Daniel Kumin

Vienna Acoustics Schönberg Speaker System

By Daniel Kumin
Posted October 5, 2006

And now," said Dr. Freud, "we will do a little free association, ja? If I say Vienna, do you say ... sausage? Waltz? Sacher torte?"

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JL Audio Fathom f112 Subwoofer

By Daniel Kumin
Posted November 3, 2006

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Klipsch RF-83 Home Theater Speaker System

By Daniel Kumin
Posted November 4, 2006

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Definitive Technology ProCinema 800 Home Theater Speaker System

By Daniel Kumin
Posted November 5, 2006

For years, Baltimore's Definitive Technology has produced phalanxes of tall, imposing, powerful floorstanding towers.

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Test Bench: Sony STR-DA5200ES A/V Receiver

By Daniel Kumin
Posted December 3, 2006

The Sony STR-DA5200ES presented no surprises. Power was generous in all tests save all-channels-driven, where the receiver topped out at 66 watts all around; note that this is only 4 or 5 dB less than from the most powerful receivers we've tested on the demanding all-channels-driven test.

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Sony STR-DA5200ES A/V Receiver

By Daniel Kumin
Posted December 5, 2006

Sony's latest top-of-the-line A/V receiver, the STR-DA5200ES, might more fairly be labeled a V/A receiver, being one of the most video-intensive encountered so far.

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Thiel PowerPoint 1.2 Ceiling Speaker System

By Daniel Kumin
Posted December 6, 2006

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Test Bench: Sunfire Theater Grand Receiver 3

By Daniel Kumin
Posted January 2, 2007

I encountered no glitches or surprises while testing the Sunfire Theater Grand Receiver 3. Power output was consistently among the highest I have measured from a multichannel receiver, and its 165 watts (22.2 dBW) per channel with 5 channels driven represents a clear benchmark for the category (3 to 4 dB greater than flagship receivers from many other manufacturers achieve).

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Sunfire Theater Grand Receiver 3

By Daniel Kumin
Posted January 2, 2007

In a career spanning four decades, Sunfire's founder and chief designer Bob Carver has morphed from bushy to bald, young Turk to elder (or at least older) statesman, and iconoclast to anointed icon. Throughout, one thing neither he nor his designs has ever been is dull, and Sunfire's latest "Theater Grand" A/V receiver is no exception.

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Test Bench: Onkyo TX-SR804 A/V Receiver

By Daniel Kumin
Posted February 3, 2007

The Onkyo TX-SR804's overall performance was fairly typical of mid-range receivers today, which is to say astonishingly good in most respects: Noise, distortion, and frequency response were generally very good.

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