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Premiere Design
Woo Audio WA-234 Monoblock Headphone Amplifier
Bob Ankosko  |  Oct 24, 2012
This may well be the most regal headphone amp you’ll ever lay eyes on. Make that amps, as in a pair of Class A monoblocks—one per channel—which is how the WA-234 is sold. But its majestic looks and meticulous industrial design (60 sheets of aluminum are used to create those wavy side panels) tell only part of the story.
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AV GlossaryHDTV Tech
Ultra High Definition: What’s in a Name?
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Oct 24, 2012

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose. By any other name would smell as sweet.”

Quick! Name the play! It’s Romeo and Juliet, of course. And it’s certainly one of Bill Shakespeare’s best lines, particularly in the way it encapsulates Juliet’s whole Montague/Capulet dilemma.

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Tech2
Better With Age: The Coolest Vintage Gear
Brent Butterworth  |  Oct 24, 2012

Every time I visit Vancouver vintage gear dealer Innovative Audio, I find it difficult to keep my mind focused on anything.

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Other Tech
DLNA Certification: What It Means for Streaming Video
Barb Gonzalez  |  Oct 24, 2012
Digital media streaming has exploded in recent years. It’s everywhere—from sharing digital photos (does anyone print photos anymore?), to streaming a missed TV show on Hulu Plus, to watching high-definition movies on Vudu. Internet and router speeds have increased to accommodate streaming high-quality audio and video. Find out what DLNA certification means and why it's important.
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The S&V Interview
The S+V Interview: Devolver Digital's Nigel Lowrie Talks Hotline Miami
Timothy J. Seppala  |  Oct 23, 2012

Hotline Miami (released today on Steam) is a dark and sordid 16-bit trip through 1989 South Florida and its seedy underbelly. It mixes a retro aesthetic with more violence than you're used to (think last year's cult hit Drive). It plays like earlier entries in the GTA series - but without the tedious driving between missions.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
40th Anniversary Edition of Deliverance
David Vaughn  |  Oct 23, 2012
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Four Atlanta businessmen set out in two canoes down the fictional Cahulawassee River before a dam is built to generate electricity for the growing population of Atlanta. Their adventure starts normal enough, but you get the impression that something isn’t right with the inbred people of the backcountry—and their enjoyable river ride turns into a horrific life-changing experience.
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This Week
New Blu-Rays for October 23, 2012: Love Triangles, Vampire Hunters, and the End of the World
Josef Krebs  |  Oct 23, 2012

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This Week
From the Vaults: October 23, 2012: Classic Punk from the Dicks, Sufjan Stevens' Xmas Album, and Streams Galore
Mark Smotroff  |  Oct 23, 2012

Halloween's not even here yet, but Sufjan Stevens is ready for Christmas

But you can pre-order some fun Holiday albums already, including Sufjan Stevens: Silver & Gold (Ltd Ed. 5 LP, 6 EP set)

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Headphone Reviews
Review: UrbanEars Zinken Headphone
Michael Berk  |  Oct 23, 2012

In our roundup of $59 headphones, Urban Ears' Plattan won our testers over with its combination of solid performance, comfort, and minimalist style. The company's now introduced the Plattan's grown-up successor, the Urban Ears Zinken ($140), a more feature-packed model that shares styling cues with the older 'phone but is aimed squarely at DJs and the far larger market of folks who want to look like they spend their nights behind the wheels of steel.

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Vintage Gear
The Klipschorn Speaker
Steve Guttenberg  |  Oct 22, 2012
The Klipschorn was such a revolutionary speaker, it can still hold its own with some of the best of today’s home theater speakers. Paul W. Klipsch founded his company in 1946 in Hope, Arkansas, and built his first 12 Klipschorn speakers in 1947. They were fitted with Western Electric 713A compression tweeters and 12-inch JBL or Jensen woofers. The Klipschorn was designed to fit into the corner of a room, using the walls and floor as extensions of the speaker’s bass horn.
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