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

Jason CrawfordJuly 6, 2011

I love good hip-hop. Good hip-hop only accounts for about five percent of all hip-hop, but when it's good there's not much I'd rather hear. And when it's good, it's often by the Beastie Boys.

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Home Theater Movie Renter’s Guide – July, 2011

The SECRETS Movie Review TeamJuly 1, 2011

The Adjustment Bureau (Blu-ray), Happy Gilmore (Blu-ray), Red Riding Hood (Blu-ray), The Outlaw Josey Wales (Blu-ray), Hall Pass (Blu-ray), Blue Crush 2 (Blu-ray), American: The Bill Hicks Story (Blu-ray), 13 Assassins (Blu-ray), Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Extended Edition) (Blu-ray), Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Extended Edition) (Blu-ray), Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Extended Edition) (Blu-ray), Ocean Wonderland 3D (3D Blu-ray), Sharks 3D (3D Blu-ray), The Eagle (Blu-ray), Source Code (Blu-ray)

Movie Reviews

T.H.E. Show Newport – Show Report

Niko Coromelas and Michael GalvinJune 6, 2011

T.H.E. Show: Newport took place last Friday, June 3, through Sunday, June 5, in the Newport Hilton, adjacent to Orange County's John Wayne International Airport. T.H.E. Show: Newport was initiated and organized by Bob Levi, President of the Los Angeles & Orange County Audio Society, and Richard Beers, President of T.H.E. Show. And a very successful and exciting show it was, covering many rooms and six floors of the Hilton. Niko Coromelas and Michael Galvin covered T.H.E. Show for SECRETS of Home Theater....and Niko sums up his first day after covering two floors......" a bit of oversaturation"....completely understandable, just look at the photos from Niko and Michael.....available now in the CAVE. Check back as more photos are added over the next few days.

T.H.E. Show: Newport Show Reports from Niko and Michael

Show Reports, Film Festivals and Concerts

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

Jason CrawfordJune 2, 2011

I decided a while back to ride the Dap-Kings train until it took a wrong turn or flew off the tracks entirely. Put simply, they make the best rhythm and blues records around in 2011.

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Home Theater Movie Renter’s Guide – June, 2011

SECRETS Movie Review TeamJune 1, 2011

Sanctum (Blu-ray), The Dilemma (Blu-ray), The Usual Suspects Digibook (Blu-ray), The Terminator Digibook (Blu-ray), The Manchurian Candidate (1962) (Blu-ray), I Am Number Four (Blu-ray), Dead Man Walking (Blu-ray), True Blood Season 3 (Blu-ray), Le Mans (Blu-ray), Grand Prix (Blu-ray), True Grit (Blu-ray), Rocky (Blu-ray), Platoon (Blu-ray), Hotel Rwanda (Blu-ray), American Graffiti (Blu-ray), Once Upon a Time in the West (Blu-ray), The Horse Soldiers (Blu-ray), The Mechanic (Blu-ray), A Nightmare in Las Cruces (DVD), Gnomeo & Juliet 3D (3D Blu-ray)

Movie Reviews

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

Jason CrawfordMay 10, 2011

Jason Isbell is one of my favorite songwriters working. I saw a documentary recently about the "outlaw country" music movement in the mid-'70's wherein they described a 20-year-old Steve Earle as some sort of lyrical genius for his age (my words).

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Pass Labs XP-25 Phono Preamplifier

John E. Johnson, Jr.May 9, 2011

Pass Labs is highly renown for their audio components, some of which are pure Class A. Besides preamplifiers and power amplifiers, they also produce phono preamplifiers (also called phono stages), having begun with the Aleph Ono in 1997. The XP-25 is their latest version, which was designed by Pass Labs engineer Wayne Colburn.

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Home Theater Movie Renter’s Guide – May, 2011

SECRETS Movie Review TeamApril 21, 2011

The Greatest Story Ever Told (Blu-ray), The Way Back (Blu-ray), Mob Rules (DVD), The Kings Speech (Blu-ray), All Dogs Go To Heaven (Blu-ray), Mystic Pizza (Blu-ray), Benny & Joon (Blu-ray), Material Girls (Blu-ray), De-Lovely (Blu-ray), Teen Wolf (Blu-ray), Legally Blonde 2: Red, White, and Blonde (Blu-ray), The Green Hornet (Blu-ray)

Movie Reviews

An Interview with Violinist Christian Tetzlaff

By Jason Victor SerinusApril 13, 2011

Seventeen years into their founding, appearance by the Tetzlaff Quartet remain extremely rare. One glance at the schedule of the quartet's founder, renowned violinist Christian Tetzlaff, and the reason becomes clear. In the months preceding the quartet's seven-city U.S. tour in April, Christian Tetzlaff will perform orchestral, small chamber, and solo concerts in Berlin, Salzburg, Miami, Strasbourg, St. Petersburg, LÃ¼beck, ZÃ¼rich, Boston, New York's Carnegie Hall (one of three Carnegie appearances this year), London, Paris, and several other European cities.

Musician and Vocalist Artist Interviews

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

Jason CrawfordApril 12, 2011

I spent the better part of my formative years in Georgia. By that, I mean most of them. Went to middle school and high school in Augusta until a brief (although not brief enough) layover in Gainesville before finding the Promised Land which is Athens. If you like music, there is no better place to be. As I've never met anyone that doesn't like music, it seems like we could all agree, in consensus, that Athens, Georgia is at least one of the best places in the world to be, live, love, fight, fume, whatever.

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CD and DVD Music Reviews for the Audiophile – April, 2011

Jason Victor SerinusApril 5, 2011

If there's any way to change weather patterns with blasts of focused air, the 13 members of the 16-year old Bay Brass stand of good chance of transforming the San Francisco Bay Area as we know it. These members of the San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco Opera, and other regional orchestras have certainly given my ear canals the rotor rooter treatment. Sound the Bells!, their new recording on the Harmonia Mundi label, presents The Bay Brass in high-resolution, hybrid SACD format.

CD Music Reviews

Home Theater Movie Renter’s Guide – April, 2011

Secrets Movie Revie TeamApril 1, 2011

The Next Three Days (Blu-ray), Little Fockers (Blu-ray), Babe (Blu-ray), The Fighter (Blu-ray), I Love You Phillip Morris (Blu-ray), The Ten Commandments (Blu-ray), Tangled 3D (Blu-ray), Black Swan (Blu-ray), Every Day (Blu-ray), Tron (Blu-ray), Tron Legacy 3D (Blu-ray), The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Blu-ray), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part One (Blu-ray), The Resident (Blu-ray), Somewhere (Blu-ray), Taxi Driver (Blu-ray) A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Blu-ray), Fiddler on the Roof (Blu-ray), Rabbit Hole (DVD), The Incredibles (Blu-ray)

Movie Reviews

Bryston BP-1.5 Phono Preamplifier

John E. Johnson, Jr.March 24, 2011

With vinyl experiencing such an incredible comeback over the past few years, so have phono preamplifiers, a.k.a., phono stages. They are required because the output of a phono cartridge is so low - on the order of 0.3 mV to 5 mV - that the inputs of preamplifiers that don't have phono stages can't amplify the signal enough for the power amplifier down stream.

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A Home Theater Build Project – Part III

Mark VignolaMarch 22, 2011

In this section I'll begin to talk about the ways in which I upgraded my room outside of actual equipment changes. Some of these changes were implemented to improve performance, while others were to improve the overall viewing experience. Either way, many of these are easy things that anyone can do in between the major equipment changes that we are often researching.

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An Interview with Jazz Drummer Eric Harland

Jason Victor SerinusMarch 15, 2011

Drummer and composer Eric Du'sean Harland, 34, was all of 17 when Wynton Marsalis heard him perform and encouraged him to study in New York City. After graduating from the Manhattan School of Music, and pursuing ministerial studies at Houston Baptist University, Harland launched a drumming career that has now spawned over 80 recordings with the likes of Terence Blanchard, Stefon Harris, McCoy Tynor, Charles Lloyd, Dave Holland, and Ravi Coltrane. Currently active in four major ensembles, he has received 1st Place in the last three DownBeat â€œRising Star Drumsâ€ polls.

Musician and Vocalist Artist Interviews

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