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Premiere Design
Wilson WATCH Home Theater System
Scott Wilkinson  |  Jul 15, 2010  |  0 comments
Wilson Audio is well known for ultra-high-end speakers, but most of its products are designed for 2-channel listening. To create a full surround system, all you need do is mate any of Wilson's superlative L/R models with a center, surrounds, subwoofer, and controller from the WATCH (Wilson Audio Theater Comes Home) lineup.
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Premiere Design
Win Analog S & V Series Monoblocks
Scott Wilkinson  |  Feb 16, 2011  |  5 comments
Note: This is NOT an UltimateAVmag.com contest; the name of the company profiled here is Win Analog.

One of the coolest-looking single-ended triode (SET) monoblock power amps I've seen in a long time comes from California-based Win Analog. Two versions are available—the S and V Series.

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Ask S&V
Wireless Audio, Dynamic Contrast, 3D PJs
Scott Wilkinson  |  Aug 18, 2010  |  0 comments
Going Wireless
I have some very good wired speakers. How can I convert them to wireless in order to have more flexibility in placement? I do not want wires going throughout the room.
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Ask S&V
Wireless Whole-House Audio
Scott Wilkinson  |  Jun 01, 2011  |  1 comments
I need a recommendation for wireless speakers. My in-laws have four sets of speakers throughout the house controlled with a hard-wired switch box, but the system crackles and pops so badly that they have stopped listening to music. In lieu of crawling under the house to rewire, I want to know if wireless speakers are a viable option. I was hoping that something like a wireless Bose Cube speaker system existed? We don't mind spending a bit on an initial set or two.

Greg Shaw

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CES 2010
WirelessHD
Scott Wilkinson  |  Jan 08, 2009  |  0 comments

Among the four or five contenders showing wireless HD transmission systems is the WirelessHD Consortium, which includes 30 companies such as LG, Panasonic, Samsung, Sony, and Toshiba. The system transmits up to 1080p/60 in the 60GHz range, which is relatively free from interference, and it has a maximum latency of 1-2ms. RF signals at this frequency can be blocked by obstacles such as people, so the technology automatically redirects the beam to reflect off walls, ceiling, or floor as needed, and it's designed to transmit its full bandwidth up to 10 meters as long as there's some line-of-sight path to be found. Pictured here is a WirelessHD transmitter (bottom) and receiver (top) by LG Innotek, a subsidiary of LG that makes components for various products from LG and other manufacturers.

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CEDIA 2010
Wisdom Audio Electronics
Scott Wilkinson  |  Sep 29, 2010  |  2 comments
The electronic components that accompany Wisdom Audio's speakers aren't new, but they sure look cool. This rack includes an SC-1 system controller, which provides electronic crossovers and Audyssey MultEQ room correction, and several SA power amps with one, two, or three channels of amplification at 500Wpc into 4Ω. Combined with Wisdom's in-wall main speakers and standalone subs in the company's demo room, the system sounded fantastic—in fact, it was one of the best audio demos I heard at the show.
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Premiere Design
Wisdom Audio LS3 & LS4 Speakers
Scott Wilkinson  |  Nov 30, 2010  |  1 comments
Well-known for its high-end, in-wall, line-source speakers, Wisdom Audio has just announced two new on-wall models, the LS3 and LS4, which are designed—and priced—for the ultra-high-end market.
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CEDIA 2009
Wisdom Audio Sage Series
Scott Wilkinson  |  Aug 31, 2009  |  0 comments

Wisdom Audio's Sage Series of high-end speakers will expand at CEDIA to include the L100i and C150i, planar-magnetic, line-source, in-wall models designed to be placed behind acoustically transparent screens. Both include 50-inch-tall planar line-source drivers for the highs and mids and a woofer array for the lows—specifically, eight woofers in the L100i and 16 in the C150i, which is intended as a center speaker but can be used in the left and right positions as well. Pricing and availability have not yet been disclosed.

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CEDIA 2010
Wisdom Audio STS Subwoofer
Scott Wilkinson  |  Sep 29, 2010  |  1 comments
New at CEDIA from Wisdom Audio was the STS passive subwoofer with dual 15-inch drivers. At five feet tall and three feet wide, it looks huge next to the SWS "suitcase" sub as seen here, but it's actually surprisingly small for what it does—130dB SPL at 20Hz (-3dB at 15Hz) with a sensitivity of 101dB/W/m and the ability to handle power up to 5kW!
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CEDIA 2009
Wisdom L100i/C150i Redux
Scott Wilkinson  |  Sep 10, 2009  |  0 comments

After blogging about these in-wall speakers before the show, I was eager to hear them for myself. The demo consisted of some CD selections in 2.1 (using the new SCS subwoofer, about which more in the next post), multichannel audio from DVD concert videos, and a clip from <I>Monsters, Inc.</I> shown on a Screen Research ClearPix2 woven, acoustically transparent screen. The system controller provides Audyssey MultEQ XT and several memories for different setups&#151;music, movies, speakers behind a screen or not, etc.&#151;and the result sounded great, with deep, clean bass and excellent imaging.

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