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The low end VSX-522 appears to be heading for the graveyard. It takes about 15 minutes before it warms up enough to close those open solder joints on the circuit board and produce sound. It is in my bedroom system and it provided good service for 10 years so I can't complain. I spent a...

I had to replace my TV which was acting up with a new one. The new TV is 4K of course as they all are. In order to watch 4K I would need to get a new receiver and a new DirecTV box. The reason it is hard for me to decide whether or not to do that is that we live in the country, have metered...

I watched PIG, a terrible movie starring Nicholas Cage. No plot, nothing interesting, nothing challenging, no scene without serious overacting. I can only conclude that they don't make movies for us old timers any longer.

THX certification seems to have gone by the wayside. No longer important?

For the past dozen years this old B&W AS6 subwoofer has been a reliable member of my collection of AV components and has served my home theater well. It is a 12" ported unit that weighs about 75 lbs. It certainly isn't a high end unit but has enough stuff to shake the room with LFE despite its...

My Impressions of the EMP Impressions. I'm a solidly mid-fi sort of guy. I left the high end audio world behind about a dozen years ago and never looked back. I appreciate great sound but I've given up on the obsession. It was pointless and expensive. My home theater is what some would...

We have an annual Blues Fest nearby that has been sponsored for 15 years by the local fire department. The weather was unseasonably cool and the music was excellent. The main performers were Jimmy Burns and Jimmy Rodgers/Chicago Blues All Stars. You can hear their recordings on your favorite...

Accessories4Less has these for sale for $849 per pair and they even throw in a cheap subwoofer to round out the bass. Does anybody have experience with these or comments? Thanks.

Now that I have the subwoofer out of the way, my next project is to improve the sound of my main computer - the one I use to do my work with music often playing in the background. Currently I have sub/sat setup from Altec. It really is garbage. It sounds dark and muddy. Looking at options, I...

After I finished with the day's work I decided to find some new jazz to love. I fussed around Spotify until I came across Beegie Adair - a female jazz pianist from Kentucky. I was immediately taken with her style and her music. Her music is not complex. It is not challenging. It is happy...

I'm certainly no beginner to subwoofers but I have some preconceived notions and I'd like to get feedback from others about them. My current subwoofer is a 12" ported unit from B&W. I'm planning to move it upstairs to the bedroom in order to transform the bedroom system into a 3.1 system and...

I'm new to video streaming. I have two WiFi capable blu ray players and a Netflix account. When I stream a movie, I often get some fits and starts. By that I mean the movie might stop and start over or start and then do some downloading and finally work normally. Sometimes it seem like the units...

This unit powered outboard speakers for my bedroom TV. I replaced it with an AV receiver when I added a blu ray player. It was rarely touched. Operated with a programmable remote. No scratches or dings. Works perfectly, looks like a new one. $80 includes UPS ground shipping to the 48...

I have two of the original Squeezeboxes that I used to stream audio from my computer network to my home theater. They have both stopped working. Neither one will connect to my WiFi router any longer. I'm not sure there is any hope because Logitech, apparently, doesn't support it any longer...

I trust you are aware that any page with a Toshiba Portege ad leaves spyware without ever clicking on the ad. Personally, I think that's over the top. If you need to sell advertising to run the site, that's fine. Just run advertising that doesn't automatically leave spyware on my hard drive...

One good turn deserves another. Logitech deserves some serious praise for some seriously good customer service and that's the purpose of this post. I bought a Harmony 880 universal remote a couple of years ago. I have to tell you I like the unit but it was always a struggle to reprogram...

I finally replaced the aging 18 year old 27" TV set in my bedroom with an HDTV. Here's the new view from my bed. Yipee.

Well, not high end audio kind of pricey but pricey for Radio Shack. I visited today for the first time in many years. I just wanted a 6 foot stereo interconnect audio cable to run from my recorder to my mixer. The cheapest one in the store was $25.00. I was floored. Radio Shack used to have...

Need to drive your 2 ohm speakers reallly loud? Just feel like more power would improve your manhood? Here's the solution for you. http://www.guitarcenter.com/Crown-MA-5002VZ-AE-Macro-Tech-Anniversary-Power-Amp-481860-i1390100.gc Or get a pair and bridge them for some really serious power!

I was at the local Target store the other day. Among the 50 feet or so of DVD's on display not a single Blu ray was to be seen. I found them tucked away on another display near the floor. There were only about 15 titles. I ended up buying a couple of DVD's. Neither title was available on...