Audio

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Home Theater December 24, 2002	Canton's New Karat Canton has announced several new models of loudspeakers. Foremost among them is the Karat L 800 DC, a full-range, three-way floorstanding loudspeaker that incorporates many of the engineering principles developed for the company's flagship Reference 2 DC speaker.
Home Theater December 20, 2002	Onkyo TX-SR800 If you've been considering a move to 7.1 surround sound, Onkyo has a receiver that might be just what you're looking for.
Home Theater December 2002 Chris Lewis	Lexicon LX-7 Seven-Channel Amplifier There's no doubt that $5,995 is on the more-expensive side for a multichannel amplifier, but you have to pay for the best -- and this is clearly one of the best seven-channel amps I've ever come across.
Home Theater December 2002 Chris Lewis	Arcam AV8 Pre/Pro The AV8 sounds great, looks great, is loaded with features, and is easy to use. And it's going to need all of these attributes to compete in the space it occupies. Arcam knows as well as anyone how tough the competition is in the high-end pre-amp/processor game.
Home Theater December 2002 Geoffrey Morrison	Sony DVP-NS755V Progressive-Scan DVD/SACD Player Thanks to consumer interest, competition, and their fundamental coolness, high-resolution audio players are falling in price to a point where almost everyone can afford them. Sony's DVP-NS755V, for example, is only $250, and it features SACD capability and progressive scanning.
PC World January 2003 Ramon G. McLeod	Superior PC Audio Gear PC audiophiles, start your drooling now. Creative Labs moves desktop audio up another octave with its Sound Blaster Audigy 2, the first sound card that lets you listen to DVD-Audio (DVD-A) playback at either 24 bits/192 kHz (for two-channel stereo) or 24 bits/96 kHz (for full six.channel surround sound).
Home Toys December 2002 David Smith	Maximize the Performance of your In-wall Speakers This article discusses how and where to mount your in-wall speakers for best performance. It explains how the wall cavity can strongly affect their performance, and what to do about it.
Home Toys December 2002 Pala Trinadh	IEEE 1394 Serial bus: Firewire in the Home For interconnecting home entertainment A/V appliances, the IEEE1394 standard bus, also referred to as Firewire, is becoming popular.
Home Toys December 2002 Kurt Scherf	Why "PC vs. CE" is a Tired Argument PC and standalone consumer electronics platforms will both play key roles as distributed hubs in the home.
Home Toys December 2002 Mohsin Imtiaz	Multichannel Mayhem With its ability to create a dramatically more realistic and immersive audio experience, multichannel audio is now migrating to applications and systems beyond its original home in the home theater.
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