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S&V Q&A — June 2006
Ian G. Masters  |  Jun 05, 2006  |  0 comments

A Classic Hummer

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R – E – S – P – E – S – P
Fred Manteghian  |  Jun 05, 2006  |  3 comments

Show conditions usually make getting sufficient bass out of a system a real challenge. In the case of the ESP Concert Grand speakers ($40,000/pr), driven by Wavestream Kinetics V-8 tube amplification (300 watt monoblocks, as shown, $35,000, 150 watt stereo model, $20,000), the opposite appeared to be true. Even with the speakers about eight feet out from the wall behind them and a bevy of sound absorbing panels (they looked like widescreen Magneplaner panels, an irony not lost on me) the ESP were definitely coming on strong in the bass though they were in no way muddled.

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I Found It !!!
Fred Manteghian  |  Jun 05, 2006  |  1 comments

He's not so scary in a pashmina, is he.

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"Yeah, they're loud, but . . . "
Fred Manteghian  |  Jun 05, 2006  |  0 comments

"It's A Model Name"

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Thiel This Speaker
Fred Manteghian  |  Jun 05, 2006  |  1 comments

The new Thiel 3.7 prototypes, while otherwise superb, sounded lean in the bass. Blame it on the room or the newness of the design. By the time they come out (I heard in the fall), I'm sure the bass issue will be corrected. From the midrange up, they were solid and coherent – a Thiel signature. Sure, the unusual drivers look like spinners you'd see driving around LA, but they sure sounded great. Oh yeah, the reason for the update to Shane's previous blog – rumored price is just under $10,000.

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Geoffrey Morrison Blog
HES 2006 Photos
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Jun 05, 2006  |  0 comments
HES2006 is over, but here are a bunch of shots from the show. I met a bunch of great people, and despite the labor Contributor John Higgins and I put into the show (with the HTGamer Gaming Pavilion), I can’t wait for next year. Check out the shots in our Galleries.
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Audio Video News
Sony's "Missing Link" Receiver Gets the Blu's
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Jun 05, 2006  |  0 comments
Sony proudly announced the imminent birth of their newest STR-series receiver, a home theater gizmo Sony says is "the final link in the HD chain". The new STR-DG1000 is described as having 1080p pass-through, eight channels of uncompressed audio, smooth video switching, and a simplified surround sound set up with automatic adjustment. (Well, it's not totally automatic. You still have to hook up the microphone and push a button.)
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New Products
New Product: Outside-The-Home Theater
Ken Richardson  |  Jun 04, 2006  |  0 comments

Spring's turning into summer faster than you can say, "I wanna go outside!" Looking for the middle ground between your home theater and the local multiplex - but you're nowhere near a cozy drive-in? Direct from Germany comes "the original inflatable movie screen" by The Airscreen Company (for U.S.

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Satellite Goes Surround
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jun 04, 2006  |  0 comments
Shown above is the special microphone configuration Neural Audio came up with so XM can capture all the channels for a surround sound broadcast of a live performance from a single position.

Maybe I'm just someone who's easily impressed, but the whole idea of sending audio and video data tens of thousands of miles into space to hit satellites that then send the data back to earth amazes

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Step By Step: How to Program a Universal Remote
John Sciacca  |  Jun 04, 2006  |  0 comments

STEP 1: CHOOSE THE RIGHT REMOTE "You get what you pay for" definitely holds true with universal remotes. Cheap models offer basic features such as channel-changing and play-stop-skip controls but usually can't handle full system control.

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