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Audio Video Revolution Monthly Contest The Super Jr. subwoofer, with 1500 watts RMS, tracking down-converter technology, dual 8" long-throw, hi-velocity, proprietary drivers, and 107db output measured at 1watt/1meter, is the industry's most powerful small subwoofer. AVR is proud to have teamed up with Sunfire to give one away this month. Enter to win a $995 Sunfire True Subwoofer Super Jr.! http://www.avrev.com/audiorevolutioncontest RevolutionHomeTheater Monthly Contest Enter to win a $3,200 Dali 5.1 Suite Speaker System... http://www.revolutionhometheater.com/rhtcontest AVRev.com Lead Story Small High-Res Labels Redefine The Album Concept Ask any record company suit about why record sales are down from 30 billion dollars per year to 18 billion and they will instantly start in on the effects of Napster, peer-to-peer sites and piracy. And they are wrong. The modern fall of the record business as we know it is based on the rise in popularity of DVDs and video gaming, paired with the poor entertainment value associated with a mainstream compact disc. For $22, a media-buying customer can get a Hollywood blockbuster for a home theater system, PC or even the back seat of the family Escalade. For about $30, you can get a video game, which, like a DVD-Video movie, is an audio video experience that can provide you with countless hours of entertainment. Today, for $16.99 in most stores around the country, you get a good 40 to 70 minutes of music, of which only a few tracks can be considered hits. It¹s easy for consumers to see how the value of a CD today no longer competes in the marketplace with video games and DVD movi es. Click below for more... http://www.avrev.com/news/0605/16.highres.html Featured Equipment Review D-Box Quest Motion Simulation Seating First there were transducers. Then ass shakers. D-Box motion seating system provides both a sexy seating solution with active electronics as well as programmed content so that you can feel your movies like never before. Click below to read the review... http://www.avrev.com/equip/dbox/ Click below for the accessory review archive... http://www.avrev.com/equip/accessories.html Anthony Gallo Acoustics The Reference3 Speaks For Itself "... Not since the Vandersteen 2 has a loudspeaker come on to the audio scene with such assuredness of success. Not since the Vandy has a speaker so outpaced the competition in terms of quality and value at its price point as has this Gallo loudspeaker." Martin DeWolf - Bound For Sound "... This speaker combines so much unconventional thinking, novel applications and build quality in such a balanced, physically compact but sonically gargantuan and full-range design, and for such an exceedingly fair price that some drastic measure of formal recognition was required to truly separate it out from the crowds that make up the $3,000 - $10,000 floorstanding speaker field." Srajan Ebaen - sixmoons.com Click below to visit Anthony Gallo Acoustics. http://www.avrev.com/splashpage/anthonygallo.html NAD PowerDrive - So smart, it knows what your speakers are thinking They say that knowledge is power. So when it comes to reacting to the constantly fluctuating power needs of today's loudspeakers, an A/V receiver has to be very smart indeed. Most A/V receivers fail the test and you hear distortion. NAD's dual-rail power supply knows when your speakers need extra help to deliver clean, undistorted -sound. The result is honor roll performance for your movies and music. Visit your nearest NAD dealer or do your homework at: http://www.avrev.com/splashpage/nad.html UNIDISK SC Integrated Universal Disc Player The UNIDISK SC player is a complete precision-engineered, high-fidelity audio and video source component with integrated surround-sound processing and control. The latest product to feature Linn¹s SILVER DISK ENGINE? universal disc playing technology, the UNIDISK SC player is designed to facilitate access to all the new high-definition music and movie formats and deliver superb high-quality multi-channel playback. UNIDISK SC is a complete pitch-accurate AV source and control product offering by far the highest standards of performance and easily the best value product on the market. A new generation of Linn multi-channel product, UNIDISK SC provides all you need to access and control music and movies across all quality audio and video formats. Only Linn¹s integrated design and manufacturing capability can deliver such advanced technology.The UNIDISK SC is simply the most significant integrated product from Linn. Visit Linn to learn more:: http://www.avrev.com/splashpage/linn.html HD Radio is coming your way HD Radio is a new technology for broadcasting digital terrestrial radio that can deliver CD quality sound on FM and FM quality sound on AM, multiple programs on a single frequency and text. By end of the year 2500 stations will be broadcasting in HD and in a couple of years every major station will broadcast in HD. Polk Audio is among the first to offer HD Radio hardware in the form of the I-Sonic Entertainment system that combines an HD tuner, XM satellite radio (with optional antenna), DVD/CD player and a four speaker array. Get the full story at Polk Audio. http://www.avrev.com/splashpage/polk.html Like what you read? Want to say something about it? Join the AudioVideoRevolution discussion group at Yahoo.com today! Click below to join the all new AudioVideoRevolution discussion group... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/audiovideorevolution/ More AVRev.com News Pink Floyd to Reunite - Reunited and it feels so good. This Live 8 show really is capturing the feeling of the Live Aid shows I watched in Philadelphia as a kid. Today one of rock¹s most popular, innovative, successful and creative bands, Pink Floyd including Roger Waters, agreed to put years of animosity behind them to reunite for the Live 8 show to benefit Africa. Click below for more... http://www.avrev.com/news/0605/13.pinkfloyd.html EMI and Sony/BMG To Launch CDs That Limit Ripping To 3 Times - On Monday, executives at EMI Group announced that they will be using special technology in their CD releases to limit copying. Sony/BMG is also limiting CD copying. Click below for more... http://www.avrev.com/news/0605/14.emi.html Ultralink Introduces First HDMI Repeater - Ultralink has introduced the HDMI-RPT to solve the problem of transmitting digital video signals over long distances. The HDMI-RPT is the first product of its type and is smaller than a pager. It is easy to install, transparent in operation and represents the cutting edge in digital video transmission technology, according to Ultralink. Click below for more... http://www.avrev.com/news/0605/15.ultralink.html MartinLogan Introduces Summit Floorstanding Loudspeaker - MartinLogan is now shipping the Summit hybrid electrostatic loudspeaker featuring technological developments to reduce cabinet size and establish new standards in floor-standing loudspeakers. Click below for more... http://www.avrev.com/news/0605/17.martinlogan.html AVRev.com Music Reviews Morrissey - Live at Earls Court CD There¹s nothing better than releasing a live CD when an artist is on top. And Morrissey -- all these years after the demise of the beloved Smiths -- has never been hotter. In the past, The Moz has sometimes been supported by a live band of faux rockabilly cats, which never did the wide spectrum of his music much justice. Sure, he¹s had his share of rockabilly moments over the years. But the man¹s influences include everything from cinematic Bowie-isms to crunchy T-Rex glam rock, in addition to Elvis. Click below to read the full review... http://www.avrev.com/music/revs/morrisseylive.shtml Please Support AVR's Sponsors http://www.avrev.com/splashpage/energy.html http://www.avrev.com/splashpage/martinlogan250.html http://www.avrev.com/splashpage/transparent.html http://www.avrev.com/splashpage/marklevinson383.html If you have AOL 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 or an email client that supports html emails and you'd like to switch to our full color email updates in the future, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject "html email" in the subject header. 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