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SECRETS Best of 2011 Awards

The SECRETS Editorial TeamNovember 30, 2011

The SECRETS Editorial Team is pleased to announce the Best of 2011 Awards. This year we have added a new Media Category for 3D Movies, in addition to Blu-ray, CD and Vinyl Recordings. And this year we have two products winning the "BAD ASS" Award, and one Media "BAD ASS" for Audio. This year the Editorial Team is highlighting two technology areas for particular attention in 2012, so be sure to check out the "Technologies on the Rise Awards".

Congratulations to all of our 2011 WINNERS!!

Best Of Awards

Home Theater Movie Renter’s Guide – December, 2011

The SECRETS Movie Review TeamNovember 29, 2011

Larry Crowne (Blu-ray), Beginners (Blu-ray), Rushmore (Blu-ray), Super 8 (Blu-ray), Quigley Down Under (Blu-ray), Sea Rex 3D (Blu-ray 3D), Meet the Robinsons 3D (Blu-ray 3D)...

Movie Reviews

Winter 2011 CD and DVD-Audio Reviews for the Audiophile

Jason Victor SerinusNovember 29, 2011

The extremely evocative, beautiful voice of Annette Cantor that elevates this album of seven songs for meditation and healing is the same voice that, years ago, helped make master musician Deuter's Garden of the Gods (New Earth Records) one of my favorite New Age albums.

CD Music Reviews

A Collection of New Vinyl Releases for the Audiophile – November, 2011

Jason CrawfordNovember 16, 2011

One of the bands at this year's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival that I was most interested in seeing was the South Memphis String Band. They're comprised of one of my favorite working guitarists (Luther Dickinson), one of my favorite working blues artists...

Vinyl Music ReviewsVinyl Reviews

Home Theater Movie Renter’s Guide – November, 2011

The SECRETS Movie Review TeamNovember 1, 2011

Captain America: The First Avenger (Blu-ray), Horrible Bosses (Blu-ray), Toy Story 3D (Blu-ray), Toy Story 2 3D (Blu-ray), Toy Story 3 3D (Blu-ray), Cars 2 3D (Blu-ray), The Change-Up (Blu-ray), Crazy, Stupid, Love (Blu-ray), The Nutcracker: The Untold Story (Blu-ray), Chicken Little 3D (Blu-ray), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (Blu-ray), Conan the Barbarian (Blu-ray)

Movie Reviews

Home Theater Build Chapter 4 – What’s next and where are we going?

Mark VignolaOctober 18, 2011

In the last section of this series I am going to talk little about where I am looking to go with this theater. I think we all have a wish list of things that we'd like to address in our systems...new equipment we want to get and places we want to make changes. I'll address my own personal thoughts here, and talk a little about what goes in to my decision making.

Custom Home Theaters

Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2011

Jim ClementsOctober 17, 2011

Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2011 exceeded expectations......so many exhibitors and attendees. Great Show! Exhibitors filled the Denver Marriott Tech Center this past week, October 14-16. Jim Clements, Senior Editor, covered the show for SECRETS of Home Theater this year. And was it busy...some very special sounds and spectacular products. Jim's coverage includes many great names in Audio.....Linn, Legacy Audio, Harman Kardon family, Velodyne, Naim, NAD, Clarus, ClearAudio, OPPO, Acoustic Signature, DynAudio, Emotiva, and so much more.

Wrap-up Commentary......All images are in......50 plus!!!!

The 2011 installment of the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest turned out to be the tale of two technologies. I am personally something of a generational 'tweener'. I was born at the tail end of the Baby Boom Generation - but I'm not really a Baby Boomer and I'm not really a GenXer. I am young enough that there was a computer in my HS math class. I am old enough that I completely grew up on analog audio.

Read Jim's full report and enjoy the spectacular images...

Show Reports, Film Festivals and Concerts

Rocky Mountain 2011-Full Coverage

Jim ClementsOctober 15, 2011

The 2011 installment of the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest turned out to be the tale of two technologies. I am personally something of generational a 'tweener'.

Show Reports, Film Festivals and Concerts

A Collection of New Vinyl Releases for the Audiophile – October, 2011

Jason CrawfordOctober 11, 2011

There are some bands that I feel obligated to like. Or at least to try liking. I was a big Black Crowes fan as a kid. Saw them tape the live version of 'She Talks To Angels" as a 14 year old in Atlanta. Thought they were the greatest rock and roll band of my time and that they were gonna save the whole institution...

Vinyl Music ReviewsVinyl Reviews

Home Theater Movie Renter’s Guide – October, 2011

The SECRETS Movie Review TeamOctober 1, 2011

The Lion King - 3D (Blu-ray), Beauty and the Beast - 3D (Blu-ray), Star Wars - Episode II (Blu-ray), Star Wars - Episode III (Blu-ray), Bridesmaids (Blu-ray), Planet Earth: Special Edition (Blu-ray), Transformers Dark of the Moon (Blu-ray), The Tempest (Blu-ray), Dumbo (Blu-ray), Fast Five (Blu-ray), Life is Beautiful (Blu-ray), The Hour (Blu-ray), Moby Dick (2010) (Blu-ray), A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song (DVD), Ben-Hur (Blu-ray), Cape Fear (1991) (Blu-ray), African Cats (Blu-ray), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (3D, Blu-ray), X-Men: First Class (Blu-ray), Jurassic Park Ultimate Trilogy (Blu-ray), Green Lantern (Blu-ray)

Movie Reviews

A Collection of New Vinyl Releases for the Audiophile – September, 2011

Jason CrawfordSeptember 20, 2011

Anyone paying attention knows that I'm... uh... "concerned" about the current state of popular music. The primary indicator is that I'm constantly having to reference one of a small handful of bands that are making new...

Vinyl Music ReviewsVinyl Reviews

Telluride Film Festival 2011

Rick SchmidtSeptember 19, 2011

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

CEDIA 2011 EXPO Show Report

SECRETS CEDIA Coverage TeamSeptember 8, 2011

The CEDIA 2011 Expo is back in Indianapolis this year. The SECRETS Team arrived earlier this week and have already seen some impressive new gear. The first reports are in.....Check back frequently for reports from the team: Cynthia Johnson, Chris Heinonen, Robert Kozel, Sumit Chawla, Piero Gabucci and Nick St Denis. David Rich is with the team as well, focusing on some of the technologies with in-depth interviews with the manufacturers.

NEW.....David Rich has added a post show report in the CAVE.

Head for the CAVE. Or for Individual Team Reports, go to Read More for the link.

Show Reports, Film Festivals and Concerts

Melody Moore: The World Premiere of Heart of a Soldier

Jason Victor SerinusSeptember 6, 2011

On September 10, 2011, one day before the 10th anniversary of 9/11, composer Christopher Theofanidis' first opera, Heart of a Soldier, has its world premiere at San Francisco Opera. A modern day hero's journey / love story, the opera tells the tale of Rick Rescorla, a multi-decorated Vietnam war hero who, years later, rescued over 2700 people from the World Trade Center before perishing in the Twin Towers collapse.

Musician and Vocalist Artist Interviews

Telluride Film Festival 2011 – Full Report

Rick SchmidtSeptember 1, 2011

There was a minor email kerfuffle amongst the press corps just prior to this year's Telluride Film Festival. We received an announcement that there would be no photography at the George Clooney tributes.

Show Reports, Film Festivals and Concerts

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