Brent Butterworth

Monitor Audio Platinum Series Home Theater Speaker System
Brent Butterworth  |  May 31, 2008
Monitor goes platinum PL300 Monitor PL300 People often complain about America's pervasive influence on other cultures.
Continue Reading >
Monitor Audio Platinum Series Home Theater Speaker System
Brent Butterworth  |  May 31, 2008
Test Report: Monitor Audio PL300 Monitor PL300 People often complain about America's pervasive influence on other cultures.
Continue Reading >
Test Report: Monitor Audio Platinum Series Home Theater Speaker System
Brent Butterworth  |  May 31, 2008

 

The Short Form

Continue Reading >
Other Tech
No Dirty Dozen: 13 Spring-Cleaning Tips for Your Home Theater
Brent Butterworth  |  Apr 25, 2008

Why does the Vernal equinox always trigger a sudden urge to clean? Who knows? You'd have to read Psychology Today or Discover to find that out. We're not here to lay some heavy scientific anthropological stuff on you. We're here to save your audio/video gear.

Continue Reading >
Other Tech
Audio '08: Hear it Roar
Brent Butterworth  |  Apr 21, 2008

Revel IC15 $749 each Revel Speakers

Continue Reading >
Other Tech
Audio 08: Hear it Roar
Brent Butterworth  |  Apr 20, 2008

Revel IC15 $749 each Revel Speakers

Continue Reading >
'Weatherproof' TVs Brave Our Elements
Brent Butterworth  |  Apr 10, 2008
"Weatherproof" TVs brave our elements PAN320 Pantel PAN320 When it comes to pure decadence, no technology delivers like LCD.
Continue Reading >
Revel's Salon2: A Super-Speaker Model
Brent Butterworth  |  Apr 09, 2008

Since speaker manufacturers typically replace a particular model in their line after 3 years, you could say that 1 human year equals about 25 speaker years. That means Revel's original Salon lasted to the ripe old age of 200 - or 8 years to you and me. The engineers behind the Salon didn't want to create a new model just for the sake of creating a new model.

Continue Reading >
Other Tech
Pioneer Stands By Its Plasma
Brent Butterworth  |  Apr 06, 2008

Rumors that Pioneer would end production of plasma TV panels and begin buying them from other companies raised eyebrows in the electronics industry this week. But according to Russ Johnston, Pioneer's executive vice president of product planning and marketing, those who see Pioneer's move as a bellwether of plasma's demise will have to save their schadenfreude for another day.

Continue Reading >
Tower Speaker Reviews
Thiel CS2.3, MCS1, and SCS3 Speakers
Brent Butterworth  |  Aug 27, 2000  |  Published: Aug 28, 2000
Jaded no more.

I've heard too many speakers. After 10 years of reviewing them, it's hard for me to remember what it was like to be surprised . . . astounded . . . amazed by a really good speaker. However, over the past couple of months, I've gotten a taste of what it was like when I first heard good speakers— when I first experienced broad soundstaging, precise imaging, and a neutral, natural tonal balance.

Continue Reading >

Pages

X