Oppo DV-980H Universal DVD player: Audio Performance- Secrets of Home Theater - January 2, 2008
- Oppo Digital is a very rare light among the stifling mediocrity found in most low to middle priced digital audio and video electronics. Readers of this website know that we all have a virtually uniform love for their products, and it is for extremely...
APC S20 Power Conditioner with Battery Backup- Secrets of Home Theater - January 2, 2008
- When I was asked to review the APC S20, a power conditioner with battery backup, I didnt fully appreciate how important or perfect this unit would be in controlling and protecting the gear in our Home Theater, but after using it for a few months, I n...
Integra DTC-9.8 THX Ultra2 7.1 SSP- Secrets of Home Theater - December 28, 2007
- The SSP (Surround Sound Processor) world has been a sad place for the last couple of years. All the mass market companies were implementing HDMI on just about every model of receiver they had, but all the high-end SSP companies hesitated, because HDM...
JVC HD-1 Three-Chip 1080p LCoS Projector- Secrets of Home Theater - December 28, 2007
- There was a lot of buzz after CEDIA and CES this past January. The projector market has been going through a huge change over the last year and the evolution of this market segment has been amazing to say the least.
Whitworth Design Pulse Carbon Fiber Speaker Stands- Secrets of Home Theater - December 28, 2007
- When you are out shopping for a home theater system, and you take your DVD player, receiver, speakers, and subwoofer home, two of the things you might realize when setting it all up are (1) you didn't get enough cables and the cables you did get are ...
Rotel RB-1092 Stereo (500 Watts/Channel) Class D (Switching) Power Amplifier- Secrets of Home Theater - December 5, 2007
- Decades ago, an amplifier with 80 watts per channel (they were all two-channel amplifiers in those days), was considered a big amplifier.
Atlantic Technology 8200e 5.1 Speaker System- Secrets of Home Theater - November 30, 2007
- Having grown up a big fan of the Star Wars films, as many of us home theater enthusiasts did, the label THX has always had an air of gear-head royalty due to its origins. The Lucasfilm spin off has long represented a certain standard of excellence wh...
BenQ W10000 1080p Single-Chip DLP Projector- Secrets of Home Theater - November 30, 2007
- BenQ has been one of the more elusive projector manufacturers for the home theater market. They are huge in the world of professional projectors for business use, but have only dabbled a bit in home theater.
DViCO TViX HD-M4100SH Media Streamer- Secrets of Home Theater - November 30, 2007
- Over the last two years, the Korean company DViCO has proven to be a worthwhile player in the media streamer market. The company is now producing its third generation in the TViX family of products: the TViX HD-M4100SH.
Legenburg Zeus Interconnects and Speaker Cables- Secrets of Home Theater - November 30, 2007
- Over the past few years, several new companies that manufacture A/V cables have emerged. Most of them sell these cables at entry-level prices. The cables are good, basic designs. Legenburg, although a new cable company, is definitely not in the entr...
Outlaw Audio BLS Bookshelf/Monitor Speakers and LFM Subwoofer- Secrets of Home Theater - November 30, 2007
- Outlaw Audio, those "Internet only" rebels lead by head wrangler Peter Tribeman, have finally satisfied a large following by entering the speaker market.
VIZIO VP50 50" Plasma HDTV- Secrets of Home Theater - November 30, 2007
- To say that VIZIO owns the flat panel display market right now would be an understatement. And, the reason is simple: the price. Only a couple of years ago, to get a 50" plasma HDTV, you would have had to shell out about $5,000, even at Costco.
Usher Be-718 Bookshelf Speakers with Beryllium Tweeters- Secrets of Home Theater - November 13, 2007
- Although Usher may not be a name that comes to USA consumers' minds when thinking of speakers, they have actually been making them for more than 30 years. Perhaps the lack of name recognition comes from the parent company being in Taiwan.
Rogue Audio Perseus Tube Preamplifier- Secrets of Home Theater - September 30, 2007
- If I have my Greek mythology correct, Perseus was the slayer of Medusa, the serpent-haired Gorgon monster. Using his sword to view her reflection (because we all know a mere glance directly at her would turn you into stone instantly), he was able to ...
B&W 804S Floor-Standing Speakers- Secrets of Home Theater - July 1, 2007
- B&W (Bowers & Wilkins) speakers have been around since the 1960's when John Bowers and Peter Hayward built the P1 using an EMI woofer and Celestion tweeter. By the end of the decade they had constructed the DM70 entirely in house with a 12" woofer an...