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Marc Audio Celebrates Its One Year Anniversary This October In celebration of its one year anniversary, all Marc Audio products will be 25% off for the whole m...

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Pioneer VSX-1021K 7.1 A/V Receiver

Stephen Hornbrook

Pioneer has consistently brought innovation and quality to the home theater market. From their famed Kuro plasma displays to its Elite brand AV receivers, Pioneer is always on the mark. Here, we review their VSX-1021K 7.1 A/V receiver. It performed about as well as could be expected at a price point of $549.

Receivers

Paiste 22″ 2002 Power Ride Cymbal

John E. Johnson, Jr.

I have been a big fan of the Paiste 2002 series for a long time. I only had 2002 crash cymbals though. When I read about a drummer's experience with the 2002 ride cymbal on a drum forum, I decided to obtain one and see (hear) if I liked it as well as he did.

I did.

Cymbals

Lumagen

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Lumagen is a privately held video systems product company that was founded in September of 2001. We are headquartered in Beaverton...
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Chroma Pure

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ChromaPure offers a simple, easy-to-use interface that will be familiar to anyone who has browsed the world wide web.
AV Directory

Telluride Film Festival 2011

Rick Schmidt

The place to be over Labor Day Weekend, if you love movies and want to have an advance look at the films that will be released over the next few months, was this years Telluride Film Festival.  Rick Schmidt from the SECRETS team and and Festival Photographer Ray Keller made it to 18 films over four days at the 2011 Telluride Film Festival.  Most of these films will be making their way to theaters over the next weeks and months and Rick and Ray are thinking that a number of these will be Oscar contenders.


See the full report of the Telluride Festival and the film reviews.

Show Reports, Film Festivals and Concerts

McIntosh MX150 7.1 A/V Surround Sound Processor (SSP)

Robert Kozel

McIntosh Laboratory is well known for producing some of the finest quality luxury audio components on the market. I've always been a fan of McIntosh products and I enjoyed visiting the McIntosh suite at CES 2011 this past January. I was intrigued by the MX150 A/V Control Center, which is McIntosh's take on the ultimate home theater processor (SSP). I asked for a review sample, and a few months later couldn't believe that I actually had an MX150 on my front porch.

Processors