Montana EPS2 Floor-standing Speakers

John E. Johnson, Jr.

Montana Loudspeakers, marketed by PBN Audio, is a company whose products I have been very interested in for a long, long time. I have seen them at numerous hi-fi shows, and since I have two massive 1,200 watt monoblock power amplifiers that I like to pair with massive speakers once in awhile, I have been attracted to the Montana's, partly because the line includes some really big models. But more importantly, they have always impressed me with the sound quality at shows - which is not easy to do because the rooms are less than ideal - and they are incredibly beautiful.

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OPPO DV-983H Scores the First Perfect 100 in the Secrets DVD Player Benchmark

Future works

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA. April 15, 2008 - OPPO Digital, Inc. (www.oppodigital.com), a renowned leader in up-converting DVD players, today announced that its newly launched DV-983H Universal DVD Player has received the highest recommendation from Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity, the online source for in-depth home theater reviews. In fact, OPPO's flagship up-converting DVD player earned the first perfect score in the Secrets DVD Player Benchmark, taking home top marks in more than twenty video decoding and processing tests. The entire review and benchmark results can be found here.

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AVAD Expands Presence in Canada with New Ca??ary Facility

mmatters

Van Nuys, Calif. â€" May 5, 2008 â€" AVAD, LLC, the industry's leading distributor of custom home electronics, has expanded its presence in Canada with the opening of its Ca??ary facilityâ€"its second Canadian location. Scheduled to open Monday, May 5th, the new Ca??ary facility will bring AVAD's unique blend of best brands, in-depth training and superior service to western Canadian custom installers and retailers.

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Atlantic Technology Introduces Two In-Wall Surround Speakers, With/without THX Ultra Certification

Gordon Sell

NORWOOD, MA (5/5/08) -- Atlantic Technology has introduced a two dipole/bipole switchable surround speakers in its IWTS line (In Wall Theater System) of architectural speakers for home theater. Both the IWTS-30 SR and the IWTS-14 SR feature dual two-way driver arrays facing front and rear to fill the listening area with ambient sound for a remarkably convincing, lifelike theater soundfield. The IWTS-30 SR has earned THX Ultra certification, a testimony to its remarkable performance and high output capabilities. The IWTS 14 SR (which is not THX Certified) shares the capabilities and feature set of its sibling, but with slightly less extended bass output.

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Halcro MC70 Seven-Channel Power Amplifier

Ross Jones

Halcro's MC series amplifiers come in two, three, five and seven channel configurations (designated the MC20, MC30, MC50, and MC70). The MC70 lists for $7,000, but compared to the Halcro Reference DM88 monoblocks, which will set you back more than $40,000 per pair, the MC70 is quite the bargain. So what kind of amp do you get for a kilobuck per channel?

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