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Darryl Wilkinson | Dec 04, 2006 | First Published: Nov 04, 2006

Getting Morel of a good thing.

Released from the boxes of thousands upon thousands of plasma and LCD TVs was a nasty disease that's induced feverish thoughts of flatness and smallness in the minds of otherwise good and decent people, making them forget how important audio is to a home theater system. (That rumbling sound is Paul Klipsch rolling over in his grave.) For these poor, deluded folks, speakers are not much more than a flat-panel-TV accessory.

Power Amplifier Reviews Surround Processor Reviews

Sunfire TGP-5 Pre/Pro and TGA-5400 Amplifier

Steve Guttenberg | Dec 04, 2006 | First Published: Nov 04, 2006

Grander than ever.

While Sunfire's Bob Carver isn't quite the household name that Apple's Steve Jobs is, he absolutely qualifies as a bona fide audio legend. Carver's greatest hits range from his early high-power amplifier, the 350-watt-per-channel Phase Linear 700, to Sonic Holography, Bob's virtual-surround generator. Carver also did much to inspire the new breed of super-potent, ultracompact subwoofers with his much-copied Sunfire True. His knack for audio innovation pumped my expectations for a couple of his latest creations, Sunfire's Theater Grand TGP-5 pre/pro and the TGA-5400, a 400-watt-per-channel amplifier.

Ears On

Beatles Downloads to Debut on iTunes

Mark Fleischmann | Dec 04, 2006

"Fortune has learned that iTunes is close to a deal to bring the Beatles catalog online," the magazine's Tim Arango reported last week. How ironic, given their 20 years of legal battles, including most recently a tug of war over the right to use the brandname Apple. Neither Apple Computer or Apple Corps has confirmed the rumor and the deal may still fall through. However, the president of EMI recently told a music industry conference that he expected to see Beatles downloads available "soon." Still to be determined: What window of exclusivity will iTunes win from the Fab Four and their survivors? Will the Beatles allow their tunes and images be used for televised or other cross-promotional advertising, as U2 has done so successfully? Frankly, I couldn't care less, since my iPod already contains Beatles content ripped from legally purchased CDs. What I want to know is: How much longer do I have to wait for the Beatles catalog to be remixed in surround and released on SACD, DVD-Audio, Blu-ray, or HD DVD?

Blu-ray Movie Reviews

The Doors DVD-As

Parke Puterbaugh | Dec 03, 2006

Music Reviews

MUSIC REVIEW: John Mayer

Billy Altman | Dec 03, 2006

Continuum Aware/Columbia

Music ••••^½ Sound •••••

With last year's power-trio live CD, Try!, John Mayer

Music Reviews

MUSIC REVIEW: The Killers

Brett Milano | Dec 03, 2006

Music Reviews

MUSIC REVIEW: Evanescence

Brett Milano | Dec 03, 2006

The Open Door Wind-up

Music •••^½ Sound •••^½

Now that Amy Lee is a big star, she gets to write a nasty son

Music Reviews

Music: Work Du Fab Four

Ken Richardson | Dec 03, 2006

THE BEATLES: Love (Apple/Capitol). Mashups from the Cirque du Soleil show. Unavailable at press time, but billed as "first Beatles album in 5.1": CD+DVD-Audio!

JOHN: The U.S. vs. John Lennon (Capitol; 4-½ stars). Edgy songs from the doc. Also out: Give Peace a Song (Hip-O DVD), Sean Lennon's Friendly Fire (Capitol CD).

GAME REVIEW: Scarface: The World is Yours

Drew Thompson | Dec 03, 2006

Vivendi (PS2, Xbox)

Game ••• Graphics ••• Sound ••••

Remember the end of the movie Scarface?

GAME REVIEW: Destroy All Humans! 2

Drew Thompson | Dec 03, 2006

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