Daniel Kumin

Test Report: Integra DHC-9.9 A/V controller

Integra packs impressive audio and video performance and extremely flexible calibration options into a compelling alternative to an A/V receiver

By Daniel Kumin
Posted June 11, 2009

The Short Form $2,000 / INTEGRAHOMETHEATER.COM Snapshot

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NAD T785 A/V Receiver

Test Report: What this model lacks in flash, it makes up in performance.

By Daniel Kumin
Posted December 18, 2009

Key Features $3,999 Nadelectronics.com • 7 x 120 watts • 4 HDMI v1.3a i

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Yamaha YMC-700 neoHD Media Controller

Test Report: A one-of-a-kind system that deserves to be experienced.

By Daniel Kumin
Posted December 30, 2009

Key Features $800 yamaha.com • 3 HDMI inputs, 1 output • Fully graphical onscreen

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SVSOUND AS-EQ1 Subwoofer Equalizer

Test Report: This simple black box can do wonders for your bass.

By Daniel Kumin
Posted January 11, 2010

Key Features $799 Svsound.com • Audyssey DSP room/ subwoofer equalization • Supplied

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Polk Audio OWM Home Theater Speaker System

Test Report: A versatile system at a value.

By Daniel Kumin
Posted January 22, 2010

Key Features $1,140 Polkaudio.com • OWM5 front left/right and center ($180 each) (

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Paradigm: Legend v.3 Home Theater Speaker System

By Daniel Kumin
Posted March 4, 2002

Sometimes boring is better, like Canada's boringly complete and universal health care, boringly low crime rates, and boringly high educational levels. And then there's the boringly predictable excellence and value of the speaker systems that march south from Canada to the showrooms and home theaters of the lower 48.

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Speakers, Step by Step

Whether you are buying a bookshelf stereo system or equipping a 6.1-channel home theater, here are the basics.

By Daniel Kumin
Posted August 22, 2002

Digital satellite receiver with high-definition digital outputs? Check. Widescreen HDTV with progressive-scan display? Check. Digital surround receiver with 100 watts each for six channels and lots of digital audio inputs and outputs? Check. DVD player with DVD-Audio and progressive-scan outputs? Check.

Great picture, but where's the sound? Oh, yeah - better throw in some speakers, too . .

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Hard-Drive Dreamin'

VCRs don't stand a chance with these fast and flexible DVRs on the scene.

By Daniel Kumin
Posted January 28, 2003

(Photos by Tony Cordoza) Let me tell you about my very first hard-disk drive. It was about the size of a VCR and made as much noise as a small refrigerator. It cost about as much as a refrigerator, too-but who cared?

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Sunfire Ultimate Digital Surround Receiver

TEST REPORT

By Daniel Kumin
Posted February 24, 2003

Photos by Tony Cordoza Naming your company's very first A/V receiver "Ultimate" is a pretty bold move, but Sunfire founder Bob Carver has never been the shy and retiring type.

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B&W DM600 Series 3 Home Theater Speakers

TEST REPORT

By Daniel Kumin
Posted April 10, 2003

Photos by Tony Cordoza For half a century, British speaker maker B&W has been very successful following a strategy of incrementally improving its designs year after year. Building on solid foundations is hard to argue with.

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