James K. Willcox

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Installations: Mile-High Fidelity
James K. Willcox  |  Oct 04, 2006  |  0 comments

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Installations: The House That Jim Built
James K. Willcox  |  Jun 02, 2006  |  0 comments

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Installations: The House That Jim Built - Part Two
James K. Willcox  |  Sep 05, 2006  |  0 comments

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Interview: OK Go on the Rebirth of the Music Video
James K. Willcox  |  Sep 24, 2010  |  0 comments

If YouTube page-views were currency, the members of OK Go would be very rich men.

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MartinLogan Montage Home Theater Speaker System
James K. Willcox  |  Jun 12, 2005  |  0 comments
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As I was awaiting the arrival of MartinLogan's new Mont
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Movies on Demand
James K. Willcox  |  Mar 09, 2003  |  1 comments
This past fall, astute subscribers to the Time Warner digital cable service in New York City began to notice something unusual-and no, it wasn't that their bills were going down. It was the appearance of Channel 1000 on the onscreen program guide, accompanied by the letters MOD. Was this a new retro fashion channel? Actually, the truth is more interesting.
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Turntable Reviews
Spin Doctors: Ten Turntables Under $500
James K. Willcox  |  Dec 28, 2011  |  2 comments

I’d had my AR ES-1 turntable for about 20 years when a tenant burned my house — and the turntable and about 3,000 records — to the ground the one time I decided to rent it. If this sad story has a silver lining, it’s that it sent me back into the world of vinyl and turntables.

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Step By Step: How to Install an In-Wall Speaker
James K. Willcox  |  Oct 11, 2007  |  0 comments

Until recently, in-wall speakers were the last choice for anyone who cared about sound quality. Now, thanks to improved technologies and the entrance of major speaker brands into the burgeoning "architectural audio" category, in-wall (and ceiling) speakers are legitimate alternatives in rooms where you either can't or don't want to use freestanding models.

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The Basement Home Theater Jim Built in the House that Jim Built
James K. Willcox  |  Sep 01, 2008  |  0 comments

For nearly a decade I've been profiling custom home theaters for Sound & Vision, and in all that time I've never really had my own - or even a space carved out exclusively for watching movies or listening to music. And let me tell you, envy can be an ugly thing.

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The Case of the Invisible Speakers
James K. Willcox  |  Oct 28, 2004  |  0 comments
For years, in-wall and in-ceiling speakers were the 98-pound weaklings of the speaker world. Lacking the muscle needed for realistic-sounding music playback - let alone action-movie soundtracks - they were ignored by anyone who took sound seriously.

But the once-ridiculed category has re-emerged, surprisingly pumped and ready to kick sand in the face of that conventional wisdom.

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