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Exhale. —Ken C. Pohlmann ...

Infinity has a new speaker to top the Cascade range, the Cascade 40 ($6000 each)

Not new, the VS3002 has been out a year now, but not many people know about it. It's a simple HDMI (V1.3a), but six-in, two-out make it a good option for someone with a decent AVR that's a little short on HDMI inputs. Placed between you devices and one of your current AVR's HDMI inputs will instantly give you more capacity and a new remote control to lose.

Mitsubishi's new HC7000 projector is a lot sharper looking than this artistic photo might suggest. (OK, the artsy look was an accident; it's hard to get a clean shot when the subject is rotating around behind glass). Said to offer an ANSI contrast ratio of 1000:1 and a peak contrast of 72,000:1. $3995, in mid to late October.