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Projector Reviews
Marantz VP-15S1 DLP Video Projector
 |  Dec 26, 2007

<A HREF="http://www.ultimateavmag.com/videoprojectors/506marantzvp11s1/">Marantz' VP-11S1</A> was the first 1080p DLP front projector I reviewed, and while many less expensive 1080p projectors have come through the doors since then, none has matched that projector's all around performance. I liked it so well I put my money where my mouth was, buying it to use as my reference projector for some time.

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Other Source Component Reviews
TiVo Series3 HD DVR
David Vaughn  |  Dec 24, 2007
There are all types of fanatics in the world; religious fanatics, sports fanatics, Windows fanatics, Apple fanatics, the list goes on and on. But one type of fanatic that I never really understood is the TiVo fanatic. You've probably have met someone who's asked, "Do you have TiVo yet?" or stated that the "TiVo has completely changed my life!"
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Other Source Component Reviews
Toshiba HD-A30 HD DVD Player
 |  Dec 24, 2007

Hardly a week goes by that a big sale on HD DVD players from some mega-retailer or another doesn't make some screaming headlines. But it's been Toshiba's entry level, 1080i players that have lead that charge, with the HD-A2 getting famous overnight thanks to Wal-Mart's $99 sale, and the HD-A3 frequently seen at retail for around $199. But for my money, the real bargain in Toshiba's line could very well be the HD-A30.

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Audio Video News
Best CDs of 2007: The Ones That Got Away
SV Staff  |  Dec 23, 2007
Our Best CDs of 2007 list will appear soonly in the Feb/March '08 issue (you may even find it posted on the site before that if you dig around some), but I wanted to take a moment and bulletpoint a ten-spot of discs I enjoyed in '07 that 1) didn't...
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Audio Video News
Merry Krimble!
SV Staff  |  Dec 21, 2007
What? You think it's too late for my guide to the season's holiday CDs? HUMBUG! That's why they made Twelve Days of Christmas, Rudolph! After all, just ask the artist who has the biggest-selling CD of 2007. Springsteen? Kanye? Eagles? Those High...
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Audio Video News
More Gabriel, more surround
SV Staff  |  Dec 21, 2007
For those of you who enjoyed my piece on Peter Gabriel (and other folks at the AES Convention) in the January 2008 issue (Random Play, page 16), the quotes had to be severely trimmed for the print edition. (What else is new?) Want more? Here ya...
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Audio Video News
Beck's "Odelay" in surround. NOT!
SV Staff  |  Dec 21, 2007
Yes, my friends, the Surround-Sound NOTwatch continues! Next up: Beck's 1996 album, Odelay. Seems that Geffen is releasing a Deluxe Edition on January 29. CD+DVD-A? No. CD+DVD-V? Sorry. SACD? Nope. DualDisc? Ha! MVI? That's only from Warner,...
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Shaner, We Hardly Knew Ye
Shane Buettner  |  Dec 21, 2007

Those of you that have scrolled down the home page and read this <A HREF="http://www.ultimateavmag.com/news/1207newed/">press release</A> have figured out by now why I've been incomunicado here in the Blogosphere. And the news is true: I'm pulling up stakes and taking the editorial reins at Home Theater Magazine. But this just goodbye, not farewell (or vice versa, however that goes!).

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The S&V InterviewCustom Installation How-ToHome Movie Theaters
Listen Up and Play Right
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Dec 21, 2007

<I>Trying to build the perfect home theater isn't easy, but it sure is worth it.</I>

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Tower Speaker Reviews
Anthony Gallo Acoustics Reference AV Speaker System
Steve Guttenberg  |  Dec 20, 2007
Splendiferous spheres.

Billed as Ron Carter: The Master @ 70, it was a birthday celebration of the legendary jazz bass player's career—and the music at that early summer jazz concert at Carnegie Hall was truly magical. The highlight of the night arrived when Carter played selections from Miles Davis' Kind of Blue album with Herbie Hancock on piano, Wayne Shorter on sax, and Billy Cobham on drums. I could hear the quartet's music reflecting off the stage's rear wall while it simultaneously floated above the audience in the hall. The sound was so masterfully mixed, I couldn't tell for sure how much of what I heard was the actual instruments or Carnegie Hall's discreetly amplified sound system. It stands as one of those "is it live or...." moments. The next day, I played a stack of Ron Carter CDs over Anthony Gallo Acoustics' new Reference AV speakers and TR-2 subwoofer. The sound was so sweet, I experienced that déjà vu feeling all over again.

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