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New Surround Features from Dolby and THX

B.Greenway — Wed, 13 May 2009 04:42:49 +0000

If you’re in the market for a new surround receiver you’ll no doubt find a bevy of new bells and whistles awaiting you, especially if its been a few years since your last upgrade.

New Surround Features from Dolby and THX

Follow Up: Denon’s HDMI 1.3 Receivers

B.Greenway — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:55:44 +0000

Back in November Audio DesignLine unveiled some of the first details surrounding (pun intended) Denon’s forthcoming A/V receivers with HDMI 1.3 support, we now have a few more tentative details about the new ‘08’ series of receivers from Denon. It appears as if the receivers will be rolled out in two waves, the first wave [...]

Follow Up: Denon’s HDMI 1.3 Receivers

Denon’s HDMI 1.3 Receivers “scheduled for mid-year introduction”

B.Greenway — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:43:04 +0000

Back in August I wrote “HDMI 1.3 Not as Close as You Might Think” with emphasis on the as you might think. Obviously HDMI 1.3 devices were in the works but with CEDIA right around the corner, I was doubtful we’d see them announced in significant numbers, if at all. As it turns out 2007’s [...]

Denon’s HDMI 1.3 Receivers “scheduled for mid-year introduction”

TDK’s Two-Channel Surround System

B.Greenway — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:14:50 +0000

I’m a sucker for new audio and display technologies; not necessarily purchasing them but I do love hearing about the newest of the new. This one definitely falls into the new and innovative category; TDK has apparently devised a way to re-create a 360-degree acoustic sound-field, with a 2.1 speaker system. The

TDK’s Two-Channel Surround System

Yamaha RX-V2700, 7.1 Surround Receiver

B.Greenway — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 21:47:54 +0000

I’ve made no reservations about my enthusiasm for the various HQV video-processing chipsets from Silicon Optix, however another company with a strong background in broadcast video is also making waves with their consumer chipsets as well. Anchor Bay Technologies has provided video processing circuitry for some of the most respected names in high performance audio [...]

Yamaha RX-V2700, 7.1 Surround Receiver

New A/V Receivers from Marantz

B.Greenway — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 15:09:06 +0000

Marantz recently unveiled their 01 series of surround receivers which range in price from $549.99 to $1999.99, all totaled there are 5 new receivers in the line and as predicted none include HDMI 1.3. Several of the new receivers however facilitate 4 HDMI inputs, compared to the standard 2/3 HDMI inputs found on many other [...]

New A/V Receivers from Marantz

Home Theater Buying Tips: Audio Gear

B.Greenway — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 06:45:47 +0000

Home Theater Buying Tips: Audio Gear

Onkyo HT-S990THX, Home Theater in a Box

B.Greenway — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 23:29:15 +0000

We’ve all seen so called “Home Theater in a Box” systems. They typically included an underpowered receiver, five to seven tiny plastic speakers, and a small powered subwoofer. These HTIB systems range from piss poor to passable quality and everything in between. By and large however, most of these systems aren’t worth the plastic it [...]

Onkyo HT-S990THX, Home Theater in a Box

Sony’s STR-DG1000 “designed to optimize Blu-ray disc”

B.Greenway — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 18:16:21 +0000

Sony unveiled several new products today, including LCD’s in the BRAVIA range and several more with the WEGA moniker. It was the press release also states The STR-DG1000 receiver has several HD enhancing features, beginning with: “dual HDMI active intelligence, which automatically detects and receives the best possible video and audio signals from connected devices. [...]

Sony’s STR-DG1000 “designed to optimize Blu-ray disc”

Arcam Introduces Flagship Receiver

B.Greenway — Wed, 31 May 2006 16:16:19 +0000

Arcam has introduced the latest addition to their already solid, DiVA product range. The AVR350 surround receiver with dual HDMI inputs and Burr-Brown digital to analog converters, offers features and specifications such as: • 2-way HDMI switching • 7 x 100 watts per channel continuous power output (all channels driven) • Dolby Digital EX, DTS [...]

Arcam Introduces Flagship Receiver

What about Bose? Part 2

B.Greenway — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 17:01:50 +0000

So far in part one of our discussion, we’ve explored a little about why Bose is such a dominant brand with consumers and I’ve even shared a bit about my personal experiences with customers who’ve been Bose-Washed ©. Now let’s get into some specifics on why I feel you’d be doing yourself a disservice to [...]

What about Bose? Part 2

What about Bose? Part 1

B.Greenway — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 20:09:36 +0000

Before I even get started, a bit of a disclaimer is in order: This post has been years in the making if only subconsciously. That is to say I’ve been a not-so-casual observer to the Bose phenomenon for the past 16 years or so and with the sheer amount of information I’ve been bottling up [...]

What about Bose? Part 1

Yamaha YSP-1 and beyond

B.Greenway — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 19:13:36 +0000

I remember first reading about the Yamaha YSP-1 (now replaced by the YSP-800) in a trade magazine and thinking ‘ah that’s a nice compromise if you can’t have a full surround system’. Judging from the handful of one box surround solutions because the real benefit is in the digital signal processing itself, not necessarily the [...]

Yamaha YSP-1 and beyond

DTS audio for HD broadcasts

B.Greenway — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:35:18 +0000

Several months ago I wrote a short blurb that mentioned the lack of DTS audio in HD broadcasts. Long story short Dolby Digital is supported by a broader range of equipment, thereby making it the default audio codec for home theater applications. This however doesn’t make it sonically superior (that’s a can of worms, for [...]

DTS audio for HD broadcasts

Why wattage doesn’t matter

B.Greenway — Mon, 08 Aug 2005 16:52:18 +0000

Why wattage doesn’t matter