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UAV Editor on TV in LA
Scott Wilkinson  |  Jul 03, 2008  |  0 comments

If you happen to be in Los Angeles and you're looking for something to do after you get back from watching fireworks on July 4, tune in to KTTV 11 at 10:30 PM or KCOP 13 at 11:30 PM that night. Both channels are airing a half-hour special called "Digital Conversion: What You Need to Know" in which I am featured as an on-camera expert talking about TVs and home theater.

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The Big Picture
A Call for Reviewers
Scott Wilkinson  |  Oct 23, 2008  |  3 comments

Here at <I>UAV</I>, we're always looking for new reviewers. My staff of freelancers is already working at capacity, which means I need to find some new voices to join our ranks. If you think you have what it takes to be a reviewer, I'd like to hear from you...

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The Big Picture
A Closer Look at Active vs Passive 3D Flat Panels
Scott Wilkinson  |  May 09, 2011  |  5 comments
Last Friday, video guru Joe Kane visited Grayscale Studio, where Tom Norton and I conduct most of our display reviews, to show us his latest test patterns, which are designed for 3D displays. The images were generated by a VideoForge test-pattern generator from Audio Video Foundry and sent to an Accell HDMI switcher/splitter, which fed two flat panels—a Samsung UN55D8000 with active glasses and LG 55LW5600, which uses passive glasses. (Interestingly, the Accell switcher/splitter can pass 3D from the VideoForge, but not from a 3D Blu-ray player.) The results of these tests were very interesting, to say the least.
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The Big Picture
A DVD Player Review?
Scott Wilkinson  |  Oct 03, 2008  |  5 comments

This week at <I>UAV</I>, we've posted a review of Toshiba's XD-E500 upconverting DVD player. This might seem a bit odd, since we haven't reviewed a DVD player in quite a while&#151;instead, we focus on Blu-ray these days.

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Premiere Design
A Legend Returns
Scott Wilkinson  |  Oct 29, 2009  |  33 comments

Audiophiles know the name Mark Levinson well. After his eponymous first enterprise was purchased by Harman International&#151;which means he can no longer use his own name on audio products&#151;Levinson went on to found several other highly regarded audio companies, including Cello and Red Rose Music. Now, in a story exclusive to <I>UAV</I>, the audio designer, recording engineer, and professional musician is launching his latest venture from his adopted home country of Switzerland, calling it <A href="http://www.danielhertz.com">Daniel Hertz, S.A.</A>&#151;"Daniel" after his father and "Hertz" after his mother's great-uncle Heinrich Hertz, whose name is now used as the universal unit of measurement of frequency.

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The Big Picture
A Question for Readers
Scott Wilkinson  |  Feb 10, 2008  |  0 comments

This week, instead of answering a reader question, I'd like to ask you a question. You can answer in one of two ways&mdash;either post a comment after this blog or send me an e-mail at <A HREF="mailto:scott.wilkinson@sourceinterlink.com">scott.wilkinson@sourceinterlink.com</A>.

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Premiere Design
Absoluta Janus Monoblock Power Amp
Scott Wilkinson  |  Oct 05, 2010  |  0 comments
Among the seemingly infinite number of monoblock power amps available in the world is the Janus from Italian maker Absoluta. Its understated elegance bespeaks careful attention to looks as well as performance.
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Premiere Design
Acapella Sphäron Excalibur Speaker
Scott Wilkinson  |  May 03, 2010  |  0 comments

Audiophiles who want to impress their friends&#151;and I seriously doubt there are any who don't&#151;would be hard pressed to do better than a pair of Sph&#228;ron Excalibur speakers from German horn specialist <A href="http://www.acapella.de/en/">Acapella</A>. But you'd better have a pretty big room to comfortably house these beautiful beasts, which stand over seven feet tall and weigh 1364 pounds each.

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CEDIA 2010
ADA PTM-7150 7-Channel Power Amp
Scott Wilkinson  |  Sep 25, 2010  |  0 comments
Audio Design Associates (ADA) introduced two versions of a new multichannel power amp at CEDIA—the PTM-7150 (seven channels, $10,000) and PTM-5150 (five channels, $8000). Each one pumps 150Wpc into 8Ω, 250Wpc into 4Ω, and around 600Wpc into 2Ω. It operates in pure class-A mode for the first 50 watts, after which it moves to class-AB, and a patent-pending cooling system uses a high-volume/low-speed fan under the heat sinks to keep the amp cool and quiet.
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CEDIA 2010
ADA Trinnov Room Correction
Scott Wilkinson  |  Sep 25, 2010  |  0 comments
After several years of prototype demos at trade shows, Audio Design Associates (ADA) is finally releasing a consumer version of its Trinnov room correction technology in three standalone boxes—the TEQ-4 ($10,000), TEQ-8 ($12,000), and TEQ-12 ($15,000); the model number indicates how many audio channels each one supports. The first step is to play test tones and measure several listening positions with the included microphone, which uses four pickups spaced so that the speakers' position—including height—can be measured accurately.
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