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Yamaha Releases True X Wireless Surround Sound System All Image Credit: Yamaha Yamaha has just released its True X Wireless Surround Sound System promising an easy-to-use and flexible Dolby Atmos true surround experience. Yamaha claims that True X is “the next phase in Yamaha’s class-leading sound bar technology” and that […]

Yamaha Releases True X Wireless Surround Sound System

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Klipsch Reference Monitors R-40PM And R-50PM – Quick Look All Image Credit: Klipsch Two new powered reference speakers have been released by Klipsch, the R-40PM and R-50PM, they join their passive R-40M and R-50M designs. Both new speakers are updates to their outgoing R-41PM and R-51PM 2-way models. With their […]

Klipsch Reference Monitors R-40PM And R-50PM – Quick Look

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Mobile Fidelity Announces MasterDeck & MasterPhono – First Look All Image Credit: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab With Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs continuing desire to bring the sound of the master tape into your home they have announced two new vinyl products; the MasterDeck turntable and the MasterPhono pre-amplifier. The turntable […]

Mobile Fidelity Announces MasterDeck & MasterPhono – First Look

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Dirac Live Active Room Treatment – Coming Soon All Image Credit: DIRAC Just announced at CES 2023 the Swedish digital audio pioneer Dirac continues to push the boundaries of sound with the introduction of Dirac Live Active Room Treatment. This latest feature processes home theater audio as a unified system, […]

Dirac Live Active Room Treatment – Coming Soon

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McIntosh MC451 With Hybrid Drive Technology – First Look All Image Credit: McIntosh The MC451 is the latest addition to the McIntosh Hybrid drive range. It is a dual mono power amplifier that employees both tube and solid state technology extracting the best from each device type and providing 300 […]

McIntosh MC451 With Hybrid Drive Technology – First Look

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McIntosh MI502 Class D Amplifier – Quick Look All Image Credit: McIntosh The new McIntosh MI502 2-Channel Digital Amplifier joins their comprehensive range of CI products offering 500 watts of Class D power to your home cinema or installed audio. The MI502 is said by McIntosh to use; “high-tech closed […]

McIntosh MI502 Class D Amplifier – Quick Look

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20 Sure Fire Hit Stocking Stuffers For Vinyl Lovers
Christmas & Holiday Gifts For HT & Vinyl Lovers This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. After the less than joyful holiday season in 2020, this year hopefully will be more normal with a well earned happy time for friends and families to get together and celebrate the […]

Christmas & Holiday Gifts For HT & Vinyl Lovers

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Analog Amplifiers. Are You Sure?
Analog Amplifiers. Are You Sure? A Pause for Thought You wanted an all analog signal chain for stereo or even multi-channel sound……well think again! When you buy your new ‘analog’ amplifier or home theater receiver, ask yourself, how analog is it? In order to build cost-effective amplifiers and receivers manufacturers […]

Analog Amplifiers. Are You Sure?

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Loudspeaker Basics 101- Part 1 This is the first of three posts that will take a basic look at: Speaker drivers and crossovers Speaker enclosures and Room placement Introduction Every day we listen to sound emanating from radios, TV’s, phones, computers and of course our Hi-Fi and HT systems. They […]

Loudspeaker Basics 101 – Part 1

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Phono Cartridge Basics 101 2
Phono Cartridge Basics 101 As I am now in the market for a new cartridge, and maybe a new head amplifier or pre-amplifier, I thought a quick refresher course on cartridge basics would clear my head and help others who maybe in the same boat. Cartridge specifications alone are not […]

Phono Cartridge Basics 101

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Home Theater Treatment For Great Images
Home Theater Treatment For Great Images Introduction So after spending your hard earned cash on that new projector and screen, there is more to installing them than just hanging them off the ceiling or putting the projector on a table or shelf! Especially if you want to get the best […]

Home Theater Treatment For Great Images

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Review: Monoprice SlimRun HDMI Fiber Optic Cable
Review: Monoprice SlimRun & C2G HDMI Fiber Optic Cables This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here.                 So after ten years of using an active Accell UltraRun 10.2Gb/s HDMI copper cable that supported 1080P60 4:4:4, to drive my projector, I needed […]

Review: Monoprice SlimRun & C2G HDMI Fiber Optic Cables

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