Category Archives: Equipment

More technical discussion of ‘RMS Watts’

Posted on December 13, 2005 by Stephen Dawson

David Brigden has written to tell me about an article on his Web site that discussed the concept of ‘RMS Watts’. I’ve previously dealt with this on this site, but the article he publishes gives a much more mathematically rigorous … Continue reading →

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Denon introduces the nearly perfect home theatre amplifier

Posted on August 23, 2005 by Stephen Dawson

Denon’s $13,000 AVC-A1XV home theatre amplifier is overkill, with its ten channels of amplification and 45 kilograms of mass. Now Denon has introduced the much more affordable ($6,999) and lighter (23kg) AVC-A11XV, with seven channels, each rated at 140 watts. … Continue reading →

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Panel TV Price falls continue

Posted on August 18, 2005 by Stephen Dawson

I’ve just received a press release from NEC Australia saying that the selling price of its 40 inch (100cm) widescreen LCD TV, the NLT-40W, has been reduced from $9,999 to $5,499 (as I write, the NEC Web site lists the … Continue reading →

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Panasonic’s new projector

Posted on August 14, 2005 by Stephen Dawson

In early September Panasonic is taking me and another Australia writer to the United States for the release of its new home theatre projector, the PT-AE900, in Hollywood. You can see my reviews of its predecessors, the Panasonic PT-AE700 here, … Continue reading →

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Samsung lowers HD plasma prices

Posted on February 15, 2005 by Stephen Dawson

For the first time I can recommend a plasma display that retails for less than $AUS5,000. For years I’ve been whining about the 852 x 480 pixel resolution of so-called ‘standard definition’ plasmas as being unsuitable for Australian, Indian and … Continue reading →

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Apple iPod Arrogance?

Posted on February 6, 2005 by Stephen Dawson

Busy doing reviews of hard disk based portable MP3 players. You know the thing. The Apple iPod and its competition. Except for one small problem. Apple, here in Australia, has a policy of not providing review samples of the iPod … Continue reading →

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Subwoofer or receiver crossover?

Posted on November 15, 2004 by Stephen Dawson

Peter has written with the following question: I bought a Yamaha RX-V450 receiver matched with Polk RM6000 speakers and Polk say to wire the speakers through the subwoofer and not use the subwoofer outlet from the receiver. Encel store say … Continue reading →

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Singapore Electronics

Posted on October 16, 2004 by Stephen Dawson

Well, I’m back. My absence was due to a family trip, to Bangkok, London, Paris and Singapore. Got home this morning. Many interesting moments, although only some of relevance here. Way back in 1972 my father was posted for a … Continue reading →

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Forthcoming: Twin Tuner High Definition PVR from Strong

Posted on September 9, 2004 by Stephen Dawson

Yesterday I had a long chat with Trevor Young of Strong Technologies, which currently sells the SRT-5390 digital TV receiver/Personal Video Recorder. He says that the company has a number of new products forthcoming, including a high definition TV receiver … Continue reading →

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Deep, deep bass from Whise Profunder 319A subwoofer

Posted on August 26, 2004 by Stephen Dawson

My review of the Whise Profunder 319A subwoofer ($6,499) appeared in Wednesday’s ‘Connect’ section in the Melbourne Herald Sun newspaper, unfortunately under someone else’s name. No matter. The graph herewith is something I couldn’t put in the article. This shows … Continue reading →

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