Put your system (and your foundation) to the test with these spectacular subwoofer Show-Offs

Sure we all enjoy a carefully crafted surround sound mix that oozes ambience and paints a pretty phonic picture in the air, but what we all really love is head-slamming, rump-shaking, rafter-rattling bass.

With that in mind, this installment of Show-Off is all about giving you the lowdown on the lowest of the low—Blu-ray subwoofer demos certain to pin you to your seat, part your hair (assuming you have any) and rattle anything that isn’t nailed, bolted or Gorilla-glued to the walls or floor.

These spectacularly spooky Show-Offs will ensure your sub isn't the only thing going bump in the night.

Ah, Halloween: the weirdest of all holidays. The night when all the world turns into a Key West street parade and yard decorations run the gamut from tacky carved vegetables to toilet paper. Who could blame you if you decided to stay inside with the door shut tight and wait for the craziness to pass?

Holing up for the night doesn’t preclude you from celebrating All Hallows’ Eve entirely, though.

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This story in the December 14 issue of Los Angeles Times reports that Prince will auction off his gold leaf axe after a string of shows in New York and New Jersey this month. The gilded Stratocaster appeared Wednesday night, December 15, at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, N.J and will also be played at a December 29 gig at Madison Square Garden, N.Y., N.Y. The best part of this story is that the proceeds of the auction will benefit the Harlem Children's Zone, a community organization that serves more than 17,000 children. Kudos to Prince, a man of many dimensions. But wait, there's more to it:

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So I'm promenading through one of country's premier malls and I come across a small shed with glass walls. Peering in, I see two people at opposite ends, talking to video images of each other on flat panel displays. It's Cisco's Umi Telechat. Little known - this is a consumer version of Cicso's "Telepresence", a staple of the corporate world. So reliable, lifelike and secure, this videoconferencing system is used in the highest levels of government. Cisco has now packaged it for us consumers for $599.

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