Archive for January, 2006
Friday, January 20th, 2006
Panasonic SA-XR57 Receiver
Panasonic has issued a press release regarding an update to their line of pure digital receivers. The SA-XR55 will be replaced by the SA-XR57 which includes a few important upgrades; HDMI 1.1 and HDAVI Control. The MSRP has been raised to $400 (the SA-XR55 was $300); here’s hoping the power supply has been [...]
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Wednesday, January 18th, 2006
Xbox 360 DVD Player Review
Kris Deering of Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity has updated his dvd player benchmark with results from the Xbox 360’s dvd player. The results were somewhat of a mixed bag; in regards to deinterlacing and core performance it is comparable with an average budget dvd player. The reviewer was disappointed [...]
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Wednesday, January 18th, 2006
SVS PB12-Plus/2 Subwoofer Review
Mark Sanfilipo of Audioholics has posted a review of SVS’s midrange dual driver subwoofer, the PB12-Plus/2. This subwoofer features two of SVS’s latest plus series drivers (dB12.2) in a large ported enclosure; the power is provided by a 900W BASH amplifier. The subwoofer ships in a defauly tune of 25hz (3 ports open); [...]
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Tuesday, January 17th, 2006
NeuNeo HVD2085 High Definition DVD Player Review
Kris Deering of Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity has posted benchmark results from the NeuNeo HVD2085 High Definition DVD Player. The dvd player uses an AMLogic video processing chipset for MPEG decoding and deinterlacing. This chipset also features support for HVD (high definition video on a standard dvd) and upscaling (720P, [...]
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Tuesday, January 17th, 2006
CES 2006 Coverage
Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity has posted 46 pages of pictures and descriptions from this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Enjoy the Music has also posted CES coverage that is more focused on the high-end audiophile market.
View Secrets CES 2006 coverage
View EnjoytheMusic CES 2006 coverage
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Thursday, January 5th, 2006
SVS PB12-Plus Subwoofer Review
Ed Mullen of Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity has reviewed SVS’s latest box subwoofer, the PB12-Plus. The SVS PB-12 Plus features a recently upgraded 12in woofer (dB12.2), a 525 watt Indigo BASH amplifier, variable tuning (20hz, 16hz, 12hz), and a single band parametric equalizer on the premium finish models. The review [...]
