...
10. A Home Theater Build Project - Part II
(Matching tags: Home Theater,Home Theater Components)
In this installment I am discussing my upgrade paths and the decisions that went into each change: Video, Audio and Other cconsiderations, including power conditioners. I've presented the changes that ...
When shopping for loudspeakers today, we assign many different criteria to our decision. Do we choose on price, sound quality, aesthetics, science or some other aspect? Of course a discriminating listener ...
12. Affordable Systems Reviews: Harman Kardon and Definitive Technology
(Matching tags: Speakers,Receivers,Home Theater Components,Home Theater Systems,Blu ray Player)
This is a complete 5.1surround sound system. The front end is the new Harman/Kardon BDP1 Blu-Ray player. The Harman/Kardon receiver is also a new model, the AVR 3600. The speaker package is the Definitive ...
13. A Home Theater Build Project - Part I
(Matching tags: Home Theater,Custom Installation)
... home theater?  ...
14. Affordable Systems Reviews: Mordaunt-Short Aviano and Cambridge Audio Azur 650R
(Matching tags: Speakers,Receivers,Home Theater Components)
Looking at a system is intrinsically more involved than looking at a single component. Evaluation of a single component typically holds the balance of the system constant so the performance of the test ...
15. MK Sound LCR950 Monitor Speakers, SUR950T Surround Speakers, and MX250 Subwoofer
(Matching tags: Speakers,Home Theater,Home Theater Systems)
MK Sound, successors of the former Miller & Kreisel company, started with a “don’t mess with success” philosophy. At first, it sold legacy products like the renowned 150 THX speakers, and introduced ...
16. Home Theater Movie Renter's Guide - July, 2010
(Matching tags: Home Theater,Movie Reviews)
Shutter Island (Blu-ray), The Book of Eli (Blu-ray), The Unborn (Blu-ray), Ladybugs (Blu-ray), The Man With No Name Trilogy - A Fistful of Dollars (Blu-ray), Darkman (Blu-ray), 12 Monkeys (Blu-ray),  ...
I was smitten by the JBL LS 80 speakers when I first saw them at the 2009 CEDIA Expo in Atlanta. They were on static display in the JBL booth when I came across them. Even though I couldn’t hear them ...
18. Canton GLE 5.1 Speaker System
(Matching tags: Speakers,5.1,Home Theater Systems)
This 5.1 speaker system by Canton hails from Germany, a country famous for the design and manufacturing of all manner of precision products: cars, medical devices, tools, and so forth. So I was really ...
19. Onkyo HT-S7200 HTiB (Home Theater in a Box)
(Matching tags: Home Theater Systems,HTiB)
My first Home Theater in a Box (HTiB) was a Sony unit about 10 yrs ago that went into a 500 sq/ft college apartment and, I thought for the time, sounded pretty good (I bought it on clearance from for $200 ...
Talk about mixed feelings! I need to unload all of my biases first since they are sufficient to taint this review. First, I’m a longstanding fan of Paradigm speakers and over the years, I have either owned ...
21. Rotel RMB-1575 Five-Channel Class D Power Amplifier
(Matching tags: Home Theater,Class D,Rotel,multi-channel,Ice power)
Class D switching amplifiers are more and more common. Manufactures have made great strides in overcoming the high-frequency shortcomings found in the early models. Rotel in particular has been involved ...
22. Atlantic Technology 4400 Speaker System
(Matching tags: Speakers,Subwoofers,Home Theater Components)
Addendum to Atlantic Technology 4400 system review - 642eSB THX select subwoofer I was having trouble getting good performance from the 444SB so Atlantic Technology was kind enough to send me one ...
23. Paradigm Reference Studio Speaker System
(Matching tags: Speakers,Surround Sound,Home Theater)
The speaker business has got to be a challenging one.On the one hand, unlike most other CE devices, speakers don't have any inherent rapid obsolescence to them. In fact, good speakers by definition should ...
24. Revel Concerta 5.1 Speaker System
(Matching tags: Speakers,Home Theater)
Revel is the upscale speaker division of Harman International, which includes Infinity, Harmon Kardon, JBL and Lexicon. Revel has been making speakers since 1996 and makes the Ultima2 (~ $26K/pair) and ...
25. SVS STS-01 Floor-standing Speakers, PB10-NSD Subwoofer, and AS-EQ1 Subwoofer Equalizer
(Matching tags: Speakers,Subwoofers,Home Theater Components,Home Theater Systems,Room EQ)
With SVS' release of the STS speaker series, they have made a concise statement that they are definitely in the speaker trade as well as subwoofers. The STS follows on the MTS series, and according to ...
26. PSB Imagine B Bookshelf Speakers
(Matching tags: Speakers,Bookshelf,Home Theater Systems)
The Imagine speakers are PSB’s newest speaker line. There are four models in this line – The Imagine T towers, the Imagine B bookshelf speakers, the Imagine C center speaker and the Imagine S surround ...
27. Affordable Systems Reviews: "Imagine" (NAD Blu-ray Player and Receiver, PSB Speakers)
(Matching tags: 7 Channel,Home Theater Components,Receivers,Surrounds,Blu ray,Home Theater,Bookshelf,Surround Sound,Subwoofers,Speakers)
Welcome to the inaugural Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity system review! We are planning to publish a series of similar reviews to highlight system packages in the Low (up to $2,500 MSRP), ...
28. Yamaha RX-V665 7.1 A/V Receiver
(Matching tags: HDTV,THX,Receivers,Home Theater Components)
Part of what I enjoy most about this hobby is helping other people get into it. Given that, I’m a big fan of mid- to entry-level home theater equipment, since most people asking for advice about their ...
29. Energy CF-70 Floor-standing Speakers
(Matching tags: Speakers,Tower,Home Theater Components)
I first encountered the Energy line of speakers in the late 90’s when I helped a friend setup her new Take 5 system paired with a Denon receiver. My recollection of the event is of some skepticism as to ...
30. Cinepro and Custom Home Theater
(Matching tags: Home Theater,Home Theater Reviews)
Those of you that follow our show coverage, like CEDIA or CES will know the name Cinepro and its’ President and Vice President Michael J. Panicci and Gus Cossifos respectively. Cinepro’s dynamic demonstrations ...
31. Denon AVR-1909 7.1 A/V Receiver
(Matching tags: Surround Sound,Surround Sound Processors,7.1,Receivers,Home Theater Components,Processors,Audyssey Processing)
With over a five thousand dollar range from the entry level AVR-588 to the top of the line AVR-5308CI, Denon offers a receiver to fill just about every budget and need.  While not necessarily inexpensive ...
32. Aperion Audio Intimus 6T-DB Hybrid XD 5.1 Speaker System
(Matching tags: Speakers,Subwoofers,Surround Sound,5.1,Floorstanding,Tower,Home Theater Systems)
When I was just getting started in hi-fi back in college, going to look for a new piece of equipment was both exciting, and annoying. Venturing out with a collection of CD’s to evaluate speakers at different ...
33. Avia II Guide to Home Theater
(Matching tags: Custom Installation,Home Theater Systems)
Whenever I receive a new system to evaluate, Avia (on DVD) has traditionally been one of the first tools I utilize to properly configure the system. Secrets took a look at the latest version, Avia II. ...
34. Canton Chrono 5.1 Home Theater Speaker System
(Matching tags: Speakers,Home Theater,5.1,Home Theater Components,Audio Components,Home Theater Systems)
The Canton Chrono speaker system proves that you cannot judge a book solely by its cover (although I thought the front baffle lacquer finish was pretty slick looking anyway). It provides a realistic soundstage, ...
35. Earthquake MiniMe P10 Subwoofer
(Matching tags: Subwoofers,Home Theater Components,Audio Components,Home Theater Systems)
I keep thinking that subwoofer technology improvements have flattened out, but I keep getting proven wrong. The Earthquake MiniMe P10 is a good example of that. It is small, lightweight, easy to set up, ...
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