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June has brought us reviews of Bang & Olufsen BeoSound 5, scalers from DVDO and Denon, Burmester's amazing 032 amp and B25 speakers, URC;s MX-6000, Panasonic's DMP-BD80K BD player, and more. 

All the links after the jump...

Bang & Olufsen BeoSound 5 Review - With Video
Modern Elegance

When it comes to storage and playback of digital media, the options are seemingly endless. Portable or stationary? Touch-screen or scroll pad? (And would you like that in pink?) While many options are functional, few take form into account beyond the trendy and disposable.

For those who revel in the timeless beauty of architecture and sculpture, your media player has arrived: Bang & Olufsen's BeoSound 5. more...

Scalers
The latest video processors seek to minimize picture artifacts and expand system capabilities.

Jaggies, judder, combing, tearing, mosquito noise, block noise -these are just a handful of the terms to describe picture anomalies that degrade high definition picture quality.

Thankfully, the latest generation of stand-alone scalers/video processors aims to fix all of that. more...

PRODUCT REVIEWS

Burmester 032 Integrated Amplifier and B25 Tower Speakers Review
Truth and Soul

I'll never forget the very first time I heard a Burmester amplifier. It was 20-something years ago, and the rather svelte Burmester Model 878 was being compared with a muscle bound, high-end American amp.

The American amp sounded like a really good hi-fi, and it was more powerful, but the Burmester sounded more musical. It had more soul; the music was simply more alive and realistic sounding over the Burmester.

I've heard other Burmesters over
the years at various shows and high-end stores, but I never had one at home, until now. more...

Universal Remote Control MX-6000 Review
The Dude Abides

"If you will it, Dude, it is no dream."

Those are the words that pop into my brain the first time I fire up Universal Remote Control's MX-6000 to test out the better part of a week's worth of tinkering and programming. And it's not just because The Big Lebowski happens to be in my DVD player at the time. (It is. It always is.) I hear those words in my head because I realize that, for the first time, I'm not making excuses for a remote control.

I'm not left wishing for subtle nuances and setting such nitpicks aside, telling myself that no control system could possibly read my twisted little mind. For the first time, I'm using a remote control system that works exactly the way I think it should.  more...

Panasonic DMP-BD80K Review
Blu-ray. Now with YouTube!  more...

TOP STORIES FROM THE PAST MONTH

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THEATERS AND INSTALLATIONS

Country-style Modernism Custom Installation
In the 20 years this home took to design and build, the architecture and technology become more modern. more...

Exteme Makeover-Inside Edition Custom Installation
A complete interior update of an Old-World estate satisfies the owners' request for fresh, cutting-edge design and a choice of entertainment venues. more...

NEWS

HDMI 1.4
Time to ditch all your gear... again.  more...

Audyssey Sub Equalizer
Tune Up Your Bass.  more...

Wilson Audio Sasha
WATT/Puppy redux. more...

McIntosh MT10 Turntable
No Turning Away. more...

BLOGS

A Tale of Two Transformers
It seems that the goal of the entertainment industry these days is to make me feel old.  more...

Slacker Radio
More Free Music  more...

CE Goes Green
Or does it?  more...

PODCASTS

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