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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Wizard of Oz – 70th Anniversary Edition
David Vaughn  |  Oct 06, 2009

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/woz.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>The American Film Institute's #10 film of all time makes its glorious debut on Blu-ray. Warner has done a marvelous restoration job, as <I>UAV</I> Editor Scott Wilkinson explains in <A href="http://blog.ultimateavmag.com/ultimate-gear/behind_the_curtain/">this report</A>. Here, I'll highlight a couple of jaw-dropping scenes that illustrate how this work translates to the finished project. The Dolby TrueHD 5.1 audio track won't shake the foundation, but given its age, it sounds remarkably good, especially when Judy Garland belts out a tune.

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Audio Video News
HD Deals: Klipsch La Scala II Speaker
SV Staff  |  Oct 06, 2009
  Check out this deal we found on a Klipsch La Scala II Three-Way Horn-Loaded Loudspeaker, Subwoofer, and 2-Inch Composite Cone for $2,399.97. More HD and gadget deals* after the jump. Polk Audio Monitor 50 2-Way Floorstanding Speaker...
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Audio Video News
Ultrasone's new heavy-duty hi-fi headphones
SV Staff  |  Oct 06, 2009
Headphone maker Ultrasone has just unveiled its newest flagship model, the HFI-2400. The new headphones feature 40mm gold-plated drivers, an open-backed design, and a relatively hefty price tag. Besides its attractive design, the HFI-2400...
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Premiere Design
Magnum Opus
Scott Wilkinson  |  Oct 06, 2009

I'm on a quest to find the most expensive audio cables in the world&#151;not to buy, mind you, but just to see what the market will bear. From what I've learned so far, the leading candidates come from <A href="http://transparentcable.com">Transparent Audio</A>, whose Opus MM2 cables cost more than most automobiles, especially if you're buying enough to outfit an entire multichannel system.

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Audio Video News
SF-Area Store Hosts Meridian Event
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 06, 2009
Would you like to get a look at Meridian's 810 Reference Video System and its flagship 9.2 surround rig? You can have that and some hors d'oeuvres if you attend Audio High's event this coming Friday, October 9, 2009.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Blu-ray Disc Review: "The Seventh Seal"
Josef Krebs  |  Oct 05, 2009
Criterion's 1999 DVD edition of The Seventh Seal is a favorite partly because of its wonderfully substantial extras. Now the company has upped the ante by releasing Ingmar Bergman's 1957 black-and-white classic on a stunning Blu-ray Disc and adding to those extras, all now in high-def.
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Music Reviews
Music Review: Pearl Jam's "Backspacer"
Billy Altman  |  Oct 05, 2009
Review
Pearl Jam
Music •••• Sound ••••

One usually thinks of the spring rather than the fall as the pr

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Blu-ray Disc Review: "Watchmen Director's Cut"
Marc Horowitz  |  Oct 05, 2009
Warner
Movie •••½ Picture •••• Sound ••••½ Extras ••••½

If you don't know the

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
David Vaughn  |  Oct 05, 2009

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/snowwhite.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>This is the time-honored story of a princess (voiced by Adriana Caselotti) whose blossoming beauty disturbs her insecure stepmother, the Queen (Lucille La Verne). Each day, the Queen asks a mysterious magic mirror (Moroni Olsen) the question: "Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?" For years, the mirror answers the Queen's name, but when it suddenly says Snow White, the evil woman begins her quest to kill the young girl so she may once again be the fairest of them all.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Oct 05, 2009

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/wwonka.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>Roald Dahl's classic story tells the tale of five kids who find a golden ticket that entitles them to visit the secretive Wonka Chocolate factory, where one worthy child will win a lifetime supply of chocolate. Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum), a poor kid who lives with his mother and two sets of grandparents in the shadow of the factory, is one of the lucky five. The others&#151;well, let's just say they are the result of bad parenting and poor choices.

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