There once was a time when audio/video components didn't have USB or Ethernet ports. When "kilobits per second" was not a hi-fi term. When a kid who stumbled over a stack of LPs in a dumpster actually knew what they were.
We A/V mavens tend to sneer a little (okay, a lot) at those who choose sleek, on-wall aesthetics over all-out audio chops (damn the cost in looks, livability, or length of marriage).
The flat-screen revolution has spawned a lot of dramatic and innovative loudspeakers, many of them different takes on the Definitive Technology Mythos - a family of sleek aluminum speakers that almost single-handedl
DCM TimeFrame TFE200 home theater speaker system TFE200 DCM TFE200 Loudspeaker maker DCM has been around just about as long, and has reconstituted itself and its product line nearly as many times, as Lynyrd Skynyrd
Onkyo TX-SR875 A/V receiver 751398007668 Onkyo TX-SR875 New! Improved! Whiter whites! Brighter brights! We've heard it all before -- no fewer than 10,000 times.
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