Brent Butterworth

Headphone Reviews
Review: Beats New Studio
Brent Butterworth  |  Aug 04, 2013

Has there ever been a headphone brand so controversial as Beats? It's undeniably popular; just walk around any downtown or airport in any industrialized country and you're almost sure to see a set. Yet audio enthusiasts-including the ones at Sound & Vision-often deride Beats' sound quality.

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Primer: CEA-2010
Brent Butterworth  |  Jul 23, 2013

The CEA-2010 subwoofer output measurement lets us separate the great subwoofers from the merely good ones, in a way that’s more reliable and repeatable than traditional measurements or listening tests. However, it’s still not widely used.

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Primer: CEA-2010 Page 2
Brent Butterworth  |  Jul 23, 2013

The CEA-2010 subwoofer output measurement lets us separate the great subwoofers from the merely good ones, in a way that's more reliable and repeatable than traditional measurements or listening tests. However, it's still not widely used.

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Primer: CEA-2010 Page 3
Brent Butterworth  |  Jul 23, 2013

The CEA-2010 subwoofer output measurement lets us separate the great subwoofers from the merely good ones, in a way that's more reliable and repeatable than traditional measurements or listening tests. However, it's still not widely used.

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New Products
JVC intros new LED/LCD TVs
Brent Butterworth  |  Jul 18, 2013
AmTRAN Video Corp., the company now producing TVs under the JVC brand, has announced four new JVC flat-panel TVs in sizes ranging from 42 to 55 inches, at prices ranging from $799 to $999. All feature a slim bezel design and edge-lit LED backlighting with local dimming.
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Subwoofer Reviews
Review: Kreisel Sound DXD-12012 subwoofer
Brent Butterworth  |  Jul 16, 2013

On Monday, when I reviewed the NXG NX-BAS-500 subwoofer, I recallled a time 20+ years ago when the only companies that made really good subwoofers were M&K and Velodyne. The "K" in M&K stood for Kreisel-Ken Kreisel, to be specific.

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On-Wall Speaker Reviews
Review: Klipsch AW-525 outdoor speaker
Brent Butterworth  |  Jul 15, 2013

Klipsch is of course known for making high-efficiency speakers with horn tweeters. Whether or not that concept pays off indoors, where high-powered amps are common, is a subject of debate among audiophiles. But it definitely pays off outdoors. There, you have no room gain to boost the bass, so you may need more volume.

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Custom Installation Equipment Reviews
Review: OSD German Shepherd outdoor speaker
Brent Butterworth  |  Jul 15, 2013

When I was wandering through websites looking for speakers to review in this test, I found companies I'd never heard of. Most were selling generic outdoor speakers, but one - OSD Audio - offered something with an unprecedented mix of cool and creepy: an outdoor speaker styled to look like a life-size German Shepherd."Special purpose," indeed.

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On-Wall Speaker Reviews
Review: Niles OS5.5 outdoor speaker
Brent Butterworth  |  Jul 15, 2013

When we put together comparison tests, we often give manufacturers the parameters (i.e., outdoor speakers at $400/pair) and let them figure out what they want to send. For some reason, Niles chose to send the OS5.5, a speaker that costs just $259/pair.

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On-Wall Speaker Reviews
Review: SpeakerCraft OE5 One outdoor speaker
Brent Butterworth  |  Jul 15, 2013

Most outdoor speakers share pretty much the same design. But the OE5 One, like Speakercraft’s other Outdoor Elements speakers, has a feature found in only a few outdoor models: a ported enclosure. The port allows for deeper bass response than a sealed cabinetdoes.

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