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Sonus faber Venere 2.5 Speaker System
Michael Fremer  |  Mar 05, 2013

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Price: $5,493 At A Glance: Shapely Italian styling • Exceptional soundstaging • Surprisingly affordable

Could this sleek, lacquer-finished, curvaceous new Sonus faber Venere loudspeaker have originated anywhere other than in Italy? Well, no and yes. With its soothing, elegant curves and glossy finish, Venere whispers “Italy,” but the scant $2,498/pair price tag of this 43pound, 3.5-foot floorstander shouts “China.”

In fact, this new Sonus faber speaker is truly an international product. It was designed in-house at Sonus faber’s Arcugnano factory near Venice, Italy—a building as stylish as the designs emanating therefrom—using bespoke drivers designed by Sonus faber.

The midwoofer and woofer cone material is curv, a proprietary self-reinforcing 100-percent polypropylene composite manufactured by Germanybased Propex, while the dome tweeter is of silk over which is applied a multi-layered Sonus-spec’d coating manufactured by DKM in Germany. Final driver production is done in China.

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This Week
This Week in Movies & TV, March 5, 2013: Fighters and Survivors
Josef Krebs  |  Mar 05, 2013

Schindler's List

Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List (1993) is the true story of Austrian industrialist Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson), pragmatist, war profiteer, and opportunist, willing to join the Nazi party to get ahead and to exploit Jews by taking part in the appropriating of homes and factories, and to take advantage of the impossible

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This Week
This Week in Music, March 5, 2013: Replacements reunion, Hendrix exhumation
Ken Richardson  |  Mar 05, 2013

The Replacements: Songs for Slim

New release (New West; MP3 only)

Slim is Bob “Slim” Dunlap, lead guitarist for the latter-day Replacements. A year ago, he suffered a severe stroke that has left him ailing and in need of financial help. To that end, two original ’Mats — guitarist/vocalist Paul Westerberg and bassist Tommy Stinson — reunited to record most of this benefit EP (joined by guitarist Kevin Bowe and drummer Peter Anderson).

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Audio Video News
Custom-Built $150,000 McIntosh System Featured in Charity Auction
HT Staff  |  Mar 05, 2013
A custom-built McIntosh audio system is the featured auction item for the 10th Annual Stuart House Benefit organized by clothing designer and McIntosh enthusiast John Varvatos...
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New Products
Pioneer's eco-nnected new receivers
Brent Butterworth  |  Mar 04, 2013

It's kind of amazing that a component that hasn't changed much outwardly for 20+ years can change so much internally in the course of just a couple of years. I'm talking about Pioneer's surround-sound receivers, which I first encountered in 1989 ... and which still looked almost exactly the same when I walked into the demo room at the company's Long Beach, Calif., headquarters last week to check out its four new affordable models.

But they don't work the same. The new receviers, priced from $249 to $599, are even more packed with technology than the generation they replace. Fortunately, though, Pioneer's taking some steps to help consumers deal with all that complexity.

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Audio Video NewsNew Products
New Gear: Monitor Audio WS100 Wireless Multimedia System
 |  Mar 04, 2013

Monitor Audio have covered most of the speaker bases, from traditional towers and surround setups to miniscule desktop companions and docks, so it's no surprise that they've decided to enter the burgeoning wireless audio arena.

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Audio Video News
Top 5 iPad Apps for Movie Lovers
Chris Chiarella  |  Mar 04, 2013
Movie maven Chris Chiarella recommends five killer apps for iPad-toting movie lovers.
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Soundbar Reviews
Review: Sonos Playbar
Brent Butterworth  |  Mar 03, 2013

I've evaluated at least 57 soundbars. That experience has taught me there are two attributes a truly great soundbar should possess. First, it should sound good. Second, it should work like it's part of your TV-i.e., it should power up and shut down when your TV does, your TV's remote should control volume and mute on the soundbar, etc.

By this measure, there's never been a truly great soundbar.

Sonos-known for network-based audio devices such as the Play:3-has attempted to create a soundbar that would meet my definition of "truly great." How confident is Sonos that the new $699 Playbar will work perfectly in concert with your TV? Pretty confident: The Playbar doesn't come with a remote.

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Out Of The Blu
Bite into Sushi Girl, The Thief of Bagdad (1924) and Little White Lies on Blu-ray
Chris Chiarella  |  Mar 01, 2013
A trio of kinky, offbeat treats await the Blu-curious in this delicious high-def disc roundup.
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New Products
RBH Sound Introduces High-Performance Earphones
HT Staff  |  Mar 01, 2013
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RBH Sound Expands Personal Audio Lineup with New Model

Layton, UT – February 27, 2013 – RBH Sound, a manufacturer of high performance audio products, increased their personal audio products assortment today with the introduction of a new noise isolating in-ear headphone model.

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