Brent Butterworth

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JVC intros new LED/LCD TVs
Brent Butterworth  |  Jul 18, 2013  |  0 comments
AmTRAN Video Corp., the company now producing TVs under the JVC brand, has announced four new JVC flat-panel TVs in sizes ranging from 42 to 55 inches, at prices ranging from $799 to $999. All feature a slim bezel design and edge-lit LED backlighting with local dimming.
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JVC SXXSW6000 5.1 Surround System (Only $50)
Brent Butterworth  |  Jun 12, 2008  |  0 comments
JVC's $50 Surround System: Any Good? SXXSW6000 JVC SXXSW6000 From Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance to The Simpsons, many of the 20th century's great philosophical works have confronted the question
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Bookshelf Speaker Reviews
KEF C3 Bookshelf Speaker
Brent Butterworth  |  Mar 26, 2013  |  0 comments

Audio cognoscenti won't recognize the C3 ($350/pr) as a KEF because it doesn't have KEF's trademark concentric tweeter-inside-woofer design. Its 0.75-inch aluminum-dome tweeter sits above its 5.25-inch polypropylene-cone woofer in an 11.4-inch-high front-ported cabinet.

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KEF iQ Series Speakers & Wireless Subwoofer
Brent Butterworth  |  Mar 11, 2010  |  0 comments
Key Features
$3,100 kef.com
• iQ50 tower speaker ($450 each): 51?4-in woofer, 51?4-in mid/woofer, 3?4-in tweeter; 32 in high; 221?2 lb
• iQ60C center speaker ($550): (2) 51?4-in woofers, 51?4-in mid/woofer, 3?4-in tweeter; 201?8 in wide; 193?8 lb
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KEF iQ Series Speakers & Wireless Subwoofer Page 3
Brent Butterworth  |  Mar 11, 2010  |  0 comments
Key Features
$3,100 kef.com
• iQ50 tower speaker ($450 each): 51?4-in woofer, 51?4-in mid/woofer, 3?4-in tweeter; 32 in high; 221?2 lb
• iQ60C center speaker ($550): (2) 51?4-in woofers, 51?4-in mid/woofer, 3?4-in tweeter; 201?8 in wide; 193?8 lb
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Tech2
KEF: Not ready for AARP
Brent Butterworth  |  Sep 28, 2011  |  0 comments

I'd expected a kind of This Is Your Life thing, where partygoers would be "treated" to a recitation of five decades of milestones. But the 50th anniversary party for speaker manufacturer KEF at the British Consulate in Manhattan was anything but a long look backward.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
King Kong (2005)
Brent Butterworth  |  Feb 24, 2009  |  0 comments
Universal
Movie •• Picture ••••½ Sound ••••• Extras ••
When HD DVD died, home theater enthusiasts fretted
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Bookshelf Speaker Reviews
Klipsch Reference RB-41 II
Brent Butterworth  |  Mar 26, 2013  |  0 comments

Usually, a sub-$400/pair minispeaker is part of a manufacturer's entry-level line, but the RB-41 II ($299/pr) is part of Klipsch's Reference line. It uses the horn-loaded tweeter that has been a Klipsch hallmark since the 1940s - in this case, a 1-inch titanium-dome model - and a ceramic/metallic-cone 4-inch woofer in a rear-ported enclosure.

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Krell S-300i integrated stereo amplifier
Brent Butterworth  |  Feb 02, 2009  |  0 comments
The Short Form
$2,500 / KRELLONLINE.COM / 203-298-4000
Snapshot
A great-sounding, reasonably priced analog two-channel integrated amp from a high-end brand that many people thought they would never be able to afford - and it's got an iP
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Tech2
Last-Minute Gift Ideas
Brent Butterworth  |  Dec 19, 2011  |  0 comments

Every year, magazine editors around the world solicit ideas from their writers for the compulsory “holiday gift guide.” Every year, we scrounge the Internet in search of items we think our editors will go for. ’Cause the more gift ideas the editors buy, the more money we make.

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