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Test Report: NHT Absolute 5.1T Speaker System

These speakers demonstrates the audio industry's willingness to embrace a successful concept no matter what its age.

By Brent Butterworth
Posted January 19, 2011

As I stood chatting with the pilot of a B-1B Lancer supersonic bomber at Edwards Air Force Base recently, I realized that audio geeks have something in common with military aviators. "This air- plane is older than I am," the pilot mused. I thought to myself, "So are some of the speaker designs I review." Like the military, audiophiles don't reflexively throw stuff out if it still works. See?

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Expertise

Control Your Remote

The most important component in your system is often the smallest.

By John Sciacca
Posted January 14, 2011
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There are so many Pow! Bang! Ka-chow! buzzwords thrown out by the consumer electronics industry's marketing war chariots that smaller, more important things often get lost or completely overwhelmed in the ground clutter.

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Gear

CES 2011: The Speaker Report

From $300 minispeakers to $100,000 megaspeakers, here's a roundup of the best new models at CES.

By Brent Butterworth
Posted January 12, 2011

You might think that by now engineers would be out of ideas for speakers. After all, how many ways can you combine a woofer and a tweeter? But this year's Consumer Electronics Show proved there's still lots of life left in this category. In fact, I can't recall a past CES that showcased so many new speaker models, and this was the 22nd time I've attended the January show.

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Expertise

CES 2011: Wrap-Up

Keep track of all of our show coverage in one place.

Posted January 11, 2011

CES 2011 is a wrap, but the new products will live on — at least until they're made obsolete by new stuff at next year's show. Here's a hand collection of all the news you need from the floor and beyond.

CES 2011: The Wild World of the High-End Audio Rooms

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CES 2011: Glasses-Free 3D Deserves to Shine

We want real immersion without the hokey glasses.

By Stan Horaczek
Posted January 6, 2011

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CES 2011: Smart Stuff from Samsung

Online components are growing while bezels are shrinking.

By Al Griffin
Posted January 6, 2011

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CES 2011: Panasonic Talks TV Tech

New phosphors, deeper blacks and lots of connectivity on the way.

By Brent Butterworth
Posted January 6, 2011

Panasonic's CES 2011 press event was like a salad topped with a few perfectly seared pieces of tuna. The salad— i.e., the dull part — was lots of talk about 3D and Internet-connected TV. The seared tuna — i.e., the good part — was a list of improvements was can expect to see in Panasonic's already-awesome line of plasma TVs.

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