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Top Story
Sonos Leaps into Leased Music Market
 Sonos' addition last week of the Napster music service to its list of online content partners—and TiVo's recent partnership with Rhapsody—point to a future of virtual, leased music collections that live beyond the PC realm. more>>

In Depth
Designer-inspired Home Theater
 Our client's wish was to balance state-of-the-art sound and video within a designer-inspired environment without breaking the bank. This was accomplished by calculating modal frequencies based on the initial room dimensions. The builder accommodated slight changes to the envelope to insure that modal frequency overlap was minimized and seating placement was optimized. The room's walls were constructed for sound attenuation to the adjacent family room. This construction provides a stiffing of the walls to enhance bass response. The end result was that our client was ecstatic with what turned out to be perfect balance between acoustic and aesthetic considerations. more>>

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New Products
Panasonic DMP-BD30 Blu-ray Disc Player
 Panasonic's DMP-BD30 Blu-ray player is the first on the market to support Final Standard Profile, which adds picture-in-picture functionality to the HD format's bag of tricks. Content providers can make use of the PIP with director commentary and a wide variety of supplemental information tied specifically to a place in the movie. more>>

Marantz SR8002 Home Theater Receiver
 The Marantz SR8002 7.1-channel audio/video receiver is the flagship of the Marantz line. The feature array includes advanced HDMI 1.3 repeating capability, HD Radio, THX Select2 processing, THX Neural Surround, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus, and dts HD Master Audio. Power output is 125W per channel. Marantz tapped Audyssey for MultiEQ room correction circuitry and calibration technology. To preserve audio integrity, Marantz used a toroidal power transformer and copper chassis. more>>

iMuse Sierra HD Media Player
 The iMuse Sierra HD multi-zone media player delivers triple-disc playback of HD DVD, Blu-ray Disc and DVDs. The unit upscales all content to 1080p resolution and works seamlessly with the iMuse Ascent media player and Ascent media storage unit. The upgraded thermal design is said to reduce the BTU output of the player. more>>

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