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Tower Speaker Reviews
Earthquake Sound Titan Telesto Speaker System
Daniel Kumin  |  May 07, 2010

Earthquake Sound's origins are deep in the world of 12-volt (that's car stereo to you and me), where they take their bass, and their SPLs, very seriously. So while I was a bit dismayed by the size of the carefully shrink-wrapped pallet that its Titan Telesto-based speaker system arrived on - it could easily have contained a whole-house stand-by-generator - I was not particularly surprised.

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Custom Installation How-To
Yamaha Musiccast 2 Network Music System Page 2
John Sciacca  |  May 07, 2010

Wireless media streaming once seemed exotic, but these days we take it for granted. Between Blu-ray Disc players, A/V receivers, TVs, and gaming systems, chances are you have multiple components in your home capable of shuttling music (or even photos and videos) from one room to another.

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Custom Installation How-To
Yamaha Musiccast 2 Network Music System Page 3
John Sciacca  |  May 07, 2010

Wireless media streaming once seemed exotic, but these days we take it for granted. Between Blu-ray Disc players, A/V receivers, TVs, and gaming systems, chances are you have multiple components in your home capable of shuttling music (or even photos and videos) from one room to another.

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Custom Installation How-To
Yamaha Musiccast 2 Network Music System
John Sciacca  |  May 07, 2010

Wireless media streaming once seemed exotic, but these days we take it for granted. Between Blu-ray Disc players, A/V receivers, TVs, and gaming systems, chances are you have multiple components in your home capable of shuttling music (or even photos and videos) from one room to another.

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Audio Video News
HK Updates AVRs for HDMI 1.4a
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 07, 2010
Harman Kardon has announced that three of its receivers will be able to receive firmware updates that will bring them into compliance with HDMI 1.4a and therefore 3D, among other features.
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Audio Video News
Best Buy breaks sales records with UK opening
SV Staff  |  May 06, 2010
Best Buy opened its first store in the United Kingdom last weekend, and it was met with record-breaking sales. The store opened in Thurrock, a borough in Essex County, and according to Best Buy CEO Paul Antoniadis, it was the largest opening...
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Premiere Design
Musical Fidelity Titan 2-Channel Power Amp
Scott Wilkinson  |  May 06, 2010

Audiophiles know well the name <A href="http://www.musicalfidelity.com">Musical Fidelity</A>, a high-end British manufacturer for more than 30 years. The self-proclaimed culmination of all that experience is the Titan 2-channel power amp.

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Audio Video News
HD Signals Lag HDTVs
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 06, 2010
The good news is that HDTV ownership is up. The bad news is that many HDTVs in U.S. homes can't get an HD signal.
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Audio Video News
New Roku Netflix interface adds browsing
SV Staff  |  May 05, 2010
Roku is finally getting some Netflix features for which users have been clamoring ever since the set-top streaming box launched. The new update, announced on Youtube of all places, will add browsing, searching, and instant watch queue updating...
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Ask S&V
Surround Formats, Defeating Overscan, Glassesless 3D
Scott Wilkinson  |  May 05, 2010
It's What's Up Front That Counts
I have an Onkyo TX-NR807 receiver, which provides seven channels of amplification, and it can do 7.1, Dolby Pro Logic IIz, and Audyssey DSX. Which of these surround formats do you recommend?
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