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Tower Speaker Reviews
GoldenEar T66 Tower Speaker Review: Performance Evolved
Mark Henninger  |  Mar 20, 2024  |  0 comments

Performance
Build Quality
Value
PRICE $3,600/each

AT A GLANCE
Plus
Exquisite detail rendering
Cohesive soundstage projection
Deep bass extension
Elegant aesthetic design
Minus
Pricey investment
Grille not removable
Requires power cord and speaker cable connection

THE VERDICT
The T66 offers audiophile-grade soundstage and aesthetics. With exceptional detail, powerful bass, and sleek design, these GoldenEar speakers are an outstanding investment in high fidelity.

GoldenEar’s new T66 tower speaker offers audiophiles and home theater enthusiasts high performance in a slender and stylish design. It is a speaker that takes what is already great about the brand and elevates it to a higher level of fit and finish.

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The Connected Life
Outdoor Entertaining, Part 3: How to Take it to The Next Level
John Sciacca  |  Mar 19, 2024  |  0 comments
Spring is here! It’s the perfect time to start thinking about how and where you will entertain outdoors.
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Audio Video NewsNew Products
TouchTunes Aims to Perfect the Connected Jukebox Experience with New App
Bob Ankosko  |  Mar 19, 2024  |  0 comments
TouchTunes, the company that brought the age-old jukebox into the digital era with an app that lets revelers locate venues with connected jukeboxes and play songs from their smartphones, today announced a revamped app that makes the jukebox experience more engaging and social.
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Audio Video News
Samsung Offers $100 Discount on 2024 TVs, Discounts 2023 Models
SV Staff  |  Mar 18, 2024  |  2 comments
Even though Samsung hasn’t shipped its 2024 model year TVs yet — pre-orders open on Thursday, March 21 — you can still sign up to get a $100 discount that you can apply when the new models become available.
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Signals
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Copyright Infringement
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Mar 18, 2024  |  1 comments
Every film buff worth their salt knows about Nosferatu. Even if you haven't seen the complete film, the image of Count Orlok is almost as famous as Mona Lisa, and significantly more creepy. But did you know that the film was the subject of a brutal court case? Make sure your doors are locked. It's gonna get scary.

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Audio Video NewsNew Products
THX Ships Ultra High Speed-Certified Cables
Bob Ankosko  |  Mar 15, 2024  |  3 comments
THX continues to expand its footprint beyond the certification programs that made it famous in the AV world with THX-branded high-speed HDMI cables.
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Ultra HD Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Days of Heaven
Chris Chiarella  |  Mar 15, 2024  |  1 comments
Picture
Sound
Extras

Widely regarded as one of the most beautiful films ever photographed, writer/director Terrence Malick’s second feature film, Days of Heaven, is a dramatically minimalist affair elevated by its often jaw-dropping visuals, captured perfectly on 4K Blu-ray.

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Music Disc Reviews
Remaster Class – Alice Cooper: Billion Dollar Babies
Mike Mettler  |  Mar 14, 2024  |  1 comments
Upon inception, Alice Cooper was conceived more as a group construct, not just a moniker for one person. The name itself was intended to encompass an all-for-one band concept, but it was also concurrently adopted by lead singer Vincent Furnier, who soon enough embodied the id and ego of Alice Cooper to such a degree that he transmogrified that persona into his fully becoming one and the same. Six-plus decades later, Alice Cooper is still going strong as the king of shock-glam metal to this very day — and his rabid fanbase wouldn’t have it any other way.
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Audio Video NewsNew Products
McIntosh Celebrates 75th Anniversary with New Tube and Solid-State Preamps
Bob Ankosko  |  Mar 14, 2024  |  0 comments
McIntosh Labs is celebrating its 75th anniversary with two new preamplifiers — one tube, the other solid-state.
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Subwoofer Reviews
Starke Sound SW15 Subwoofer Review
Jim Wilson  |  Mar 13, 2024  |  0 comments

Performance
Features
Build Quality
Value
PRICE $699

AT A GLANCE
Plus
Inexpensive
Small for 15-inch subwoofer
Deep, rich sound

Minus
Generic appearance
Takes prodding to wake from standby mode

THE VERDICT
If you want the horsepower of a 15-inch subwoofer but can only accommodate an enclosure that typically comes with a 12-inch sub, the Starke Sound SW15 might be where your search ends.

Subwoofers, an essential component for every home theater system. Unless you have an extraordinary set of speakers the same holds true for a two-channel setup, you need a sub to reinforce the bottom end. While their contribution is critical for the reproduction of full-range sound, for the most part they aren’t much to look at.

Often little more than square black cabinets, subwoofers rarely enhance the aesthetics of your HT room. I’ve reviewed over 50 of them in the past 12 years and in that time very few have visually differentiated themselves from the rest. The Starke Sound SW15 is no exception from an appearance perspective, but can it stand out from the crowd in some other way?

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