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Denon And Marantz Tops in AVR and Projector Categories
Shane Buettner  |  Jan 13, 2007

As the proud parent of Denon and Marantz D&M Holdings came away from CES with a pair of <I>UAV</I> awards. Denon's AVR-5805 was the best AV receiver we saw and heard, while the Marantz VP-11S1 remains the top 1080p projector we've seen in 2006 or any other year.

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The Look And Sound Of Perfect
Shane Buettner  |  Jan 13, 2007

Although there was stiff competition Toshiba's HD-A1 walked away with <I>UAV's</I> Disc Player of the Year honors, and garnered serious consideration for overall Product of the Year.

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Sunfire's Amazing In-Wall SubRosa And Ribbon Speakers
Shane Buettner  |  Jan 13, 2007

For the most part there are two kinds of people in this consumer electronic world: those that want a flat panel TV and those that already have one. We've seen a growing number of loudspeakers designed to live in this flat panel society, Sunfire's got the first narrow profile on-wall or in-wall powered subwofer I've seen, the SubRosa.

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Harman Kardon's '07 AVRs
Shane Buettner  |  Jan 12, 2007

Harman Kardon's latest AVRs will be crammed with an exciting mix of performance enhancing and convenience features.

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A Closer Look At Toshiba's Step-Up HD-XA2 HD DVD Player
Shane Buettner  |  Jan 12, 2007

We've gone over the impressive list of specs for Toshiba's HD-XA2, but got our best and closest look at it at Toshiba's booth during show hours.

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Pioneer Is #1
Shane Buettner  |  Jan 12, 2007

Pioneer nearly swept <I>UAV's</I> version of the Oscars this year taking home the trophies for the top flat panel display of the year, and winning our overall Product of the Year with the Elite PRO-FHD1 1080p plasma.

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Phil Jones Does Home Theater
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 12, 2007
The former design guru of Platinum Audio now heads up American Acoustic Development, or AAC, and while the 7001i Reference monitor's ribbon tweeter caught my ear, I was soon sucked into the vortex of Phil's M Series, his first value-priced home theater package ($1350/5.1-channel system). He is a bass player and let me assure you the system had jaw-droppingly tight and focused bass response as well as the designer's signature clarity.
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Meridian Introduces First Surround Receiver
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 12, 2007
The G95 is this high-end digital icon's first product to combine preamp, surround processing, and amplifier functions. Power is rated at 100 watts times five. Also included is a DVD/CD drawer (with DVD-Audio compatibility). The price is a mere $8400 and surround-savvy, spaced-starved audiophiles are salivating. Meridian also showed off a new variant of its Faroudja video processing with motion compensation, not to mention a trendy iPod dock.
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Onix Value Proposition Gleams
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 12, 2007
If this rosewood piano-gloss finish looks good to you, Onix will sell it to you in a two-way stand-mount speaker for $269/pair. The company also makes electronics. In fact, a previous incarnation of Onix made the stereo integrated amp that powers my desktop system.
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Infinity Goes Green with Denim
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 12, 2007
Speakers of the future will go green. Among the several environment-friendly materials Infinity is considering is recycled-denim insulation (not to mention bamboo plywood). It will soon arrive in product. Just think, what was warming someone's booty yesterday may be in your speakers tomorrow.
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