Scott Wilkinson

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Dan D'Agostino Momentum Monoblock Power Amp
Scott Wilkinson  |  Dec 07, 2010
Audiophiles know well the name Dan D'Agostino, who co-founded Krell in 1980 and served as its chief engineer for 30 years. After selling the company in 2009, this audio legend started a new one—Dan D'Agostino Master Audio Systems—whose first fruit is the Momentum monoblock power amp, which will debut at CES next month.
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The Big Picture
Remain CALM
Scott Wilkinson  |  Dec 07, 2010
Are you bothered by TV commercials that seem louder than the program in which they are embedded? If so, you're not alone—the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) has received millions of consumer complaints about this, and in a rare moment of bipartisanship, the US House of Representatives passed the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act last Thursday, following the Senate's unanimous passage in October. According to the reports I've read, this legislation empowers the FCC to require broadcasters to adopt industry technology—which Dolby has been working on for the last decade—that modulates sound levels and prevents overly loud commercials within one year.
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Klipsch Palladium Speakers
Scott Wilkinson  |  Dec 06, 2010
Klipsch began making speakers in the US over six decades ago, and the company is still going strong. Its current flagship line, dubbed Palladium, builds on the company's continuing commitment to horn-loaded designs.
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Do You Prefer Plasma or LCD TVs?
Scott Wilkinson  |  Dec 03, 2010
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Constellation Hercules Monoblock Power Amp
Scott Wilkinson  |  Dec 02, 2010
Founded in 2009, one of the newest kids on the audiophile block is California-based Constellation Audio. Not that its principal players are newbies by any means—in fact, Constellation has assembled a "dream team" of engineers and designers to create unparalleled audio products, among the first of which is the Hercules monoblock power amp.
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Home Theater Geeks Podcast
Podcast 44: Alan Kraemer
Scott Wilkinson  |  Dec 01, 2010
Alan Kraemer, CTO of SRS Labs and president of the 3D Audio Alliance, talks about the new Multi-Dimensional Audio standard, which replaces channel-based formats with an object-oriented transport stream. This future-proof transport stream specifies where each sound-emitting object is and how it moves in 3D space, and the rendering/playback system uses whatever resources it has—from a single-speaker cell phone to a full-blown multichannel home theater—to reproduce the sounds as best it can in their intended spatial locations.

Run Time: 46:29

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Sweepstakes
Sherwood Newcastle R-972 Sweepstakes
Scott Wilkinson  |  Dec 01, 2010
Our latest sweepstakes is a big one—you could be the lucky winner of a Sherwood Newcastle R-972 A/V receiver worth $1800!

The 7-channel R-972 provides a variety of innovative and high-performance features, chief among which are Trinnov automatic room correction, 3D audio remapping, and HQV video processing. In his review for Home Theater, Mark Fleischmann concluded, "The Sherwood R-972 would be a pretty formidable A/V receiver even without the Trinnov Optimizer, with a strong feature set and HQV Reon-VX video processing. But the debut of the Trinnov Optimizer in an AVR is big news. Especially with movies, the 3D Remapping took me places I hadn’t been before. Although I spent longer than usual reviewing this product, I felt I only scratched the surface of its full potential. The Trinnov Optimizer is the sort of thing that may take the home theater community years to assimilate. I look forward to getting to know it even better."

[This sweepstakes is now closed.]

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Premiere Design
Wisdom Audio LS3 & LS4 Speakers
Scott Wilkinson  |  Nov 30, 2010
Well-known for its high-end, in-wall, line-source speakers, Wisdom Audio has just announced two new on-wall models, the LS3 and LS4, which are designed—and priced—for the ultra-high-end market.
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Cabasse L'Océan Powered Speaker
Scott Wilkinson  |  Nov 29, 2010
Last year, I profiled the incredible—and incredibly expensive—La Sphère speaker from French maker Cabasse. Utilizing and updating much of the same technology found in that model, the company will soon release L'Océan with a price tag only slightly less than its progenitor.
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Do You Prefer an A/V Receiver or Separates?
Scott Wilkinson  |  Nov 26, 2010
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