Archive for October, 2005
Monday, October 17th, 2005
Onix X-LS Review
A member of the AV123 forum has posted a preliminary review of Onix’s newest budget speaker, the X-LS, designed by Danny Ritchie of GR-Research. The X-LS is a 2-way rear-ported speaker with a 1in fabric dome tweeter crossed over at 2khz to a 6.5in treated paper cone woofer. For a price of $199 [...]
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Thursday, October 13th, 2005
Apple iPod
Apple has just released the 5th generation iPod that can play video on its QVGA (320×240) color display. It is available in either 30 or 60gb versions for prices of $299 and $399 respectively. Supported video formats include H.264 (320×240) at up to 768kbps and MPEG-2 (480×480) at up to 2.5mbps. iTunes [...]
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Wednesday, October 12th, 2005
No Rez Damping Pad
Danny Ritchie has introduced a product that minimizes speaker enclosure resonances that is significantly cheaper than Blackhole 5. The pad is comprised of a thick layer of damping material that is treated with PSA and a 1″ thick layer of open cell foam with a textured surface which is designed to absorb standing waves. [...]
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Friday, October 7th, 2005
NHT Classic Line Speakers and Subwoofers
NHT has updated their website with information on their new Classic Line of Speakers and Subwoofers. The new line consists of the Absolute Zero (a compact 2-way bookshelf speaker with a 5.25in woofer and 1in aluminum dome tweeter), the Two (uses the same tweeter as the Absolute Zero but with a larger 6.5in woofer), [...]
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Thursday, October 6th, 2005
X-Series Tease
Mark Schifter has leaked some information regarding their X-series line of products which consists of budget-minded speakers, subwoofers, and electronics. The product line will include the xempower (a 50w/ch integrated amplifier with two inputs and an optional remote), xamp (a 125w monoblock amplifier), the xhead (a class-A headphone amplifier), the xhub (a remote controlled [...]
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Tuesday, October 4th, 2005
RMAF Impressions
Brad, a member of the audiocircle and av123 forums and a fellow blogger, has posted some pictures and detailed impressions of some of the rooms at RMAF.
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Brad’s RMAF Conclusions
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Tuesday, October 4th, 2005
Exodus Audio LCR
Brian Bunge of RAD Home Theater has posted some pictures of 3 Exodus Audio LCR speakers that he built for a customer with Bird’s Eye Maple veneer and magnetic grills. The crossovers are housed in external boxes that are also veneered which provides an easy transition to an actively tri-amped setup.
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Tuesday, October 4th, 2005
Finnish Subwoofer Shootout
Some great objective data on a number of subs was posted recently. Graphs of frequency response, power compression, total harmonic distortion, max spl at 10% thd, bandwidth linearity, group delay, ETF Impulse response, ETF Frequency response, and ETF spectral decay were posted for each of five subwoofers. The participants were the BK XLS200-DF, [...]
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Monday, October 3rd, 2005
RMAF Coverage
The second annual Rocky Mountain Audiofest was held in Denver, Colorado from September 30th through October 2nd. There were over 70 rooms with stereo setups from different manufacturers.
Enjoy the Music Coverage
Secrets Show Report
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