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Subwoofer Reviews
Paradigm Monitor SUB 10 Subwoofer
Brent Butterworth  |  Aug 31, 2013

A home theater enthusiast might look at Paradigm’s 13-inch-high Monitor SUB 10 and ask, “Why would I buy that when I can get a 15-inch sub for the same price?” Well, you wouldn’t buy it. Paradigm builds the SUB 10 for design-oriented buyers who want decent bass but don’t want a subwoofer that takes up a lot of floor space.

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Subwoofer Reviews
NHT B-12d Subwoofer
Brent Butterworth  |  Aug 31, 2013

NHT was the first speaker company I ever wrote about, way back in 1989. The company has changed hands several times since then, but its current product offerings are strikingly similar to the originals. It still focuses on compact, well-engineered speakers with gloss-black finishes.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
From Up on Poppy Hill, Prime Suspect and Frankenstein's Army
Chris Chiarella  |  Aug 30, 2013
Father and son Miyazakis craft another touching tale, Helen Mirren shines as a capable cop, and all hell breaks loose in an offbeat World War II gorefest.
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Speaker Tech
Speaker Measurements 101
Brent Butterworth  |  Aug 30, 2013

The advent of cheap audio measurement gear has made it easy for do-it-yourselfers to tweak their systems and even test their own speakers and amps. Unfortunately, it has also spawned a new generation of would-be technicians doing really bad speaker measurements.

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Audio Video News
Demos and Prizes (… Lots of Prizes) Dominate Pacific Northwest Home Theater Meetup
Kris Deering  |  Aug 29, 2013
With more and more high-end dealers closing shop, opportunities for real demos are drying up, leaving local meet-ups as one of the few ways for enthusiasts to demo the latest gear. So I decided to host my first Pacific Northwest Area Home Theater Meetup in my hometown of Port Orchard, WA. What started out as a gathering of a few friends turned into a massive event...
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Audio Video News
Panasonic Ain’t Just Plasmas
Rob Sabin  |  Aug 29, 2013

I recently enjoyed a press tour of Panasonic’s soon-to-open Innovation Center in Newark, NJ, an open-windowed retail-like space off the lobby of the company’s new headquarters building.

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Blu-ray Setup
Q&A: Video Oppo-timization
Al Griffin  |  Aug 29, 2013

Q. I recently bought an Oppo BDP-103 Blu-ray player. A key reason for buying it was to connect a cable TV box to the Oppo’s HDMI input and tap the player’s superior video processing to improve TV picture quality. Will it be necessary to set the equipment up in such a way as to avoid the TV’s video processing?

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Editor's Eye
Panasonic Ain't Just Plasmas
Rob Sabin  |  Aug 29, 2013
I recently enjoyed an early press tour of Panasonic’s soon-to-open Innovation Center in Newark, NJ, an open-windowed retail-like space off the lobby of the company’s new headquarters building. I’m not usually much for these types of dog-and-pony shows, and little of what the company shared that day was directly related to the consumer electronics audio/video segment that’s of prime interest to our readers. But I’ve covered the firm’s CE technology for decades now, and this move from their old Secaucus, NJ campus...
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Audio Video News
How to Use Radical.FM’s Free Music Streaming App
SV Staff  |  Aug 28, 2013
The Radical.FM music streaming app is like a cross between Spotify and Pandora. Learn about its unique approach to finding songs and creating stations.
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Audio Video News
Richard Gray Introduces IP-Addressable Power Management System
SV Staff  |  Aug 28, 2013
Richard Gray’s Power Company (RGPC), a US-based manufacturer of AC power and communications network infrastructure protection and enhancement products, today introduced the IPAC-8 Remote IP Power Management System.
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