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Premiere Design
Thin Air
Scott Wilkinson  |  Feb 04, 2010

Storing and accessing music on a computer has become commonplace, even for audiophiles, but getting that music to your audio system without sacrificing sound quality has always been a challenge. At CES, French high-end audio company <A href="http://en.micromega-hifi.com/">Micromega</A> introduced a unique solution to this problem—the WM-10 AirStream, the world's first wireless DAC (digital-to-analog converter).

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Custom Installation How-ToHome Movie Theaters
A DIYers Multimedia Haven
Bill Ramos  |  Feb 04, 2010

Let me start at the end...When you're a A/V enthusiast, you're never really done building a dedicated home theater room. The best you can strive for is, "this is where the room is as of today". Adding and replacing equipment goes hand in hand with the passion of the audiophile. Over the past 24 months, I've built a dedicated home theater/multimedia room in my house that includes a host of components from Sony.

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Audio Video News
Wireless TVs on the Way
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 04, 2010
Wireless TVs may be on the market as soon as the second half of 2010.
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Audio Video News
HD Deals: Pre Order Madden 11, Get $20 Gift Card
SV Staff  |  Feb 03, 2010
Wal-Mart is continuing its Super Bowl inspired week of deals with today's announcement of a pre-order deal for the mega hit sports video-game series Madden. Pre order it online at Walmart.com and while supplies last receive a $20 gift card....
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Ask S&V
RMS, HDMI, RGB
Scott Wilkinson  |  Feb 03, 2010
More Power!
Years ago, I was told that there were several ways to rate the power output from an amplifier, but only one of those ratings was the "true" measure—RMS or continuous power. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) got into the act back in the 1970s, requiring all amps over 5 or 10 watts to be rated in RMS watts with both channels driven. That requirement was lifted in the '80s, and now when I read power output specs, I don't know if they are RMS (root mean square), IHF (Institute of High Fidelity), or something else. Could you clarify this confusion?
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Audio Video News
'Avatar' shatters records, sinks 'Titanic'
SV Staff  |  Feb 03, 2010
It's been less than two months since Avatar hit theaters, and it's broken nearly every box office record set. This week, Avatar has officially eclipsed the previous top grossing film, Titanic, in both domestic and worldwide receipts. And it took...
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Audio Video News
Consumers High on HD, Not on 3D
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 03, 2010
The popularity of HDTV is far outpacing that of 3D, according to a survey by the Opinion Research Corporation.
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A/V Veteran
The BD Player Test Part 3: Analog Audio
Thomas J. Norton  |  Feb 02, 2010

Finally we get to the meat of the subject. In this installment I'll give my impressions of the sound quality of the players under test, as heard from their analog outputs with 2-channel CDs.

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Audio Video News
Panasonic opens new 3D Blu-ray authoring facility
SV Staff  |  Feb 02, 2010
Panasonic's really getting behind the 3D craze. The company has just opened its first 3D Blu-ray Disc authoring facility. The Blu-ray 3D Advanced Authoring Center is the newest addition to the Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory, and contains the...
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The Big Picture
Ladies' Night
Scott Wilkinson  |  Feb 02, 2010

Last Sunday, my wife and I joined 25.8 million of our closest friends to watch the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards on CBS. So why am I writing about it here? Because this is <I>Ultimate AV</I>, and the Grammys are all about the best in audio <I>and</I> video. The audio part is obvious&#151;this is "music's biggest night" honoring the best recording artists, and all the performances are live, a technological tour de force in its own right. But the show is no less dedicated to video, both on stage and in the home.

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