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PrimaLuna DiaLogue Seven Tube Monoblock Power Amplifier

January 16, 2010
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PrimaLuna DiaLogue Seven Tube Monoblock Power Amplifier

PrimaLuna is a Dutch-based company that released its first products, the ProLogue One and ProLogue Two integrated tube amplifiers in 2003. Then, in 2006, they released the ProLogue Three preamplifier, and ProLogue Five, Six, and Seven power amplifiers. Late in that same year, the PrimaLuna DiaLogue series hit the market, which had the DiaLogue’s...

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Centronics DHCT5 Cat 5 HDMI Extender

January 16, 2010
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Centronics DHCT5 Cat 5 HDMI Extender

For those of us who need to get a high definition program that is stored or being broadcast from a satellite or cable receiver in one room to an HDTV in another room that may be at the other end of the house, simply using a long HDMI cable won’t work due to signal...

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Emotiva X-Series A/V Cables

January 16, 2010
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Emotiva X-Series A/V Cables

Emotiva, which started out marketing amplifiers, expanded to include preamplifiers, SSPs, speakers, and now, to complete the line, a complete series of cables. These include coaxial analog RCA, coaxial digital RCA, digital Toslink, balanced XLR, HDMI, and speaker cables. They come in two models, one being the X-Series that we review here, and the...

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A Collection of New Vinyl Releases – December, 2009

January 16, 2010
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A Collection of New Vinyl Releases – December, 2009

I came to Miles Davis’s “Birth of the Cool” with expectations. Expectations which were shattered more or less as soon as the needle hit the groove. It didn’t take me long to realize the error of my ways, and it’s a mistake I’ve vowed not to revisit. Read more… Visit Home Theater HiFi

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VIZIO VF551XVT 55" LCD LED HDTV

January 16, 2010
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VIZIO VF551XVT 55" LCD LED HDTV

VIZIO has introduced a 55″ (diagonal) LCD HDTV (1080p) that uses 960 LEDs in 80 control blocks as the backlighting. The control blocks change their brightness according to the brightness of the part of the scene that they responsible for illuminating. The result is absolute black, where there is supposed to be black. We...

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