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November 2003
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Surround Yourself With PC Sound Install a sound card or sound processor to pump up your system's audio power. |
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The Cable Guide: Know Your Computer and TV Wires The different wires that are needed for your home entertainment equipment are listed here. |
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August 2005
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Surround Sound Sans Extra Speakers Xitel's Soundaround does a decent job enhancing your audio to simulate immersive sound. |
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Upgrade Guide: Revamp Your PC's Sound System Steps for expanding your audio dimensions... |
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Digital Audio Hi-Fi These devices let you play digital audio through your stereo system, and the only finger you have to lift is the one on your remote control. |
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February 2004
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Audio Nirvana: Cards to Speakers The right combination of speakers and sound card can yield amazing PC audio. We tested five speaker sets and four cards. |
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Home Theater in a Box These five all-in-one systems pack cinema-style sound, DVD players, and more--just add popcorn, a big-screen TV, and your favorite movie. |
PC World
April 2003
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Great Sound, No Hassle M-Audio sound card produces high-quality output but lacks some software extras. |
PC World
August 2004
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Home Theater Sets: Convenient, Feature Rich These devices bring high-quality digital audio to your stereo or home theater. Nevertheless, we haven't yet found one that offers a perfect combination of sound and video quality. |
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Why Things Suck: Wireless Speakers The reality? Bad sound and interference -- loads of interference. |
PC World
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The Sound of Things to Come This year, high-def audio. Next year, the connected receiver. Before long, we will all be surrounded by sound. |
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January 1, 2008
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PC to HDTV the Right Way The typical home PC is no longer just for homework and accounting. It's now the entertainment hub of the household. |
PC World
March 2004 |
Listen to Digital Music in Your Living Room These devices bring high-quality digital audio to your stereo or home theater. However, we still haven't found one that offers the perfect combination of sound quality, storage, and copy-protection measures that don't assume all music aficionados are pirates. |
Home Toys
June 2005
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Speaker Cables and Interconnects for Your Home Theater Out of all audio and video components we buy, perhaps the most misunderstood and underestimated are the cables we connect them all together with. Selecting cables for your home theater system is an important task. |
PC World
February 6, 2001
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Hercules Game Theater XP: A Powerful, Versatile Sound Station Make DVDs sound better with this sound card and rack combo... |
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September 7, 2004
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Rattle, No Hum Without affecting the the audio signal, the Xitel Ground Loop Isolator ends the hum caused by grounding between your computer and your audio equipment. |
Home Theater
August 2007
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Onkyo TX-SR605 A/V Receiver Behind its average-looking facade lies a feature and performance package that should put the Onkyo TX-SR605 on the short list of anyone who's currently in the market for a mid-priced AV receiver. |
PC World
March 2001
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Racking Up Great Sound The latest sound board from Hercules, the $149 Game Theater XP, offers a twist on the latest Dolby Digital 5.1-compatible sound cards... |
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December 2007
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Yamaha YSP-4000 Digital Sound Projector The Yamaha YSP-4000 Digital Sound Projector is a simple solutions to the typical monolith speaker. |
PC World
December 2001 |
Home Entertainment Face-Off Can your PC replace the latest consumer electronics gadgets? To find out, we pit computers against TiVo, MP3 stereo components, and other video and audio gear... |
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Marantz SR7200: Surround Sound for Movies, Music A good audio/video receiver is the solution for many home theater fans. Marantz has introduced a multichannel unit that seems to offer everything that most folks could want... |
Home Theater
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Onkyo Breaks Price Barrier with Bundled System Onkyo has introduced a very affordable complete home theater system, with surround-sound receiver, DVD/CD player, and multichannel speakers... |
PC World
November 2004
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Rip Your Records Yearn to hear your old albums again? Here's everything you need to digitize them and then play them anywhere you can play an MP3. |
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Wireless Sound for Your MP3s An inexpensive add-on lets you play music files on your PC through your home stereo--without wires... |
Popular Mechanics
July 2005
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Surround Sound Showdown Getting 3D acoustics at home is a tough challenge. Can virtual systems keep up with multispeaker setups in a listening test? |
Home Toys
February 2006
Bob Hetherington |
Jamo 775 HCS 4 Speaker System Powered by Their AVR-793 Receiver This Jamo system is terrific and gives all of the quality and punch that one would expect and desire in a home theater audio setup. |
AskMen.com
Rob Lester |
Setting Up A Digital Audio Center There are three ways to optimize the vast music library that many people now boast, each with their own pros and cons. Take a look as I lay out these options and provide examples of the top products in each category. |
Home Theater
July 2002 |
MP3 Via DVD MP3 compressed audio is coming to a DVD player near you. |
| AskMen.com |
Give the Gift of Audio We've corralled six home audio products that are relatively affordable -- each costing less than the price of a standard iPod. In fact, at least two of them are great gift choices for those who already own an iPod. |
PC Magazine
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Build a Home Entertainment PC You don't have to spend a fortune to create a home entertainment PC. A few basic enhancements are all you need. |
Home Theater
November 2006
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Panasonic TH-42PX60U Plasma HDTV, SA-XR57 A/V Receiver, DMR-EH55 DVR/DVD Recorder, and SB-TP100 Speaker System When utilized to its fullest, HDMI can offer the best of both worlds: uncompressed audio and video signals and intelligent, two-way communication over a single cable. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
August 7, 2006
Jay Greene |
Turning Vinyl into Digital Creating digital versions of a record collection can be done with an $8 cable, a bit of software, and a boatload of patience. |
Home Theater
May 22, 2001 |
Classe Debuts Preamp/surround Processor A recent addition is Classe's SSP-30, a preamp/processor that allows separate routing of audio and video signals, so that one source can be heard in another room while a film is being watched in the home theater... |
PC World
September 28, 2006
Eric Butterfield |
Logitech's Wireless DJ System Falls Short Device offers no-fuss setup for streaming music from PC to stereo, but audio dropouts may occur. |
Home Theater
July 22, 2002 |
Onkyo 1ST with 6.1 HTiB Onkyo USA continues to push the performance envelope for affordable home theater systems. Its new 6.1-channel "Home Theater in a Box" claims to be the industry's first affordable six-channel system. |
Home Theater
June 21, 2001 |
Home Theater in a Box Gets Serious: JBL ProPack 600 Affordable one-brand systems are the fastest growing sector of the home theater market. Many companies now manufacture "home theater in a box" speaker systems in the $1200-$1500 range. JBL has taken that concept to a new level with the Cinema ProPack 600... |
Home Toys
October 2004
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Home Theater Project: Media Room Finding the right place for everything in your home theater system. |
Home Theater
June 9, 2003 |
Integra's DTR-6.4 THX Select Receiver An increasing number of home theater enthusiasts are adapting the Super Audio Compact Disc and DVD-Audio formats. Many also have "whole-house" or distributed A/V systems. Integra has introduced a versatile, affordable receiver designed with just such movie-and-music fans in mind. |
Home Toys
February 2003
Eugene Kowch |
Programmable Logic Controller The PLC allows the homeowner to control not only the lighting and drapery systems, but also the audio volume levels in every room from one single keypad. |
Home Theater
November 2001 |
The Good, The Better, & the Best We construct the best home theater systems at three price points: $1,500, $3,000, and $5,000... |
Home Theater
July 2005
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Atlantic Technology System 920 Speaker System and Onkyo TX-SR503 A/V Receiver This Atlantic Technology/Onkyo combo proves that you don't have to spend a lot to break free from the confines of the home-theater-in-a-box. |
PC Magazine
November 2, 2004
Emile Menasche |
Your Music The emergence of legal download services, dedicated network audio receivers and obscenely inexpensive hard drives have made a computer the next must-have component for your home entertainment system. |
PC Magazine
March 16, 2004
Bill Howard |
Shrinking Your Entertainment Center The bigger-is-better school of audio equipment could be on its last legs. The towering rack of AV gear that most audiophiles point to with pride might shrink away to a single box--if that--by decade's end. And it won't be with any loss of quality. |
Home Theater
June 20, 2002 |
Onkyo Envision Theater Do you have an apartment, condominium, guesthouse, or mother-in-law suite where you'd like to install a low-cost home theater system? If you've got a monitor, Onkyo can supply the rest in one affordable package. |
PC Magazine
August 13, 2003
Bill Machrone |
How Good Is Your Sound Card? PC Magazine Labs test results usually show that published specifications for sound chips are theoretical. Actual performance numbers are often far worse. |
Home Toys
August 2005
Adam Blake |
A Technical Introduction to Audio Cables As audio systems continue to improve in accuracy, listening to a "live" performance in your living room gets closer to reality. Cables are an enabling factor for advancements in audio reproduction and can play a remarkably important role in your system. |
