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In an uncertain economy, as companies run lean and lay off workers, most everyone except the super rich rein in their spending one way...
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1. Buy Blackout Curtains to Darken the Room for Optimal Picture Quality If you are watching front projection images on a large separate screen...
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These common home theater setup mistakes may ruin your home-theater viewing/surround sound experience 1. Too Much Light While flat-screen TV images—plasma, LCD or DLP—can...
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When is it necessary to use “separates”? What are the advantages, if any? And just how do you define separates? Most of us who...
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Tips for Better Sound From Your Audio Equipment After last month’s Axiom AudioFile appeared (February), an attentive reader emailed me and suggested that my...
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by Alan Lofft, (bio), Axiom Audio Question. I want to listen to the digital music channels in my bedroom from my Scientific Atlantic Explorer...
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1. You went for an all-inclusive surround sound speaker package from a big brand name manufacturer noted for electronics and TV sets. On the...
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On current AV receiver/preamps, it’s the negative values of dB loudness settings that are confusing. In fact, it seems counter-intuitive: As you reduce the...
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Alan Lofft of Axiom Audio examines popular A/V myths and fallacies regarding equal cable lengths, vinyl vs. CD/DVD, dirty power, plasma vs. LCD, and...
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Black Friday sales offer some of the best deals of the year for audio-video shoppers. While genuine mark-downs and bargains are out there, here...
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Walk into the average living room these days, and if there’s a shiny new LCD or plasma flat-screen TV on the wall, the likelihood...
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As many readers are aware, the “1080p” tide has been rising for at least a year and this spring it seems to have reached...
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Here’s a basic guide to setting the right contrast and black levels for your set and to understanding “the gray scale,” which is simply...
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Question If the DACs (digital-to-analog converters) in most current Blu-ray/DVD players are sufficiently good and there is no audible difference between them and dedicated...
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Get out your vacuum cleaner and clean the vents of your AV receiver or amplifier. Dust inhibits air circulation and proper cooling of any...
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If you’ve acquired a flat-panel HDTV plasma or LCD display, chances are the sound quality of the display’s puny internal speakers is abysmal, and...
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Axiom Audio Epic 80-800 7.4 Home Theater Speaker System: $12,458.30 Are we looking for a “faithful re-creation” of a musical event by our home...
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