Monthly Archives: July 2011

PSB Imagine mini Speaker Preview

July 31, 2011
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With a response down to 55Hz both on and off axis, the specs on the PSB Imagine mini speakers (a speaker so small, it doesn’t even get a capital letter) are almost too good to be believed. They utilize a 4″ Clay/Ceramic filled Polypropylene Cone woofer and a 1″ Titanium Dome tweeter. The speakers...

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Martin Logan ElectroMotion C2 and FX2 Center and Surround Speakers Preview

July 29, 2011
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Hot on the heels of our interview with David Janszen on Electrostatic speakers, Martin Logan has announced a few new players in their bid to move their speakers out of dedicated two channel listening rooms to the home theater. The ElectroMotion C2 center and FX2 surround speakers share Martin Logan’s new Folded Motion XT...

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Yamaha RX-A3010 9.2 AVENTAGE Receiver Preview

July 22, 2011
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The Yamaha RX-A3010 is a 9.2 channel receiver sporting 150 watts per channel. It has 11 pairs of binding posts, 11.2 channel analogue outputs, and supports almost all the latest networking features. The new RX-A3010 adds only $100 to the MSRP of the RX-A3000 but you get some significant upgrades. In fact, if you...

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Bowers & Wilkins C5 In-ear, Noise-isolating Headphones Preview

July 20, 2011
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With a B&W product, we often expect to see premium pricing based on their name and reputation. At $180, the C5 in-ear headphones are quite reasonable. While we’re sure some consumers would expect noise-canceling and not just isolation at this price point, the fact is that a well-designed isolation system will work very well...

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Denon AVR-3312CI AV Receiver Video Review

July 18, 2011
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AV receivers are getting more and more powerful, and their feature sets are getting more and more expansive. For some, the critical price/performance breakpoint comes at around $5-$600. At that price you start to get advanced features like video upconversion to HDMI and amplifiers that can be re-routed to a second Zone. So what...

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