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Wall Flower: REL Acoustics Habitat1 On-Wall Wireless Subwoofer
Bob Ankosko  |  Aug 14, 2013
The Welsh company REL Acoustics has been specializing in subwoofers for more than two decades and likes to do things a bit differently. In particular, REL believes a subwoofer must be connected to the main amplifier’s high-level inputs to make sure it receives the same signal as the main speakers—the company even provides a special cable to make the high-level connection.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Cabaret
Chris Chiarella  |  Aug 14, 2013
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Four of the 10 Best Picture winners of the ’60s were musicals, but as Hollywood transitioned to a post–Easy Rider era, they had to make even song-and-dance extravaganzas more relevant. And so in 1972, Cabaret redefined what a movie musical could be.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
This Is 40
HT Staff  |  Aug 14, 2013

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You know that old saying, “Life begins after 40”? Well, it’s true. That’s because it’s the exact moment when you become aware of your own mortality. In your twenties and thirties, you’re still technically invincible as far as you’re concerned and blissfully naive, but when 40 hits, it’s “Holy crap, I’m gonna die!” Suddenly you’re on numerous prescription medications and seeing far more of your doctor than you’d like; proctology exams, mammograms, prostate checks, pap smears, the works.
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This Week
This Week in Music, August 13, 2013: Pushing art-pop buttons with Sam Phillips
Ken Richardson  |  Aug 13, 2013

Sam Phillips: Push Any Button

New release (Littlebox)

You make modern accommodations from audience reaction
Stereo realist
Disconnected exposure meter

Start counting everybody
It's gonna blow
Pretty Time Bomb
You're a mirror of your times

Not the average opening lyrics of your average chanteuse. But then, Sam Phillips has never been anyone's average singer/songwriter, as she herself acknowledges: "I never could go with the crowd / Even though they seemed to know where they were going."

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This Week in Music, August 13, 2013: Pushing art-pop buttons with Sam Phillips
Ken Richardson  |  Aug 13, 2013
Also: Glen Campbell, Chastity Belt, Mickey Hart Band, Béla Fleck, Nirvana vinyl, and more.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
This Week in Movies & TV, August 13, 2013: Past Lives Lost
SV Staff  |  Aug 13, 2013
Shane, Olympus Has Fallen, The Company You Keep, Seconds, Emperor, The Damned.
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This Week in Movies & TV, August 13, 2013: Past Lives Lost
Josef Krebs  |  Aug 13, 2013

Shane

A cartoon I once saw depicted a middle-aged businessman staring out of his corner office window and crying out in desperation, "Shane.

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Audio Video News
Samsung Introduces 55-Inch Curved OLED TV
HT Staff  |  Aug 13, 2013
Samsung Electronics America today announced the U.S. availability of its first-ever curved OLED TV. The 55-inch KN55S9C is shipping to specialty retailers nationwide and will carry a suggested retail price of $9,000.

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Audio Video News
Back to Stereo: Onkyo Debuts Classic Receiver
HT Staff  |  Aug 13, 2013
It might be time to dust off your old turntable. Good old two-channel stereo is the focus of Onkyo’s latest receiver, the $199 TX-8020. The 2 x 50-watt model recalls the simplicity audio’s heyday with an all-metal front-panel and chassis, five analog inputs, an AM/FM tuner, a moving-magnet phono stage for playing vinyl records, and controls for bass, treble and balance. You won’t find any video switching on this puppy.

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Editor's Eye
Surprise, Surprise: Sometimes, Even In the A/V Biz, Old Is New Again
Rob Sabin  |  Aug 12, 2013
At any given moment, we’re usually working on six to eight test reports among various staffers. Of those, perhaps two or three products might be the “latest and greatest” while the rest falls more into the bread-and-butter category—another $600 or $1,000 receiver, maybe another bookshelf speaker system. As I looked over our recent slate of reviews, I was indeed struck by how conventional the mix appears to be. And yet, as I dug a bit deeper, I came to see how well it represents technology trends that have come to define the audio/video space, circa 2013.
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