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Denon Exploits Audyssey's Dynamic Volume
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 04, 2008
Denon's receiver demos made good use of Dynamic Volume technology licensed from Audyssey. If the dynamics of action movie soundtracks are too much for you, you'll like the way Dynamic Volume keeps voices constant but curbs the more brutal excesses of effects -- by monitoring the signal, not just the room. If you watch TV programs via your receiver, it'll help tame those blaring ads too. Dynamic Volume is available as a firmware upgrade for some existing models. New models shown by Denon included the two-zone/two-source AVR1909, 90 watts times seven; the AVR989, 115 watts; the AVR889, 100 watts; and the AVR789, 90 watts. All have onboard decoding for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD.
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Snell Paints You Quite a Picture
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 04, 2008
The Snell IC-LCR7custom earns its $1500 pricetag with a D'Appolito array, boundary switch, treble cut/boost, bass down to 70Hz -- and of course that snazzy hand-painted grille.
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Soundmatters Discovers That One Pill Does in Fact Make You Small
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 04, 2008
That thing dangling from the neck of Soundmatters' Lee Adams is the foxL Pocket Monitor, a portable audio device said to go as low as 80Hz. I'll just have to get one and see. The Bluetooth version is $249, the other $199.
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RBH Lays Out Your Options
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 04, 2008
Can't decide what finish you want in an RBH speaker? This demo unit should help.
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Tannoy Displays Stack of Love
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 04, 2008
Yup, that is a stack of four 15-inch subwoofers. Specifically, it's the Tannoy 15DS sub and it sells in the low four figures. The Tannoy demo also made use of the IW63 in-wall speaker. Invert the mount and it becomes, as it did here, an on-wall.
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Thielnet Now Known as Zöet. Seriously.
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 04, 2008
You hire a marketing firm and what happens? They decided to rechristen your cool wired/wireless music networking scheme with a word containing a diaeresis (look it up). But then, they also come up with cool ideas like festooning your demo room with LP covers. Signal sources included both a turntable and a Blu-ray player. It was tasty. Look for Zöet in 2009.
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Audio Video News
Pioneer's Elite KURO's Hitting the Streets
SV Staff  |  Sep 04, 2008
The Elite KURO Signature Series are finally shipping. Life is good. This long-awaited line of monitors takes the KURO to the next level. The Signature Series are handpicked at the factory for the deepest blacks and highest levels of color accuracy,...
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NAD Modules
Tom Norton  |  Sep 04, 2008
All of NAD's surround processors and receivers (except from the least expensive) have been updated to modular form (modules shown here sans receiver), to increase flexibility, minimize obsolescence, and provide for easier service.
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NAD Does Blu
Tom Norton  |  Sep 04, 2008
NAD showed its first Blu-ray player, the T-587. It's full profile 2.0 (BD Live), will decode Dolby TrueHD or DTS HD Master Audio or pass them along in bitstream form. $1499.
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Aerial
Tom Norton  |  Sep 04, 2008
Aerial showed its new System 2 speakers, designed for use primarily with flat panel displays. In addition to a dedicated subwoofer, the system consists of the S2LRs and S2CC center ($2500 each)
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