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Pacific NW Home Theater Get Together

August 18, 2013 by Chris Heinonen 2 Comments

I’ve gone to a  home theater get together (GTG) or two  in the past but none recently. With a couple of little kids it just never fit into the schedule as well as it used to. When Kris Deering (Home Theater, formerly Secrets of Home Theater) told me he was going to have one, I […]

Marantz AV7701 Review

June 26, 2013 by Chris Heinonen Leave a Comment

When it was released I reviewed the Marantz AV7005 processor. Offering features not available in another processor without spending hundreds more, the AV7005 was a smashing success. It was such a success that I bought the review sample and it still lives in my home theater system to this day. Now it has been updated […]

Triad Speakers Factory Tour

March 5, 2013 by Chris Heinonen 1 Comment

What do you see if you visit the headquarters of a speaker company?  It certainly depends on which one you visit, as most now have moved their product manufacturing offshore to a degree, so you might not really see much.  That certainly isn’t the case at Triad Speakers in Portland, OR, where almost everything is […]

Sony’s PlayStation 4 Announcement and HT

February 21, 2013 by Chris Heinonen 1 Comment

Sony took today to announce their newest PlayStation, the PlayStation 4, set to launch late this year.  While many things were revealed about the system, such as a processor, video chipset, RAM, and more, there was a lot left out, including any hint at what the system would look like.  At the end of the […]

Parasound Halo A31 Review

December 5, 2012 by Chris Heinonen Leave a Comment

Parasound has been making their Halo line of amplifiers for years now, mostly without change.  This year they finally added a 3 channel amplifier targeting the home theater crowd that want a single amplifier to drive their front three channels.  As soon as it was announced I requested one for review, and Parasound was nice […]

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