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Anthem has recently expanded its lineup to include its first home theater source component, the BLX 200 Blu-ray player. The BLX 200 was designed to serve as a worthy complement to Anthem’s critically acclaimed surround sound processors, in particular the Anthem D2v. At first glance one is sure to immediately notice the familial resemblance between [...]

While Internet radio and streaming services are growing in popularity there are still tens of millions of people who listen to good old fashioned terrestrial radio. McIntosh’s MR88 is designed to allow you to listen to traditional radio in your system with audiophile quality. The new McIntosh MR88 tuner not only receives traditional AM and [...]

Incorporating many of the company’s most advanced driver and cabinet technologies, as well as real wood-veneer cabinetry, Polk’s RTI series provides an affordable alternative to those who don’t want to step up into the real loudspeaker big leagues to get some advanced performance. The series offers three floorstanding models (RTi A9/reviewed here, RTi A7, [...]

For ages the adage with bookshelf and/or monitor speakers has always been getting the tweeter or tweeter/midrange as close to ear height will yield the best results. Of course proper placement in a room as well as in relation to your listening position also plays a huge role in how good or bad your small [...]

Seemingly everyone makes an equipment rack of some form or another these days with varying degrees of success, however for best results you’re better off going with a third party or specialty equipment rack. The problem with going with an esoteric rack manufacturer is that you often end up paying a lot of money for [...]