Archive for December, 2005
Thursday, December 29th, 2005
Denon AVR-4806 Receiver Review
Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity has recently posted a review of Denon’s latest entry in the high end receiver market, the AVR-4806. The Denon AVR-4806 shared the preamp section with the AVR-5805 while reducing the number of amplifier channels to 7×130w. This THX Ultra2 certified receiver features 1 DVI input, 3 [...]
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Monday, December 19th, 2005
Sceptre X37SV-Naga 37″ 1920 x 1080 LCD TV Review
Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity has recently posted a review of Sceptre’s latest entry into the HD LCD TV market, their 37″ 1920×1080 model. The Sceptre 37″ LCD is the first and only (so far) 1080P LCD in the < $2000 price range; this 1080P LCD sports a wide range of available [...]
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Sunday, December 18th, 2005
Panasonic DVD-S97 Review
Audioholics has posted a review of Panasonic’s latest HDMI upscaling dvd player, the DVD-S97. The DVD-S97 sports a HDMI 1.1 interface which in addition to video allows DVD-Audio to be transported digitally as 6-channel PCM data to any receiver with an HDMI 1.1 port; the Panasonic SA-XR70 is just one example of such a [...]
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Wednesday, December 14th, 2005
Oppo OPDV971H DVD Player Review
Kris Deering of Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity has posted an updated objective evaluation of the OPDV971H’s video performance based on the changes from the latest firmware update. The update fixes a few issues with oppo’s Genesis FLI-2310 deinterlacer implementation and gives the OPDV971H an almost perfect score (98/100). This dvd [...]
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Wednesday, December 14th, 2005
Slim Devices Squeezebox 3 Review
Enjoy the Music has reviewed the latest revision of Slim Devices networked music player, the Squeezebox 3. Compared to the Squeezebox 2, the Squeezebox 3 sports a larger easier-to-read vacuum fluorescent display and an upgraded appearance. The internal hardware in the Squeezebox 3 is identical to the Squeezebox 2; the new case design [...]
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Wednesday, December 14th, 2005
SVS SBS-01 Review
Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity has published a review of SVS’s foray into the budget speaker market, the SBS-01. The reviewer seemed quite impressed with the SBS-01’s performance in movies and in music. The review also includes THD measurements at 100hz, 1khz, and 10khz at 100db; the overall frequency response of [...]
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Tuesday, December 13th, 2005
Harman Kardon AVR 435 Firmware Update
On the heels of the AVR 635 firmware update, Harman Kardon has released a similar update for its slightly lower powered sibling, the AVR 435. The firmware update resolves the following issues:
*If the incoming data stream is stopped while a digital audio source is playing, the AVR will now remember the last used surround [...]
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Tuesday, December 13th, 2005
Emotiva BPA-1 Amplifier
AV123 has begun shipping their newest amplifier in the Emotiva line, the BPA-1. The BPA-1 has the ability to operate as a full range two channel (75w/ch into 8ohms) integrated amplifier, full-range monoblock amplifier (150w/ch 8ohm min), and a subwoofer amplifier with the included adjustible active low-pass filter (50-150hz 18db/octave). At $249 the [...]
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Monday, December 12th, 2005
Outlaw Audio Model 990 & Model 7125 Review
Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity has posted a review of Outlaw Audio’s newest preamp/processor & 7-channel amplifier combo.
At $1,099 for the 990 and $999 for the 7125, the two Outlaw units both represent excellent bargains in their respective markets. All of the processors and amplifiers I could find with comparable, and [...]
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Wednesday, December 7th, 2005
Outlaw Audio Model 970 Preamp/Processor
Outlaw Audio has released information on their new budget preamp/processor, the Model 970. From the looks of it the Model 970 is the Model 1070 Receiver without the amplifier section. The model 970 has the following features:
•Dolby Digital EX, Dolby Pro Logic IIx fully adjustable, Dolby Virtual Speaker, Dolby Headphone
•DTS-ES Discrete and Matrix, [...]
